State Of The Bills Roster: Evaluation System Depth Chart

48 guys can serve a purpose. That’s probably right. Fill those 5 empty spots with free agents and draft picks plus upgrade over the last few guys in that 48 to make your 53 better.

Get some B & C guys in here to replace some D&E guys….

especially at LB, right side of the o-line and CB once florence goes, which according to his recent conversation on twitter with a revered rumbler, is happening come march 3… trading down keeps sounding better and better, however unlikely.

Men (Rumblers) can cry.

Would Green or Peterson fall into 1A territory right away?

make me pine for the days of Jeff Posey and Mark Campbell.
We need help at those positions like the desert needs the rain.

In your other article you have this:

2-C: This group is comprised of players that will be age 25 or under when the 2011 regular season begins. All of these players have contributed to the team in some fashion in their time in Buffalo; some of those contributions are minor, while others have been extremely significant. Some of these players have elite potential; others could be solid starters; and others might never do another thing for the team.

That sounds EXACTLY like CJ Spiller to me. Is he going to be over 25 when the season begins?

to group 2

sad list…

I think one of the problems with a chart like this is that there are no other teams to compare it to, so we can see how really bad/good we are. I know that every fan wants an all pro at every position but there are NO teams that have that. Just look at the 2 superbowl teams, the Steelers offensive line is not very good and the Packers have 18 guys on IR and don’t have a very good run game (yes, Starks is playing well the last few games but for the season they weren’t very good). I think the key for any franchise is to have at least 4 1(A)’s especially at QB on their roster and then surround them with decent role players.

The problem the Bills have is those 1A players the Bills were hoping for can’t live up to there billing. Poz, Whitner, Macargo, Maybin, McKelvin….. and the list goes on and on and on…… And then when we do draft an impact rookie, we have such a lack of overall talent around them that we expect them to be immediate studs. To compound the matter most of them aren’t very good. All teams “miss” on draft picks once in awhile. The problem is the Bills seemed to have missed a lot in the last few years.

I can realistically see between 7 and 9 current players moving into the 1A and 2B,C categories with solid seasons next year. With a solid draft this year, I think the Bills will have a really great base of young talented players for years to come.

Would hang be in group 2 as a guard?

which culminated in this chart is an excellent piece of work. I truly believe if OBD was as objective as Brian’s series, we would be on the road to being competitive. More likely, OBD is filled with self delusion and CYA. Under Ralph the Bills have had seasons of 5 or less wins almost 1/3 of their history. Brian’s series and the summary chart is typical of the teams Ralph has historically fielded.

Guys this isnt as sad as your all making it out to be. Yes, yes I realize that we only have on 1A guy. But please lets acknowledge that we have more 1B’s and C’s then you’d expect from a team that finished 4-12 and has the third pick in the draft.

I think this is very very good to see for a team that just finished the first year of a rebuild. Stevie, Jairus, Wood, Levitre, Leo, Moats all have VERY good chances to move up in coming seasons to a higher category. Throw in that I think Poz is devalued here and potentially that Merriman and McGee should be in a higher class if they are healthy and I’m a bit encouraged by this chart. Add yet again that guys like Carrington, Troup, Batten and Easley also too have the chance to move up this is not such an eye sore. We are young.

Embrace the youth movement Rumblers!

Nice way to organize a depth chart BG, looks snazzy too!

You can instantly see the big holes (LB, DE and the right side of the line). Turning it 90’ on its side, and you could actually graph it to look like a group of holes.

I agree with the comments about Sanborn. In the criteria for 1A, it said that the player must be “elite at his craft”. Despite Sanborn only playing 10 plays per game, he performs his role/craft at an elite level. I could easily see him in Tier 1 or 2.

Our biggest problem is the lack of tier 2 linebackers and offensive linemen. An elite, or at least serviceable, offensive line would greatly impact Spiller’s ability to become tier 1 or 2. Hopefully we can add to our tier 2 depth via the drat and free agency.

this is not too shocking. we all pretty much knew that the talent on this team is lacking, yet for some reason people dont want 1-a talent like green and peterson on this team still, baffling.