Trent Edwards has emerged as the leading contender in the Buffalo Bills quarterback competition as the team opened training camp.

Edwards had a majority of practice time in the first 45 minutes of the Bills first practice Thursday, and opened each of the individual drills by taking the first snap. Coach Chan Gailey said last month he intended to open camp by establishing a pecking order after providing his three quarterbacks equal time during the team's off-season minicamps.

Edwards opened camp by getting 10 minutes during a walkthrough period, followed by Ryan Fitzpatrick and Brian Brohm, who got about four minutes each.

Gailey added the competition would continue as he gauged the players' performance through the pre-season.

For Edwards, this marks an opportunity for him to reclaim the job he lost to Fitzpatrick midway through last season. He also gets a clean slate with Gailey, who was hired in January after the team fired Dick Jauron in November.

Buffalo's 2007 third-round draft pick out of Stanford, Edwards has had an up-and-down career with the Bills. After supplanting J.P. Losman as the starter during his rookie season, Edwards took over the job full time in 2008.