It actually didn’t say anything about a switch. I think Gaughan just mixed up right and left, but I suppose it’s possible that they made the move.

I thought the Bills would move him to LG once Dock was cut to pair him with Peters. I apparently was only half right.

Is Butler suitable for LG in the NFL?

LG and RG are pretty similiar. There aren’t any schematic differences when facing 3-4 opponents. The big difference from a scheme perspective is that LGs are typically lined up against smaller, quicker under tackles while the nose tackle lines up between the center and RG when the opponent runs a 4-3 defense.

Ron could probably tell you better, but I think Butler will be an immediate upgrade as a pass blocker and should allow fewer sacks (maybe a lot fewer) than Dockery did. Whether Butler is better suited or able to handle his run blocking duties against quicker DTs than Dockery was is up in the air. To give a shorter answer, yes Butler is a solid fit at LG if the Bills do move him there.

Technically proficient, yes. Good – marginally, but definitely subjective. I loathe them for what they used in one album’s artwork: photos of Cobain, post death.

I wonder if TO will demand reimbursement for the tolls…

Yeah, there are holes, but it’s also not time to freak out yet. That’s April 26.

How many teams have lost three starters

Who are the three starters that Buffalo has lost? Dockery is obvious, but I have no clue who the other two “starters” are. if center is one of them than that’s a joke. I would put center in the category of positions that have been considerably upgraded. So, in my opinion, Buffalo has made two big upgrades and has only seen one position end up worse than when they started.

if you were serious about a championship, then you’d be criticizing the move

Why would I criticize a move that makes Buffalo a better team even if it’s only ever so slightly better? If you can come up with any kind of reasoning for how Buffalo is a worse team now or has hurt their ability to build this team into a championship calibur team because of this signing, then I would LOVE to hear it.

we don’t need no name back ups

No, but we do need backups. Buffalo didn’t have a backup center under contract and now they do. Why would anyone be critical of that? This move gives Buffalo more flexibility in the draft and makes it much easier to pick the best player available while still filling out the roster. Why are you critical of that?

we need big name starters

And how does signing a journeyman type cheap vet limit Buffalo’s ability to do that in any way? You make it seem like Buffalo had a choice between a superstar and McKinney and picked McKinney.

Can you please discuss what you would do? You love to criticize without offering any substance.

I sure with those top caliber starters were available for the veteran minimum right now

Duh, there ISN’T one, this year the pool was full at best backups, fringe starters, and solid but not spectacular players for the Oline. Who would you have signed?

Who outside of Brown, (who wanted silly Snyder amounts of money and NO team was willing to give it to him other than the Rams) would you have signed??? IN the case of Brown there were about 10 teams who needed C upgrades and hmmmm, NONE but one were willing to even come close to that deal, and he was trying to get out from that for anything close to it, and couldn’t find a taker.

Man if your going to criticize the signing of a backup by saying that we should be signing a top flight starter instead, then at least name the available top flight starter… oh wait… THERE ISN’T ANY AVAILABLE! I agree we need better players, but getting better players also includes getting better backups, and guess what? McKinney is a better BACKUP.

if you were serious about a championship, then you’d be criticizing the move.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, PET PEEVE

PLEASE don’t tell people that they’re not serious with their fanhood because they disagree with you. UGH.

First of all, you’re assuming he deleted it. Over the course of the last couple of months several items had vanished including moderators own comments, fanposts, and fanshots. By taking a quick look at your user history I see that nobody has deleted a fanshot of yours, only comments that were inappropriate. You can be vehement. Nobody has a problem with that. But you can also make a solid, passionate argument without swearing or being rude to people. We don’t delete posts we disagree with. We delete posts that are offensive or use offensive language.

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