When Aidan Morris claimed that his partnership with Hayden Hackney was the best in the Championship early this season, it was hard to disagree.
But Alan Browne has now made it extremely tough for Edwards to leave him out after a string of superb performances.
Browne was outstanding in the wins over Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday, picking up Sky's Man of the Match award at Hillsborough, only for the Sunderland loanee to then be dropped to the bench for the weekend's game against Wrexham as Edwards sought to freshen up his side.
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But after a disappointing first half display, Edwards made four changes at the break, with Browne one of those introduced. And the experienced midfielder was again instrumental as [Boro](http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough?ref=au) battled back to pick up a point.
That, though, gives Edwards something of a problem ahead of this weekend's trip to Watford.
Does Edwards again have to choose two from three? Which, given the importance of Hayden Hackney, who scored the equaliser against Wrexham, would almost certainly mean the head coach would have to decide between Morris and Browne.
Or does he start as he finished against Wrexham with all three midfielders on the pitch? That would mean either playing a 4-3-3 or 5-3-2.
"It's really difficult but difficult in a good way," said Edwards of his midfield dilemma.
"But that's what you want, people in good form. You don't want your team to pick itself. It's not the best place to be.
"I have loads of difficult decisions every week and I have done since the start of the season."
Browne looks to have been an extremely shrewd signing. The former Preston captain joined Sunderland last summer and played a key role in helping the [Black Cats](http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/sunderland?ref=au) win promotion last term, but then fell down the pecking order after the influx of summer arrivals on Wearside.
With Boro having been keen to move Dan Barlaser on in the summer but reluctant to leave themselves short in midfield, where summer signing Abdoulaye Kante was always going to be given time to settle and adjust to life in the Championship, Browne was seen as an ideal target.
He joined on a season-long loan and has quickly established himself as a key figure, featuring in every single Championship game since his arrival.
Edwards said: "That's why we brought him to the club. He's really consistent and reliable and leaves everything out there all the time.
"He's quietly assured. He's 30 years old now so he knows himself. He's a man who's got his own family. He's a man in the dressing room. He's quiet, assured and a really, really good footballer. He knows what he's good at and does it.
"He's been part of a promotion very recently which is another reason we wanted him. We thought getting a winner in would help us."