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Some may have forgotten that we traded two draft picks away to trades back up to select Andy Levitre. Now I realize that the previous Bills regime drafted him, but this signing speaks to one of the overall historical problems with the Buffalo Bills... retaining the talent they have.
Resigning Levitre is the most important resigning of this offseason for a few reasons:
- since our playoff drought began, our oline has sucked... save for the turnaround over past couple of years. Losing our best and most consistent contributor from the past 3 years would be a step back.
- we have to get players that produce beyond their rookie contracts.
- CJ Spiller is a legitimate superstar. You build around players like him. Letting his best blocker go doesn't speak to understanding how to do that.
- Losing him would be a cash choice IMO. Mario Williams' presence would be the face of this organization's dysfunction for this dynamic. I warned everyone about this.
The side effects of the Levitre syndrome are worse than a 4 hour boner... it's another 3 year rebuild started off on the wrong foot.
We might as well draft Dee Milner if we are going to let Levitre walk.
After grabbing a guard prospect at the bottom of round one, Buffalo traded up into the lower half of the second round in a trade with Dallas to get another offensive lineman in Oregon State’s Andy Levitre.
The Bills traded their 75th and 110th overall selections to Dallas to move up to the 51st overall pick to take the versatile lineman.
Levitre played most of his college career at offensive tackle, but was projected by many NFL scouts as a guard due to a lack of prototypical measurables (6’2” 306). For now the Bills are keeping an open mind with the ultra-versatile rookie.
“He’s a kid that’s really versatile, talented and a good technician,” said Bills scout Rashaan Curry. “At Oregon State he had played both guards and both tackles, and even a little bit at tight end. So (like Eric Wood) another blue collar guy, really smart, a football guy.”
“The fact that you only dress seven linemen on game day guys have to be able to play two positions,” said Bills offensive line coach Sean Kugler. “We feel Andy can play guard and also play tackle so we’re very confident he’s versatile enough.”
The Bills were zeroed in on Levitre early on in the draft process and followed up with a personal visit at One Bills Drive prior to the draft. Buffalo was obviously sold on him as they surrendered a pair of middle round picks to ensure they landed him.
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Resigning Levitre is the most important resigning of this offseason for a few reasons:
- since our playoff drought began, our oline has sucked... save for the turnaround over past couple of years. Losing our best and most consistent contributor from the past 3 years would be a step back.
- we have to get players that produce beyond their rookie contracts.
- CJ Spiller is a legitimate superstar. You build around players like him. Letting his best blocker go doesn't speak to understanding how to do that.
- Losing him would be a cash choice IMO. Mario Williams' presence would be the face of this organization's dysfunction for this dynamic. I warned everyone about this.
The side effects of the Levitre syndrome are worse than a 4 hour boner... it's another 3 year rebuild started off on the wrong foot.
We might as well draft Dee Milner if we are going to let Levitre walk.
After grabbing a guard prospect at the bottom of round one, Buffalo traded up into the lower half of the second round in a trade with Dallas to get another offensive lineman in Oregon State’s Andy Levitre.
The Bills traded their 75th and 110th overall selections to Dallas to move up to the 51st overall pick to take the versatile lineman.
Levitre played most of his college career at offensive tackle, but was projected by many NFL scouts as a guard due to a lack of prototypical measurables (6’2” 306). For now the Bills are keeping an open mind with the ultra-versatile rookie.
“He’s a kid that’s really versatile, talented and a good technician,” said Bills scout Rashaan Curry. “At Oregon State he had played both guards and both tackles, and even a little bit at tight end. So (like Eric Wood) another blue collar guy, really smart, a football guy.”
“The fact that you only dress seven linemen on game day guys have to be able to play two positions,” said Bills offensive line coach Sean Kugler. “We feel Andy can play guard and also play tackle so we’re very confident he’s versatile enough.”
The Bills were zeroed in on Levitre early on in the draft process and followed up with a personal visit at One Bills Drive prior to the draft. Buffalo was obviously sold on him as they surrendered a pair of middle round picks to ensure they landed him.
...more...
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