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The biggest problem with this team is the lack of quality starters on the roster. They really only have enough players to have solid, actual NFL quality starters at 12 positions.
QB - Trent, Fitz, Brohm. No NFL starters on this list
RB - Lynch, Jackson - Two NFL starters here. The bad news is they only need on. (Yes, Lynch is a legit NFL starter.) So they are up to 1.
WR - Evans, Parrish, Hardy, Steve Jackson, Chad Jackson. Evans is legit. Hardy and Johnson are unproven. So they Bills are up to 2.
TE - Nelson, Schouman, Stupar. Nelson could a legit starter. But he is not yet. Still at 2.
OL - Wood (if healthy), Levitre and Hangartner (borderline) are starters. Cornell Green, Bell, Meredith, and Ramsey are not, at least yet. So they are up to 5.
DL - Ummmm, well,........ I guess Dwan Edwards is a legit starter at DE. Marcus Stroud is washed up. Spencer Johnson might be a DE, but who knows. Kyle Williams is not a NT. So the Bills now have one legit D-lineman. Up to 6.
LB - The Bills have no proven OLBs. Sure maybe Maybin will be. And Chris Ellis too. Or Kelsay or Schobel. But who knows. ILB should be OK. Poz might thrive in there. And Andra Davis is OK. Mitchell can get cut as he is worthless. So I move the Bills up to 8.
CB - The Bills are relatively loaded here. McKelvin and McGee are real starters. So is Drayton Florence. Reggie Corner is solid depth. 3 starting CBs for two spots. So they only move up 2 since they can't start 3. 10.
S- The Bills are fine here too. Whitner, while not worth the 8th pick, is a solid player and a legit starter. Byrd is obviously a starter. Wilson and Scott are OK too. But, once again, they can only start 2. 12.
So, not counting special teams (The Bills are set at punter, kicker and long snapper) the Bills have only 12 starters. They need a QB, one WR, one TE, one WR/TE/FB, 2 OTs, one NT, one DE, and two OLBs. As of now the Bills have ten positions that do not have legitimate starting players.
This team has a long road ahead to be a legitimate NFL team. I do think that Nix has a good football brain and can find good players. But will need more than one year to do so. If guys like Nelson, Hardy and Johnson can pan out it will be great. And guys like Maybin need to show something.
But this year is likely to be ugly.
Somewhere 2-4 wins. And they need to find a QB. (I like Colt McCoy)
QB - Trent, Fitz, Brohm. No NFL starters on this list
RB - Lynch, Jackson - Two NFL starters here. The bad news is they only need on. (Yes, Lynch is a legit NFL starter.) So they are up to 1.
WR - Evans, Parrish, Hardy, Steve Jackson, Chad Jackson. Evans is legit. Hardy and Johnson are unproven. So they Bills are up to 2.
TE - Nelson, Schouman, Stupar. Nelson could a legit starter. But he is not yet. Still at 2.
OL - Wood (if healthy), Levitre and Hangartner (borderline) are starters. Cornell Green, Bell, Meredith, and Ramsey are not, at least yet. So they are up to 5.
DL - Ummmm, well,........ I guess Dwan Edwards is a legit starter at DE. Marcus Stroud is washed up. Spencer Johnson might be a DE, but who knows. Kyle Williams is not a NT. So the Bills now have one legit D-lineman. Up to 6.
LB - The Bills have no proven OLBs. Sure maybe Maybin will be. And Chris Ellis too. Or Kelsay or Schobel. But who knows. ILB should be OK. Poz might thrive in there. And Andra Davis is OK. Mitchell can get cut as he is worthless. So I move the Bills up to 8.
CB - The Bills are relatively loaded here. McKelvin and McGee are real starters. So is Drayton Florence. Reggie Corner is solid depth. 3 starting CBs for two spots. So they only move up 2 since they can't start 3. 10.
S- The Bills are fine here too. Whitner, while not worth the 8th pick, is a solid player and a legit starter. Byrd is obviously a starter. Wilson and Scott are OK too. But, once again, they can only start 2. 12.
So, not counting special teams (The Bills are set at punter, kicker and long snapper) the Bills have only 12 starters. They need a QB, one WR, one TE, one WR/TE/FB, 2 OTs, one NT, one DE, and two OLBs. As of now the Bills have ten positions that do not have legitimate starting players.
This team has a long road ahead to be a legitimate NFL team. I do think that Nix has a good football brain and can find good players. But will need more than one year to do so. If guys like Nelson, Hardy and Johnson can pan out it will be great. And guys like Maybin need to show something.
But this year is likely to be ugly.
Somewhere 2-4 wins. And they need to find a QB. (I like Colt McCoy)
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