Florio: Bills sniffed around Ravens OT Jared Gaither

Maybe the draft wasn’t an indication that the Bills were happy with D. Bell after all.

Faneca could be an asset on the line.

When questioned about Bell at LT, Gailey’s response was interesting. He said “at this point” Bell would be the logical starter, since he’s played the position some. “at this point” could mean more than the obvious, especially if they’re still shopping for a LT

We had to many holes going into the draft. Impossible to address every one of them. Still QB and LT for this team are positions you would want answers for not projects. There is no doubt in my mind that Chix will be open to any possibility. This process of rebuilding doesn’t end with the draft.

If we cough up draft picks if better be worth the investment.

The price for Gaither is just too high, probably either next year’s 1st rounder or next year’s 2nd and a 4th/5th or something. That’s why they’re waiting to see if Bell can still be salvaged, if he can become what his potential says he can why waste all those draft picks rushing him back to the bench?

they should expect it to be a high 2nd and get this show on the road

If we trade a second and fourth for gaither and draft a QB at number one. then that leaves us with a third to provide an impact player for the following season. That doesn’t exactly help the rebuild process that Buddy has outlined. Gaitner would be a solid addition and more importantly provide depth, experience and quality to our young O-Line, but we still need options in next years draft. Would you be willing to forgo drafting a #1 QB in next years draft. That would leave us with a 1st and 3rd to address the team’s needs.

The Bills take a look at Gaither, indicating their interest in improving their LT position, yet do nothing to improve it during the draft.

I’m guessing this story has little meaning. Considering no offer was made and there was nothing more than a quick sniff, it’s unlikely they were serious about Gaither. But I wish they’d get serious about him!

Despite the lack of qbs we have, its hard to tell how good they can be when they have no protection. Plus playing behind has forced them to pass. Don’t ge me wrong, not a fan of our QB’s, but in their defense, they were set to fail last year. O-line can make or break a qb and rb

With the Bills fans. There are going to be alot of cuts following the draft, they are already starting, and there will be more to come. I wouldn’t mortgage the farm so fast.

Gaither could be still available. But trading for him, you’d want to make sure that, hes amiable to a long term contract in Buffalo, or it would be a giant waste of a draft pick, for a rental. Holy run on sentence me.

Bills sniffed around Ravens OT Jared Gaither


maybe they didn’t like what they smelled.

No one can dispute that, but the play calling didn’t help. Maybe Gailey thinks that he can engineer an offense that doesn’t need a Pro-Bowl caliber starter at every OL position. Spiller has great vision and hits the hole quick, maybe they are thinking that with him as a home run threat on every down, Jackson as a more conventional back, and a short check-down passing game that Trent or Brohm could handle, we could make it through the year without crippling injuries and draft/trade for some O-line help and a QB next year.

I am sure this one is not going to go over too well… but its a slow day, so why not.

If you agree that outside of the top two tackles, no pickup would have been a slam dunk improvement over what we have now, then you can make a decent case that the best thing to do is to do absolutely nothing at all.

Offensive lines take time to evolve and gel together. Last year, despite all the injuries, these players at least got a sense of playing together. Combined with getting stronger and more familiar with the speed of the NFL game, that familiarity should actually translate into a better line.

Adding in another tackle of the same quality as the folks we have would just make for a more crowded line and a repeat of what we had last year. If the guy is clearly better (eg Gaither), I am all for it, but if you’ve got a middling guy, then I would rather roll the dice with what you have.

You might say well what about Wang. As Brian pointed out, Wang has a ways to go. Bringing him in and developing him isn’t going to disrupt anything for next year.

The Fins starting NT is 6-3 305 Randy Starks, who played DE last year.

Not exactly a prototyoical NT

I really believe OBD were ready to pic OT Bruce Campbell just before the Raiders jump on him……. That was the last chance of getting a descent OT in the Draft.