ok.
Now, Jason Peters probably didn't want to play in buffalo. I won't even argue over that issue...
It's done, he's gone, and we're forced to look at this as our o-line.
LT - Demetrius Bell
LG - Kirk Chambers, Seth McKinney
C - Geoff Hangartner, Marvin Philip
RG - Brad Butler, Brandon Rodd
RT - Langston Walker, Jonathan Scott, Chris Denman
Now... we can argue about how the Bills will shuffle the players. It's possible Walker will go to LT, though i think it's more likely that Chambers will move outside, and it will be either Chambers or Bell at LT.
considering we signed McKinney a week or two ago, i think that signing was in anticipation of the Peter's trade, and we'll see chambers move to LT
that leaves us with a line that will probably look like this...
LT - Bell/Chambers
LG - McKinney
C - Hangartner
RG - Butler (the oft injured)
RT - Walker
Now, I'll be serious. Hangartner may or may not be an upgrade over our Fowler/Preston travesty, in reality we might see Hangartner and McKinney flip positions before the end of training camp (as i recall him being a somewhat acceptable center)...
But lets say the line above is what we end up with going into the season. We just got much worse on the line. Dockery and Peters were downright putrid last year. But they were light years better then the duo we'll be sporting on our QB's blindside this year. Throw in the fact we'll be sporting an unknown at C, and you can't say this looks like a good line.
I'd say there is now room for 3 to 4 draftpicks on that line. LT, LG, C, RG... the lone part of the line that's really NFL quality is Walker.
Now, Jason Peters probably didn't want to play in buffalo. I won't even argue over that issue...
It's done, he's gone, and we're forced to look at this as our o-line.
LT - Demetrius Bell
LG - Kirk Chambers, Seth McKinney
C - Geoff Hangartner, Marvin Philip
RG - Brad Butler, Brandon Rodd
RT - Langston Walker, Jonathan Scott, Chris Denman
Now... we can argue about how the Bills will shuffle the players. It's possible Walker will go to LT, though i think it's more likely that Chambers will move outside, and it will be either Chambers or Bell at LT.
considering we signed McKinney a week or two ago, i think that signing was in anticipation of the Peter's trade, and we'll see chambers move to LT
that leaves us with a line that will probably look like this...
LT - Bell/Chambers
LG - McKinney
C - Hangartner
RG - Butler (the oft injured)
RT - Walker
Now, I'll be serious. Hangartner may or may not be an upgrade over our Fowler/Preston travesty, in reality we might see Hangartner and McKinney flip positions before the end of training camp (as i recall him being a somewhat acceptable center)...
But lets say the line above is what we end up with going into the season. We just got much worse on the line. Dockery and Peters were downright putrid last year. But they were light years better then the duo we'll be sporting on our QB's blindside this year. Throw in the fact we'll be sporting an unknown at C, and you can't say this looks like a good line.
I'd say there is now room for 3 to 4 draftpicks on that line. LT, LG, C, RG... the lone part of the line that's really NFL quality is Walker.
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