The Buffalo Bills addressed their offensive line early and more than once on day one of the NFL draft last weekend. They selected C/G Eric Wood in round one and traded up to land G Andy Levitre in round two. But the one position that was expected by many to be addressed by the Bills, and was not, was offensive tackle.
Buffalo’s brain trust however, never intended to draft an offensive tackle last weekend feeling they already had several plausible options on the roster.
“We went into the draft having discussed that after the trade of Jason (Peters),” said Bills head coach Dick Jauron. “Do we feel like we have to have a tackle? And I think we all agreed, that we’re not going to stray far from our grades just to take a tackle. We felt we have guys that can play there so there’s no sense in passing up a player we think is significantly better at another position just to feel like we’ve plugged a number in. We weren’t going to do that.”
And they didn’t.
As things look now, there’s a strong likelihood that Langston Walker moves permanently from his right tackle position over to the left side to fill the void left by Jason Peters. The team’s most experienced tackle, Walker deftly demonstrated he could flip to the other side when forced to do so for the season opener last season.
Buffalo’s brain trust however, never intended to draft an offensive tackle last weekend feeling they already had several plausible options on the roster.
“We went into the draft having discussed that after the trade of Jason (Peters),” said Bills head coach Dick Jauron. “Do we feel like we have to have a tackle? And I think we all agreed, that we’re not going to stray far from our grades just to take a tackle. We felt we have guys that can play there so there’s no sense in passing up a player we think is significantly better at another position just to feel like we’ve plugged a number in. We weren’t going to do that.”
And they didn’t.
As things look now, there’s a strong likelihood that Langston Walker moves permanently from his right tackle position over to the left side to fill the void left by Jason Peters. The team’s most experienced tackle, Walker deftly demonstrated he could flip to the other side when forced to do so for the season opener last season.
Comment