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Bill's offseason acquisitions so far.

So far in Free agency the Buffalo Bills have signed 3 players. Cornell Green,Andra Davis, and Dwan Edwards.  Continue reading after the jump for an in depth analysis on each player.

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Cornell Green OT

Cornell Green is far and away the most controversial FA signing the Bills have made so far this offseason. Most Bills fan's(myself included) reacted to Green's signing with either bewilderment, or in a few cases outright anger. I believe Green was signed by the Bills for a few reasons. The first is the man has a Superbowl ring, which makes him one of the few player's on the roster with one. Also Green has some ties to the Bill's current coaching staff through John Gamble one of our S and C coaches, via there time in Miami together.(Which admittedly was brief) Green comes with some character concern's due to an alleged domestic violence incident occuring March 22nd 2009. Green comes to the Bills from the Oakland Raiders.

           Cornell Green's strength's as a player are that he has good lateral mobility, and is very athletic. His weakness's are that he's a penalty machine, and can get pushed backward while pass blocking. And the fact that he's 34 year's old isn't helping anyone feel better either. Green signed a 3 year 9 million dollar contract with the Bill's. It's my belief that Green only became a target of the Bill's when Brad Butler announced his retirement.

Outlook on Green: Probable short term starter at RT(1 season or less as starting RT)

Player most affected by Green's acquisition: Jamon Meredith

 

Andra Davis ILB

Andra Davis was the second Bill's signing of the offseason so far. And unlike Green the move has been universally lauded by Bill's fan's. Davis was signed by the Bill's to ease there defensive transition from a Cover-2 scheme, to a 3-4 scheme. Davis is a long time NFL starter at ILB. Green project's as a 2 down Ted ILB in our system. (assuming we run the 3-4 like 90 percent of the time,as our base defensive look) Davis has played for the Browns and Broncos. His career stat'sare 641 Tackles, 8.5 Sacks(3.5 of them coming last season with the Broncos, and the other 5 coming in 2003 with the Browns) and 8 INT's.

      There are no character concern's withDavis.In Buffalo, Davis is reunited with new Bills defensive coordinator George Edwards, who served as the Browns linebackers coach in 2004 . Davis's strength's as a player are against the run. Which should come as a relief to Bills fan's after the Bills finished 2009 ranked 30 against the run. His weakness's are in pass coverage, which should be minimized by the Bills new 3-4 scheme. Davis signed a 2 year 4.4 million dollar contract with the Bills.

 

Outlook on Davis: Probable short term starter, and leading tackler on Bills in 2010.

Player most affected by Davis's acquisition: Kawika Mitchell

 

Dwan Edwards DE/DT

          Edwards was the Bills 3rd signing so far of the 2010 off season. And is another move that has been lauded by Bills fans. Edwards comes to the Bills from the Baltimore Ravens. Edwards was the Ravens top pick in 2004, coming in the second round. Dwan Edwards was originally considered one of the top player's available in Free Agency. however concerns about his neck led to Edwards being on the market for longer than anticipated. Edwards is another player that help's ease the Bills transition to a 3-4. However his size mean's that he can also slide inside in goal line packages, or in any 4-3 look's the Bill's may show this season. Edwards has never started 16 games in a season. He had 13 starts in 2007, and 9 in 2009. He missed the whole 2008 season with an injury. Edwards career stat's are 90 Tackles 2 Sacks and 1 Int.

         There are no character concerns with Edwards. And as far as i can tell he has no ties to the Bills current coaching staff. Edwards strength's as a player are against the run, and his ability to take on multiple blockers. His weakness would be as a pass rusher where he's somewhat inconsistent at pushing the pocket. Which admittedly isn't a problem as in the 3-4 scheme the DE's primary responsibility is to stop or contain the run, not rush the QB. Edwards signed a 4 year 18 million dollar with the Bills.

