July 14
Levitre Should be on the Left
The Buffalo Bills finally addressed their offensive line in this past April’s National Football League Draft.The problem is that one of the picks is in the wrong spot.
The Bills in the laster part of the second round of the Draft traded up to take offensive lineman Andy Levitre out of Oregon.
Levitre in college played both right and left tackle, but the Bills plan to move him to guard.
The thing is the better side of the offensive line last yearwas the right side with Brad Butler at right guard and Langston Walker at right tackle.
The problem last year for the Bills that neither of their centers were good enough to handle the nose tackle in their opponents 3-4 defense.
They addressed that by signing center Geoff Hangartner in free agency and updated the left guard spot by taking Eric Wood in the first round of this past years draft who they are moving from center to guard.
The thing is that everyone in Buffalo, which includes Walker himself, that Walker is more effective at right tackle as he had to play both last year, because of former Bill Jason Peter’s hold out and injury later in the year.
In the end the Bills offensive will be will be Walker at right tackle, Butler at right guard, Hangartner at center Wood at left guard, and Levitre at left tackle as all except Wood is all familiar with the those positions techniques, which means the best execution from the offensive line will com with this lineup.
