bkc Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 With all the talk of new leadership and what needs to be done. I can't help but thinking nothing changes until the Bills put forth a representative offensive line. Unless something drastic happens and a new labor agreement is reached there will be very little availabe via free agency. That leaves the draft . I would think that two of the first three picks if not the first two picks have to be spent on tackles. The interior line with levitre , handgartner, incognito and hopefully wood should be ok. First round left tackle with bell as a back up and then Right tackle with butler as back or he could be in the mix at gurard if wood does not make a full reovery . The sad part of this scenerio is with the current free agency system in place it would be a strong class of offesive lineman , with Mr wilson willing to spend money the Bills could have solved one problem the moved on to D front seven and of course QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I agree with your assessment about the O-line. I really would like to see the Bills use a 2nd pick on a LT. I like Bell, but I am not sure he is a starting LT yet, or ever will be. I like his athleticism, but he needs to get stronger. I like our inside 3. I think Woods should be fine. If he had just broken bones, then no problem. Bones heal, and are stronger than before. If he had nerve or ligament damage, then it could be a while. In the draft, I think we should get a LT early, preferably in the 2nd, and get another guard late in the draft. It think this is how we should address the O-Line. We now have a bunch of young players that have some playing experience, due to injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Cat Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Barring injury, there's no reason to believe Butler can't/shouldn't be the starting right tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkc Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 I agree with your assessment about the O-line. I really would like to see the Bills use a 2nd pick on a LT. I like Bell, but I am not sure he is a starting LT yet, or ever will be. I like his athleticism, but he needs to get stronger. I like our inside 3. I think Woods should be fine. If he had just broken bones, then no problem. Bones heal, and are stronger than before. If he had nerve or ligament damage, then it could be a while. In the draft, I think we should get a LT early, preferably in the 2nd, and get another guard late in the draft. It think this is how we should address the O-Line. We now have a bunch of young players that have some playing experience, due to injuries. If butler is the answer then that makes things a lot easier . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadstroke Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I agree with your assessment about the O-line. I really would like to see the Bills use a 2nd pick on a LT. I like Bell, but I am not sure he is a starting LT yet, or ever will be. I like his athleticism, but he needs to get stronger. I like our inside 3. I think Woods should be fine. If he had just broken bones, then no problem. Bones heal, and are stronger than before. If he had nerve or ligament damage, then it could be a while. In the draft, I think we should get a LT early, preferably in the 2nd, and get another guard late in the draft. It think this is how we should address the O-Line. We now have a bunch of young players that have some playing experience, due to injuries. Make the LT a 1st rounder, BBgun. A future pro bowlin' DOMINANT guy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah, somebody solid. I hate the 'what if' 20/20 thing, but what would be if we had drafted Oher and Wood with our 1st round picks this past season? Even Orakpo and Wood. Ok. I'll stop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkc Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Yeah, somebody solid. I hate the 'what if' 20/20 thing, but what would be if we had drafted Oher and Wood with our 1st round picks this past season? Even Orakpo and Wood. Ok. I'll stop... bypassing oher looks worse everyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed and Amuzed Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 What's House Ballard up to these days? I'd give him a workout... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_red Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 We are a LT away from a good O-Line LT-Andy-Hang.-Wood-Butler or LT-Andy-Wood-Incoegnto-Butler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahbonas Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 We are a LT away from a good O-Line LT-Andy-Hang.-Wood-Butler or LT-Andy-Wood-Incoegnto-Butler Yes agreed....especially when you consider the jump that players make into their 2nd year as Wood and Levitre will be But I do think we have to use the top pick on a LT...otherwise you cannot even compete offensively as you see this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I would look at RT to.......Butler has not had one healthy season has he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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