Edwards had his head down preparing to pick up the ball and Buddy hit him front on. It is the perfect case for the potential to be used.
Not on the footage I'm looking at. Buddy gets Edwards just before he gets to the ball, and Edwards is almost (but not quite) completely upright. Don't get me wrong , I think it was worth 3 given other incidents, but I can see how the guidelines end up with it at 1 after early plea.