"If Trent Edwards' future as the Buffalo Bills' long-term option at quarterback wasn't over before, it might be now.

The Bills lifted second-year quarterback Brian Brohm off the Green Bay Packers' practice squad and signed him to a two-year contract. To make room for Brohm, the Bills released third- string quarterback Gibran Hamdan.

Brohm is the second player the Bills have taken off the Packers' practice squad. The first was rookie tackle Jamon Meredith early in the season.

"A lot of guys had a lot of high grades on him here in our college evaluation of him," said Bills offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt. "Obviously this organization is moving forward in a lot of different areas, and [quarterback] was one of the areas that they felt we could get better in the future with."

The Packers offered Brohm, a 2008 second-round draft pick out of Louisville, the same two- year deal the Bills put on the table. But with Aaron Rodgers firmly established as the quarterback in Green Bay, Brohm saw the Bills as the better option.

"I just wanted a fresh start, a new start, and I think Buffalo gives me that," Brohm said Thursday after practice. "I learned a lot when I was at Green Bay for that year and a half behind Aaron Rodgers. I feel like I've grown as a player and really developed and hopefully can come out here and show the coaches and the scouts here that I have gotten better and show them what I can do and hopefully they like me.""