 

Outlook on Edwards:Probable primary DE for length of his contract

Player most affected by Edwards acquisition: Marcus Stroud, Spencer Johnson

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I don’t see Green as a RT starter, and I see him as depth at OT who can push the younger players just by being here…

It is Brohm’s Bills jersey that is the least stained with doo-doo... GO BILLS

by killascript on Mar 18, 2010 9:58 AM EDT reply actions  

Notice I said 1 season or less.

Which mean’s I see him going into TC as the starting RT on the depth chart. I refuse to speculate about anything after that. ; )

by mob16151 on Mar 18, 2010 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

Why doesn’t D. Bell factor into the Green/Meredith equation?

by dzil on Mar 18, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I see Davis as a player who can free up someone like Poz to be more of a tackling machine as opposed to leading in tackles himself… look for Poz to have a break out year in this scheme

It is Brohm’s Bills jersey that is the least stained with doo-doo... GO BILLS

by killascript on Mar 18, 2010 10:00 AM EDT reply actions  

Well last season

Poz had 87 tackles, Davishad 90. If Davis does become the starter at TED he get’s more tackles than Poz just by dint of being nearer the line of scrimmage. As opposed to Poz who would be dropping back in coverage more. That’s my reasoning at least.

by mob16151 on Mar 18, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

Poz also had a broken arm and missed time

Davis will be more of a blocker destroyer than tackler. Poz’s tackle numbers will benefit.

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by Kurupt on Mar 18, 2010 11:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Well I see them both fininshing with 80+

I just think Davis’s as a highly seasoned durable veteran will be getting more tackles. Either way I hope they both have great season’s.

by mob16151 on Mar 18, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

Green

I hope that Green has been added as depth purposes or a starter for a few games until the other T’s on the team come to grips with the game. From what I’ve heard about him I’m not impressed with his ability but hopefully with a change of scenery and a new coaching staff he can turn the end of his career around and be a solid plug.

by Teaters33 on Mar 18, 2010 10:17 AM EDT reply actions  

I hope that Green has been added as depth purposes or a starter for a few games until the other T’s on the team come to grips with the game.

Remember kaiser’s post a while back? This one. Re-read it if you want but one place that looks crazy similar so far is the Chargers acquired Roman Oben, a journeyman OT to keep the spot warm for youngsters. Green could very well be an Oben reincarnate.

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by sireric on Mar 18, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Impressive Research

Thanks Eric, this would make the most sense and not a bad move by a FO looking for a stop gap. This would also maintain Bell to the left side initially as well.

This is like dumping a new puzzle from it's box. Now let's start putting the peices together. I guess this is what we all asked for.

by VanScottM on Mar 20, 2010 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Run Defense

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that we’re going to be light years better against the run next season? I know that a 3-4 (at least a two gap) tends to be better generally against the run, but both of our defensive pickups have made their mark as excellent run defenders. Let’s say we add either Williams or Cody- I’d say we potentially have the makings of an excellent run defense.

Just looking casually through the stats from last year, we played in probably the best rushing division in football (although I’m sure we helped inflate the statistics). The Jets were number one at 172.2 ypg, the Dolphins were 5th with 139.4 and the Patriots were 12th with 120.1. If you’re going to build a defense to compete in this division, stopping the run seems to be the place to start.

by PozDispenser on Mar 18, 2010 6:42 PM EDT reply actions  

i partially agree..

I just dont know about light years…..they are gonna need some time to adapt to the new scheme. While Edwards and Davis will help and the secondary very solid, pretty much all of the front seven will be posted at new positions. It will take time.

by kelly502 on Mar 18, 2010 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

Light years is a poor choice of words

But I don’t think its unreasonable to be shooting for the 13-17 range, about maybe 115 yds a game. Certainly a reasonable goal, but also a substantial change from last years poor performance (156 yds/game).

by PozDispenser on Mar 18, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

Light years is a poor choice of words

But I don’t think its unreasonable to be shooting for the 13-17 range, about maybe 115 yds a game. Certainly a reasonable goal, but also a substantial change from last years poor performance (156 yds/game).

by PozDispenser on Mar 18, 2010 11:20 PM EDT reply actions  

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