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Hello Bills fans. The offensive line is really starting to gel. Many people questioned when the Bills gave Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker monster deals this past off-season. Dockery was one of the best guards available and Walker was a good tackle on a bad offensive line. Both have drastically improved the Bills offensive line. Although the line needs to improve on their run blocking, pass protection has been great. This past Sunday they didn’t allow a sack and have protected rookie quarterback Trent Edwards well. Jason Peters is becoming a dominate left tackle and will be a Pro Bowler before we know it. First year starter Brad Butler has played well at the right guard position. Melvin Fowler is a bit undersized but makes up for it with good technique. This line is big and will improve further with more games played together. It’s exciting to see them develop chemistry and that is a major positive for the future of this team. All of the great teams in this league have excellent offensive lines. Hopefully we can keep these guys together and have them lead us to the promise land. I also hope that we can open up some holes this Sunday for Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson. Go Bills. Let’s beat the Dolphins.

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Hello Bills fans. After experiencing the tough loss in person on Monday night, I decided to watch the game again. I had the game taped and decided why not watch the first 59 minutes. I was looking at certain things like the offensive line, defensive line, quarterback, and receivers. Ok let me just say one thing. The right side of our offensive line needs to improve. When starting right guard Brad Butler went out with a hip injury, Duke Preston came in and didn’t do such a great job. I watched him on a few plays get pushed back into Trent Edwards lap. Right tackle Langston Walker also has trouble with speed rushers on the end. He was getting blown off the ball and looked stiff. I do believe that losing Butler was tough on the entire line. We need to use this bye week to get our offensive line healthy. We need to run block better also. Marshawn Lynch did not have many holes to run through in this game. He kept on getting hit behind the line of scrimmage because our o-line couldn’t get any type of push. It almost seemed as if we were getting pushed back the entire second half. I got to say our defensive line is starting to look good. I really like the way John McCargo and Kyle Williams are playing. McCargo seems to always make some good plays and Williams has a relentless style. I’m really happy that McCargo is starting to show why we drafted him in the first round in 2006. Another area of concern for me is wide receiver. I know that Josh Reed and Roscoe Parrish have played real good but I would love to see Lee Evans have a 10 catch over a 100-yard game. Evans is a fantastic wide receiver and we need to get him more involved to put more points on the board. It would be nice if we had a good #2 receiver to take some pressure off of Evans. Watch out for Evans after the bye. I think he is going to put up some nice numbers and help this offense. Trent Edwards is a real good quarterback. There were a few plays were a blitz was coming and Edwards stayed so cool in the pocket and threw a completion. Edwards plays the game like a veteran. He seems like he doesn’t get rattled and knows where his receivers are. He also has a nice touch on short routes and showed that he can fire it to the outside as well. Edwards had a really good game in my opinion and the offense had the chance to score more points in this one. The play calling was questionable in certain situation and wish we could have run some different plays. Lets hope we can correct some of our mistakes during the bye week and come out on October 21st and beat the Ravens. Lets Go Bills.

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Coach Dick Jauron announced that Brad Butler will be the starting right guard. This is a suprise move because Butler has been hurt for most of camp. He did look good in last Thursdays preseason finale. The coaches have been high on Butler since he was drafted last year. He is a big guy with a mean streak and will hopefully allow us to get some big runs on the right side paired with Langston Walker. I for one thought the right guard spot would be given to Jason Whittle. Whittle has a lot of experience and also played for coach Jim Mcnally when both were with the Giants. Duke Preston has been given every chance to earn a starting spot but always seems to have breakdowns during the game. He started at center during the preseason and had a terrible shotgun snap. I guess Preston is suited for a backup role. I hope Butler plays well and will be a starter all season. Lets Go Bills.

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Today the Buffalo Bills announced that offensive lineman Aaron Merz was placed on the injured reserve ending his season. Merz has missed a lot of practice time with a shoulder injury. I’m curious to see who the backup offensive lineman will be. The team usually keeps nine on the roster. The projected starters are Jason Peters at left tackle, Derrick Dockery at left guard, Melvin Fowler at center, Jason Whittle or Duke Preston at right guard, and Langston Walker at right tackle. The projected backups at this point are lets say Preston because I think Whittle will end up starting, Terrance Pennington, Brad Butler, and either Nevin McCaskill, Corey Davis, Christian Gaddis, or Kirk Chambers. I guess Chambers has the best shot out of the four remaining. I for one hope the starters stay healthy. Besides Pennington, the rest do not have much experience if any at all. Lets hope and pray that are main guys are in there the whole season. Butler has had injury problems going back to last year. He is said to have a lot of potential but cannot seem to stay healthy. Gaddis, Davis and McCaskill are all rookie free agents. One of them might be added to the practice squad. Chambers has the best shot because he has more NFL experience than the previous three mentioned. Lets go O-line, please protect JP and pave the way for Marshawn. Lets Go Bills.

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I’m curious to see how the re-tooled offensive line plays this season. This year there aren’t many position battles in training camp. Right guard and middle linebacker are the main ones. At right guard, the Bills are trying out Duke Preston and Jason Whittle. Duke seems like a good fit but with Melvin Fowler injured, he has moved over to center. He did have a terrible shotgun snap on Friday but I believe he will do fine there. Jason Whittle has been around for a while and I do like him next to Langston Walker. Derrick Dockery and Jason Peters form a very strong left side that I’m sure Marshawn Lynch will benefit from. Lets hope the o-line comes together and gives J.P. Losman enough time to hit Lee Evans deep. We will have to wait and see how this turns out. At middle linebacker, the Bills currently have John DiGiorgio as the starter. I do think he is a quality depth guy but would love to see Paul Posluszny take control of the position. He has all the tools to lead the defense in his rookie year. Lets Go Bills and hopefully our new o-line and middle linebacker will take us to the playoffs.

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