gives us option of moving Butler back to RG during season and be able to run block better

I would prefer a line with left to right as:
Bell – Hangagartner – Wood – Butler – Runyan

That’s interesting.

First thing’s first, folks – a Runyan signing wouldn’t change anything along the line. It’s Bell/Levitre/Hangartner/Wood/Butler or bust.

I like the idea of looking for veteran depth considering the inexperience of the line, but the key word there is depth.

At the very least, he’s an upgrade over Jonathan Scott, but I think it’s difficult to expect him to be anything more than that.

This would be a good idea to bring this guy in to coach the line in situations. You know what would be a good move also is Ruben Brown became the O-Line coach for the bills.

turn over every rock at this point. We need him. He’s nasty, a biatch and would be good if nothing else, as a guy to work with our youth and be a great reserve.

Given Butler’s propensity to be injured at least once a season, this would be a great depth signing. But seriously, Runyan wants to start, not sit and I think Chambers is more than serviceable. Hopefully, they’re just kicking the tires and making Runyan’s agent happy by making him look desirable.

Runyan will sign where ever the best situation/money is and that might actually be in Buffalo as a backup behind the least experienced LT in the league and a bit of an injury prone RT.

That said, I doubt Buffalo would be willing to really let him compete with their starters and that Runyan would sign here. I doubt this goes anywhere, but you never know. It wouldn’t be the first time Buffalo surprised us. People should also understand that Runyan is actually a couple of weeks older than TO and was never particularly athletic. He would be a disaster at LT, so I’m not sure why Buffalo would strongly consider him.

Isn’t KC the most likely place for him to go?

Don’t see this amounting to anything. Do we really need an old RT coming off injury? He can’t play LT. I struggle to believe he’d even be an upgrade over Chambers at this point.

With Shawn Andrews (Philly’s starting RT) injured…again, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him head back to Philly with a potential chance to start….

I guess this all comes down to how the coaches see Butler working out at RT. They obviously didn’t like Walker at LT (or at all, apparently) and kept a pretty tight lid on it. If they have similar feelings about Butler we could be in for another surprise cut before the Patriots game. With Chambers ready to step in for Bell if he is still injured and/or can’t cut it the Bills don’t have anyone to step in for Butler when/if he gets hurt.

As for Runyan, I’m sure the guy wants to play. However, sitting on a bench and counting millions of dollars has got to have some kind of appeal as well.

so is levi jones washed up as well? u know what would really suck, is if we end up in top 5 picks and draft a left tackle. not saying it would, but if it does, it’s something that could have been prevented.

Gotta give the Bills credit for at least kicking tires. They’ve clearly shown impatience with staying complacent this season! What a welcome change, now if only the wins can come with it.

If there is absolutely zero chance that he’s going to push Butler for a starting spot (which it seems), and the Bills don’t intend for some reason to move Butler or Runyan to guard, then Runyan doesn’t fit here. If anything, we need interior linemen, not tackles, for depth at this point. After all, we have Chambers and Scott who can play the two tackle positions. At the three interior positions, we have Seth ‘Walking Holding Penalty’ McKinney and Chambers, who could fill in in a pinch. He’s only played inside this preseason.

This is – as Brian spot on points out – a matter of perhaps adding a venerable veteran RT as depth, who could perhaps teach some of the young guys some tricks about how to be effective in the NFL. That’s it