zazie Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Not seeing much reason for optimism next year. We have one high quality entrenched guy, Levitre, as of now. Everyone else is either injured or being tested still. The line to open next season is likely to be 3/5 to 4/5 new guys again. Not a good thought but there it is. Is Meredith or Bell serviceable as a long term starting tackle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Not seeing much reason for optimism next year. We have one high quality entrenched guy, Levitre, as of now. Everyone else is either injured or being tested still. The line to open next season is likely to be 3/5 to 4/5 new guys again. Not a good thought but there it is. Is Meredith maybe or Bell probably not serviceable as a long term starting tackle? The line will probably be: some combo of levitre, handy, wood, butler, and a FA/rookie MY preference would be this : Levitre-Handy/Wood-Handy/Wood-Butler-Rookie/FA I liked how Levitre did at LT, and Handy might be better at guard while we let Wood play his college position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazie Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 The line will probably be: some combo of levitre, handy, wood, butler, and a FA/rookie MY preference would be this : Levitre-Handy/Wood-Handy/Wood-Butler-Rookie/FA I liked how Levitre did at LT, and Handy might be better at guard while we let Wood play his college position. I dont think we should count on Wood being ready to start the season. Things would look much better if he could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_red Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Levitre was moved to LG for a reason (and all the scouts said he'd need to move to G), he isn't NFL LT material. I'd like this Draft/FA-Levitre-Wood-Draft/FA/Butler-Draft/FA/Butler Moving Hang. to back-up C/G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Levitre was moved to LG for a reason (and all the scouts said he'd need to move to G), he isn't NFL LT material. I'd like this Draft/FA-Levitre-Wood-Draft/FA/Butler-Draft/FA/Butler Moving Hang. to back-up C/G. Um... Just because scouts said he'd need to move G, doesn't mean he needs to. He showed enough that he could play there effectively. if it wasn't for wood and mckinney getting hurt he would still be playing there. But I recall that backside of Fitz being better protected with Levitre at LT than any other point this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I dont think we should count on Wood being ready to start the season. Things would look much better if he could. I'm sure when it is time to draft/sign players for next year they should have a better idea of Wood's status for next year. And I do think it is ridiculous to automatically count him out (weren't people trying to convince us that Byrd wouldn't even play this season when he was hurt in the pre-season?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelRipper Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 why don't we go to japan and sign some sumo wrestlers to our lines? they would make the best nose tackles in the league, and unbeatable OL men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Um... Just because scouts said he'd need to move G, doesn't mean he needs to. He showed enough that he could play there effectively. if it wasn't for wood and mckinney getting hurt he would still be playing there. But I recall that backside of Fitz being better protected with Levitre at LT than any other point this season. Yeah, and late-period Michael Jackson might have been better-looking than Jocelyn Wildenstein or Marty Feldman. But that doesn't mean you want your brother or sister dating any of them. He's tough enough to play the line and especially guard, but IMHO not nifty enough to play LT. Yeah, better than anyone else on the Bills but that's damning by faint praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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