He definitely has done this a few times, and it's a bit grating; but he doesn't dwell on it and, overall, I appreciate his analysis. Overall I'd say he's not as prone to the gratuitous snark that I thought detracted from Breer's work here. Bedard seems to know some football, which is nice. He also comes from the Reiss school of delivering a lot of information in short-form style, which is a good change from those who see themselves as "writer" rather than reporters. The guys whose value I just don't see is Gasper; he comes across as a whiny kid on the radio, and yesterday he had a loooong column about how it's tough to out too much value on what you see in a pre-season game. Not really insightful.
On the Bedard column linked to in the OP: He seems to be consistently up on Anderson, which is a good sign. The note on Ochocinco got my attention: The offense had its best day, Chad was not a part of it until very late, and the first throw to him was Brady's first incompletion of the day. SO, offense shines except when star receiver is part of it; we've seen this before. I think this will be an important week for 85.