A very true statement. People are still stuck in 1980's football where a "LT must make x amount of $" and " a LG can only make x amount", etc. If your player is one of the 5 starting linemen AND contributing in high degree to having some success (this is yet to be seen with MW) on said line, it really doesn't matter if he falls into some sort of pay hierarchy, especially when potentially you have a decent starting tackle who came in as a street free agent. Do I think that MW still needs to restructure his salary? Yes, but there is certainly more than one successful way to build an O-line.
- I like what we have (generally speaking) in Teague, Chris V, Preston, and Peters.
-MW is now a question mark at LG but we'll find out soon enough, and he is certainly atleast a fair to good RT based on his play for @ 10 games last year and this year when healthy.
-Gandy has been serviceable, and played decent so far but likely can and should be upgraded.
- Considereing these things, it appears the Bills are probably only a very good tackle away from having a group of guys to make a line that can be more than just average, depending also on where Preston shakes out to (C or G). Overall, salary wise, this does not project to be an "overpaid" group when you look at it as a unit.
Just some opinions from a rose colored glasses wearing fan that doesn't know anything about football.