Hairston to play LT Thurs.

[BLeonard]

http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2011/08/31/hairston-to-play-lt-thurs/

“He played left tackle in college so he had a comfort level at left tackle,” said Gailey in reference to Hairston playing on the right and left side last Saturday. ”I think it’s worked out well for him to be able to play both. The way we sit right now he needs to know both so it helps us from a depth perspective as well. We’ll keep him at left this week just so he can hone in on that for an extended period of time and see how he does.”

-Bill

[CleveSteve]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

He definitely seemed like he'd be more comfortable at LT coming out of college than RT, especially in the senior bowl practices. He needs to play stronger to be a solid contributor.

[OpIv37]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

You hear that scratching sound?

It's Chan scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[psubills62]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

You hear that scratching sound?

It's Chan scraping the bottom of the barrel.

How exactly is this scraping the bottom of the barrel? You do realize he's not going to play LT with the first team, right? Just trying him out there, you know, kind of like they did against Jacksonville too. Or is it now a bad thing to have a guy who knows both OT spots?

[justasportsfan]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

You hear that scratching sound?

It's Chan scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Having players play different positions is scraping? If teams didn't do that the Jason Peters would never have been a LT. BB does that all the time.

[Bill Cody]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

You hear that scratching sound?

It's Chan scraping the bottom of the barrel.

OR we're trying to make the most of one of our draft picks.

[trapezeus]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

i think it's a little of both. yes, it's good to see where people are, but it's no secret that the line isn't solidified which means that yes, the bills may be looking to see a spark from hairston to be a starter.

it seems late to be trying to plug holes, but hey, at least they admit they've got some problems.

i'll reserve my judgement for opening day. we'll see how they do.

[OpIv37]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

Having players play different positions is scraping? If teams didn't do that the Jason Peters would never have been a LT. BB does that all the time.

How exactly is this scraping the bottom of the barrel? You do realize he's not going to play LT with the first team, right? Just trying him out there, you know, kind of like they did against Jacksonville too. Or is it now a bad thing to have a guy who knows both OT spots?

First, I think this is a sign that they aren't happy with Bell's performance so they are trying someone else at the position. Of course, this is just my opinion and I have no evidence of it, but it's not a good sign.

Second, this shows that they have no back-up plan if Bell gets injured. One injury and we will end up re-shuffling the whole OL. That's definitely scraping the bottom of the barrel, especially when you consider it in terms of all the other OL shuffling that's gone on this off-season (Wood to C, Hangartner and Levitre demoted, etc).

[OpIv37]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

OR we're trying to make the most of one of our draft picks.

that's the red-and-blue colored glasses way of saying "we are depending on rookies coming through to make this OL work."

[better days]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

i think it's a little of both. yes, it's good to see where people are, but it's no secret that the line isn't solidified which means that yes, the bills may be looking to see a spark from hairston to be a starter.

it seems late to be trying to plug holes, but hey, at least they admit they've got some problems.

i'll reserve my judgement for opening day. we'll see how they do.

My thoughts exactly. It is great to have players able to play more than one position. I think that is also the reason Levtrie was pulled at LG, to see if another player could play there in case they need to move Levtrie to another position.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

While I dont think he will ever be a NFL LT, it can't get much worse there so may as well give it a looksie.

[OpIv37]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

While I dont think he will ever be a NFL LT, it can't get much worse there so may as well give it a looksie.

hence, scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

hence, scraping the bottom of the barrel.

In your negative view yes. No matter what you already spent the pick on the kid. You need to see what you got.

Call it whatever you wish, it doesnt change the fact that we need to be sure on him.

[k-oneputt]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

I think it's a great idea. Why not ? It's a meaningless game so get a good look at him.

[Bill Cody]

Re: Hairston to play LT Thurs.

that's the red-and-blue colored glasses way of saying "we are depending on rookies coming through to make this OL work."

Who really cares what you want to label this as? Hairston will either pan out or he won't. Playing him some snaps at LT is just taking advantage of a position he played in college and gives us another option. Anthony Munoz ain't walking through that door. At some point the Bills have to get a little lucky and smart to turn things around. They can't all be 1st round picks.