Maybe Edwin had a blister on his thumb, or the flu, or slept wrong on his neck, or had a migrain,or any number of other things that could have kept him out today.
These are people. They miss work. The fans aren't always told why.
Is he painting it in a negative light? I haven't seen it, but I haven't read every post either. You can at the same time say "this looks like a fantastic move for Toronto" and "Oakland got enough talent that this could very well not look like a giant heist a year or three from now".