Clayton: Gandy signed as Third Tackle

[Romes]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/clayton/qhits.html

The Bills move to sign Mike Gandy off the street is simply an insurance policy where he may become the third tackle. The Bills lost left tackle Jonas Jennings to San Francisco. They also might lose their current third tackle, Marcus Price, who is a free agent.

This means that we can hold on till the Bills sign another tackle. I hope this is true because there still are some good ones out on the market. Or perhaps even one that we can trade Henry and a draft pick for.

[YardRat]

I still say the Henry for Shelton deal isn't as dead as some think.

[Dozerdog]

It also would not suprise me to see Henry and /or Shelton dealt either for each other or something else on draft day- similar to Bledsoe and Dillon.

The Cards and/or the Bills might pull the trigger on deals if a guy is available they really want at a draft spot- or if their pick comes up and the guy they really want is gone.

[buffmaniac]

The Cards and/or the Bills might pull the trigger on deals if a guy is available they really want at a draft spot- or if their pick comes up and the guy they really want is gone.

This is a possibility. I have a feeling that the Cards want a RB with their first round pick but if all the top guys are gone by their pick then they may want to make the trade for Henry.

[Tatonka]

maybe td will move up in the draft and take our new LT.

[Mudflap1]

Bottom line -- we have an unproven QB and we need a really good LT. Jennings was decent -- not worth the money in S.F., and we kinda needed to upgrade anyway.

I don't know HOW he is gonna pull this off, but I hope to hell he does.

Jon

[Tatonka]

shelton or the draft is really our only hope at this point.. there really isnt any more LTs worth a crap out there.

[The Spaz]

shelton or the draft is really our only hope at this point.. there really isnt any more LTs worth a crap out there.

If we don't get Shelton or Bennie Anderson then yeah the draft would be the last resort. Or if Bennie anderson isn't a tackle which he isn't...ooops.

[Hamilton Billsfan]

Gandy is an experienced starter,should be used as a OL depth, think more at guard,not tackle.....if he's healthy now! Smart signing by TD if the following works out.

Williams had come to camp last year out of shape?....by the time he started playing well, we went on that win streak,lets hope that it doesn't happen again this year at training camp. Williams needs to be moved to LT and show he can perform like his contract pays him, this year, at LT,if not,the Bills will have to make some painful decisions.

All we need is one more piece of the puzzle, Henry for another monster Tackle or Henry for a 1st or Henry and a pick for a high 1st, use it to draft a tackle and start said tackle at RT.

If all this happens(yea lots of ifs but fully in the realm of possibility), I think we could have the best OL the Bills have ever had!

[Dozerdog]

Gandy is an experienced starter,should be used as a OL depth, think more at guard,not tackle.....if he's healthy now! Smart signing by TD if the following works out.

Williams had come to camp last year out of shape?....by the time he started playing well, we went on that win streak,lets hope that it doesn't happen again this year at training camp. Williams needs to be moved to LT and show he can perform like his contract pays him, this year, at LT,if not,the Bills will have to make some painful decisions.

All we need is one more piece of the puzzle, Henry for another monster Tackle or Henry for a 1st or Henry and a pick for a high 1st, use it to draft a tackle and start said tackle at RT.

If all this happens(yea lots of ifs but fully in the realm of possibility), I think we could have the best OL the Bills have ever had!

While I agtree with most of this wholeheartedly, let's not go overboard on this line's place in Bills history.


Better than the Electric Company? Better than Wolford-Ritcher-Hull-Davis-Ballard?

[DynaPaul]

The Cardinals just signed OT Oliver Ross and Green said the starting offensive line is now all set. This isn't increasing their leverage any with the Shelton-Henry deal. I think this one is still alive. Check out this article:

http://www.azcardinals.com/news/news_details.html?iid=2666

[Hamilton Billsfan]

Well...I'm probably going to get a lot of flack for this so i'll apologize first and hope too many people won't be offended....

That line may have been good but it was undersized and got blown off the line when it counted..eg during the Super Bowls!

Frankly, I have never been happy with the O-Line in the 25 years that I have been a Bills Fan. Also, when I say that when a Line could be the Best in Bills History, that's not saying much! Truthfully, it has always been a problem for the Bills( and a lot of other teams) to assemble 6 guys that have Talent and Size at the same time.The opposition always finds our weakness and exploits it in all the big games!

[Dozerdog]

If I recall- our O Line ran over the Giants in the first one- we lost that because our defense was shoved around in the second half.


Some of the other SB losses were due to too many interceptions and fumbles. When the team was down 2-3 scores in those games other teams would just blitz-blitz-blitz all day.

You have your opinion on the Bills' OL during the run- which is fine. We will agree to disagree on that. But to compare this line (or it's potential) with whomever we sign in free agency (or get Shelton) to that one is crazytalk. That line the Bills had was one of the best if not the best in the NFL (top 3 at least) during that time, while we will all be estatic around here if the Bills OL next season is in the top 12-15 in the league.

[chevyjayce]

Has any one given any thought on the possibility of Peters playing at RT with MW at LT? Peters is a monster with alot of upside, I am not sure if Mouse can work his magic that fast though!

[Michael82]

The Cardinals just signed OT Oliver Ross and Green said the starting offensive line is now all set. This isn't increasing their leverage any with the Shelton-Henry deal. I think this one is still alive. Check out this article:

http://www.azcardinals.com/news/news....html?iid=2666

BINGO! Tom Donahoe knows this and so does everyone else in the league. IF Green doesn't find someone to trade Shelton to, he would cut him after camp. Everyone knows that Green doesn't like Shelton. Everyone knows that Green is asking for too much. This is also why TD won't part with a draft pick to go with Henry. TD is calling Green's bluff.