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The Bills haven't addressed their left tackle position, with so far the most notable of the team options being center Trey Teague, backup Mike Gandy and undrafted free agent Jason Peters. Has Tom Donahoe made a serious error in judgment not going after someone if free agency or the draft, or do you hold with the belief that line coach Jim McNally can spin straw into gold?
--Richard; Stratford, Ont.
I would have preferred that the Bills use one of their first two draft picks on an offensive lineman rather than a receiver ( Roscoe Parrish) and a tight end ( Kevin Everett ).
But I don't believe that Donahoe made a serious error in judgment. Parrish has the speed to give the Bills another game-breaker in addition to Eric Moulds and Lee Evans. Although he had the misfortune of suffering a serious knee injury in minicamp, Everett had the potential to provide much-needed play-making help at a position where the Bills already had two players recovering from serious knee injuries.
It also isn't a stretch for the Bills to look to McNally to develop at least a solid starting tackle and a couple of decent reserves from the candidates on the roster. McNally is a talented enough coach to help a player realize every ounce of his ability.
Another point worth noting is that new starter J.P. Losman brings far more mobility to the quarterback position than the Bills had with Drew Bledsoe, and between his scrambling and the designed rollout plays that will be incorporated into the offense, the line conceivably should have fewer problems in pass protection. The operative word is "conceivably," because Losman's inexperience will likely present its own share of challenges for the line in the early going.