Archives for April 7, 2007

‘With their quarterback issue resolved in their minds, general manager Marv Levy and coach Dick Jauron have gone about tearing apart the rest of their lineup and are in the process of putting it back together. After free agent defections and trades, five starting holes need to be filled. On offense, they include finding a new starting running back after Willis McGahee was traded to Baltimore. The line, meanwhile, will have at least two new starters: free agent Derrick Dockery at left guard and free agent Langston Walker at right tackle.’

‘Had he not suffered a bad hamstring pull that sidelined him for two weeks in camp, Nall would have also pushed Losman for the permanent No. 1 job. At 34 with a contract that paid him $1.485 million this year and $1.535 million next year, Holcomb may have been released had he not been traded. He was a good teammate and had the occasional big game. But Nall is the better player at this stage.’

‘The Bills are dealing with a serious leadership drain after parting ways with players like Takeo Spikes and London Fletcher. Those departures mean young players like J.P. Losman, Lee Evans and Angelo Crowell will have to assume those roles, along with some new veterans.’