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I think a lot of people are underestimaing Mike Gandy. I think he was FAR away from being the weakest link on this offensive line last year. He is FAR from a superstar or a Franchise tackle, but maybe I was watching the wrong games because I didnt think he played that bad. IN fact, for the most part I think he held his own.. He'll never be Orlando Pace, but I"ve seen far worse.
The BIG weakness in the Bills offensive line for the past few years, and especially 2005 was the MIDDLE of the offensive line. Trey Teague wasn't strong enough to play center, Bennie Anderson was far too slow and Chris Villarrial has more mental lapses than Eminen's wife. PLus he gets hurt a lot.
Teams DESTROYED us up the middle last year... Defensive tackles owned the interior of our line and teams blitzed up the middle with ease. Those are the three OL slots more in need of improvement. Fowler was a start at center and I'm sure we'll get at least one first-day draft pick at guard. I'd have Preston compete with Villarrial for the other spot.
I'd prefer Gandy to play left tackle in 2006 over ANY rookie that we drafted, except MAYBE Brick (he does have franchise LT written all over him)..
Whether it's JP, Nall or a rookie.. WHOEVER is QB, they have no chance with a raw young rookie playing LEFT TACKLE.. If that's going to be the case, you may as wel run JP outta town now... WE're OBVIOUSLY going to have a rookie LG in place of Anderson this year.. You want a young, unproven QB playing with an entire ROOKIE LEFT side of the line? I sure as hell dont.
Gandy isn't old, I believe he's a five-year vet. I think long-term his future is as depth (Like Marcus Price was valuable to us as a backup at one time) but for the time being I have no problem with him starting, especially since a young raw guy will be starting at LG via draft or Preston.
With the 8th pick, I'd MUCH rather give my young QB a weapon to have besides Lee Evans. Dont fool yourself with Reed, he's had four years to prove his worth here and failed (miserably).. He could be a good #3 WR at times, but he's taking NO pressure and double teams away from Evans.
I'd love to have Vernon DAvis, or I'd even consider trading down and taking Chad Jackson.. Losman needs more than Evans.
DT, G need to addressed in the second/third rounds and then I'd take a tackle for the FUTURE with my second third rounder.. The DT and G are going to have to start (The Andersons-Tim and Bennie totally SUCK) from day one.. I dont want a rookie protecting my QB's blindside if his name aint Brick..
Davis at 8 is a great pick.. Chad Jackson at say 13-15 is a great pick.
WRoten, Watson, McCargo are all good DT's who could start right away in the second.
Boothe, Spencer, Latui.. One of them will make round three.. all are better than Anderson..
Whitworth, Callagahan or Derek Morris are great value tackles in the third who could be future starters.
Gandy isn't as bad as you think.. And regardless of who your QB of choice is, if you want him to have a real chance to be successful: you better get him another weapon besides Evans.
The BIG weakness in the Bills offensive line for the past few years, and especially 2005 was the MIDDLE of the offensive line. Trey Teague wasn't strong enough to play center, Bennie Anderson was far too slow and Chris Villarrial has more mental lapses than Eminen's wife. PLus he gets hurt a lot.
Teams DESTROYED us up the middle last year... Defensive tackles owned the interior of our line and teams blitzed up the middle with ease. Those are the three OL slots more in need of improvement. Fowler was a start at center and I'm sure we'll get at least one first-day draft pick at guard. I'd have Preston compete with Villarrial for the other spot.
I'd prefer Gandy to play left tackle in 2006 over ANY rookie that we drafted, except MAYBE Brick (he does have franchise LT written all over him)..
Whether it's JP, Nall or a rookie.. WHOEVER is QB, they have no chance with a raw young rookie playing LEFT TACKLE.. If that's going to be the case, you may as wel run JP outta town now... WE're OBVIOUSLY going to have a rookie LG in place of Anderson this year.. You want a young, unproven QB playing with an entire ROOKIE LEFT side of the line? I sure as hell dont.
Gandy isn't old, I believe he's a five-year vet. I think long-term his future is as depth (Like Marcus Price was valuable to us as a backup at one time) but for the time being I have no problem with him starting, especially since a young raw guy will be starting at LG via draft or Preston.
With the 8th pick, I'd MUCH rather give my young QB a weapon to have besides Lee Evans. Dont fool yourself with Reed, he's had four years to prove his worth here and failed (miserably).. He could be a good #3 WR at times, but he's taking NO pressure and double teams away from Evans.
I'd love to have Vernon DAvis, or I'd even consider trading down and taking Chad Jackson.. Losman needs more than Evans.
DT, G need to addressed in the second/third rounds and then I'd take a tackle for the FUTURE with my second third rounder.. The DT and G are going to have to start (The Andersons-Tim and Bennie totally SUCK) from day one.. I dont want a rookie protecting my QB's blindside if his name aint Brick..
Davis at 8 is a great pick.. Chad Jackson at say 13-15 is a great pick.
WRoten, Watson, McCargo are all good DT's who could start right away in the second.
Boothe, Spencer, Latui.. One of them will make round three.. all are better than Anderson..
Whitworth, Callagahan or Derek Morris are great value tackles in the third who could be future starters.
Gandy isn't as bad as you think.. And regardless of who your QB of choice is, if you want him to have a real chance to be successful: you better get him another weapon besides Evans.
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