Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: WR, OT, G/C, DE, DT, LB, CB.

The big question at tight end for the Buffalo Bills entering the off-season was whether or not the team would be able to re-sign impending free agent Scott Chandler, as GM Buddy Nix indicated in early January that Chandler's asking price may have been a bit too lofty. In the end, however, the Bills and Chandler agreed to a modest two-year deal that brings stability to the position.

Beyond that - as well as the signing of a high-upside tryout player - nothing has changed for the Bills at the position. That's not necessarily a bad thing, either.

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Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: WR, OT, G/C, DE, LB, CB.

There's one position on the new 4-3 defense being installed by Dave Wannstedt that did not have the benefit of a single new face this off-season, and that's defensive tackle. The reason? As the team transitions to the new scheme, 3-4 defensive ends are becoming tackles, and the team still has young players with upside behind starters Marcell Dareus and Kyle Williams. (And the list could grow, as well, if the team comes to its senses about the abilities of players like Spencer Johnson and Lionel Dotson.)

That may, however, end up being a problem for the team, as Williams is returning from injury, as is a key young reserve - and many of the depth players have serious question marks. Marcell? Kyle? Stay in shape and very healthy, friends.

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Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: WR, OT, DE, LB, CB.

Heading into the 2012 regular season, the Buffalo Bills appear to have solid depth on the interior offensive line, where they have four capable and experienced players and a handful of interesting developmental-type guys. They're in a good position for this year.

Next year, however, is where it could get hairy. Three of the aforementioned group of four players - Andy Levitre, Kraig Urbik and Chad Rinehart - are all scheduled for free agency next year. That's a situation worth monitoring for two reasons: it only adds to the competition already inherent to the position, and it makes the race for the depth spots inside even more intriguing.

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Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: WR, OT, DE, CB.

Not much has changed near the top of the Buffalo Bills' linebacker depth chart this off-season, which makes the position positively boring when considering the sweeping changes made in other spots (like defensive end). The Bills made a series of moves here, however, that are worth noting.

Noteworthy fact No. 1: three of the four linebackers expected to have significant roles at the outset of the 2012 season are at least 30 years old. That's a potential concern, even though those players are still (at least) fairly productive. Behind those veterans are a slew of young guys vying for roster spots as the Bills transition to a 4-3 defense.

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Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: OT, DE, CB.

When we examined the state of the Buffalo Bills' wide receiver position on January 10, we were looking at a list of 11 players that included four impending unrestricted free agents that lacked a legitimate bookend to one of those free agents, top target Stevie Johnson. I remarked at the time that the position held the most off-season intrigue for the team, and noted that the potential for change was enormous.

Today, the list is largely the same, as the team re-signed three of the four free agents - losing only Roscoe Parrish, who was replaced on the list by third-round pick T.J. Graham, who has since taken Parrish's No. 11 jersey. In short, not a lot has changed here, and the team is still waiting for Johnson's complement to emerge.

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Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: OT, CB.

Over the past two days, we've taken in-depth looks at two positions where the Buffalo Bills have made the most change this off-season: cornerback and offensive tackle. The third and final position where things look radically different - defensive end - is our topic this morning.

Back in January, discussing Buffalo's group of pass rushers was a bleak and morose affair. In fact, those are good adjectives to describe the state of the team at that position much further back than January. Today, there may be a few lingering misgivings about the state of the defensive end position, but as far as fan sentiment goes, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more complete 180 thanks to two free agent signings - one of which is perhaps the most mind-blowing signing in the history of the NFL.

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Buffalo Rumblings is in the process of breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster position by position. Installments you may have missed: CB.

When it become apparent in March that unrestricted free agent left tackle Demetress Bell wouldn't be returning to the Buffalo Bills, the team knew that it would be entering the 2012 NFL Draft with just three tackles on the roster. Clearly, the Bills had some work to do at the position just from a numbers standpoint; they ended up accomplishing more than simply finding bodies.

In 2011, we made a big deal about fourth-round pick Chris Hairston being the Bills' highest-drafted tackle since Mike Williams. A year later, that's already changed, with the team spending a second-round pick (and nearly spending a first-round pick) on Cordy Glenn.

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We have not run a State of the Buffalo Bills Roster article here since January, well before the team enjoyed its most productive and fan-friendly off-season in recent memory. Now that the team's 90-man roster appears set heading into the summer months, it's time to re-visit this series before training camp starts.

We'll start the process at cornerback, where things look vastly different than they did nearly four months ago. On January 23, we were talking about Drayton Florence being the "safest" of the team's three veteran corners; now he's the only one of the three no longer with the team, having been released shortly after the draft.

Head on in after the jump for a closer look at the cornerback position in Buffalo. Things have changed, and there's a huge burden of expectation being placed on a lot of young players.

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