When it comes to the Buffalo Bills, Fred Jackson is labeled “Mr. Versatility” for his ability to be a huge weapon in both the passing and running game. Perhaps it’s time for Jackson to share his much-deserved label with a teammate who’s also quietly doing it all— offensive lineman Andy Levitre.
Like many other players on the team, it was easy to worry about Levitre during training camp and the preseason. He got off to such a slow start in camp that he temporarily lost his starting left guard gig to Chad Reinhart. But since the season started Levitre’s not only been fine at guard, but performed at a Pro-Bowl level through five and a half games, being largely responsible for Jackson running wild early in the season.
Injuries to left tackles Demetrius Bell and rookie Chris Hairston forced Bills head coach Chan Gailey to move Levitre over to left tackle and his first start of the season there last Sunday against Washington, Levitre was outstanding. His play against Pro Bowler Brian Orakpo was a big reason the Bills offense was firing on all cylinders Sunday… and it didn’t go unnoticed by Gailey on Monday morning either.
Levitre Showing Off His Versatility – continue reading…
The Buffalo Bills returned to the practice field Wednesday as they began physical preparations to take on the Dolphins in Miami on Sunday. Miami is hanging on to their playoff lives at 7-6 and several Bills players said that’s not lost on their minds.
“That’s our goal,” defensive end Chris Kelsay said. ”We’ve got three big games to finish out the season. We’re not going to play spoiler to the Patriots they’re going to playoffs, but we can the next couple of weeks, Miami and potentially the last game of the season against New York.”
Five players didn’t participate at practice Wednesday; offensive linemen Geoff Hangartner, Demetrius Bell and Andy Levitre as well as Kelsay and Drayton Florence. Of course, Lee Evans is out for the season after being placed on Injured Reserve earlier this week with an ankle injury.
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As we continue to wait for news to break regarding the Buffalo Bills’ search for a new head coach, we thought it’d be prudent to break away from the repetitive coverage and start talking about the shell of a football team that’s on the verge of getting re-molded.
One of the key sticking points that’s often bandied about when talking about top coaching candidates’ unwillingness to come to Buffalo is their overall lack of talent. This is a valid concern, even if it’s hyperbolized in Buffalo to an extent. Let’s face it – Seattle isn’t exactly brimming with untapped potential, either. While it’s true that Buffalo does lack young, potentially elite talent in key positions, namely quarterback, there are young players on this team with the ability to turn into star players at their respective positions.
Six young Buffalo Bills with significant upside – continue reading…
With the dramatically sudden firing of Dick Jauron yesterday and Derek Fine going to the I.R. this morning dominating the headlines, a very under the radar move was also made, a manuever that could be very telling about Demetrius Bell.
Bell injured his knee Sunday at Tennessee and the extent of the injury hasn’t been revealed (expect an update this afternoon). Jauron did say Monday in what turned out to be his final presser that he “wasn’t optimistic” about Bell’s injury.
This morning the Bills signed interior linemen Christian Gaddis to the practice squad (his third stint there) and released C.J. Hawthorne.
Quiet Gaddis Signing Prelude to Levitire at LT? – continue reading…
Mike Mayock is one of the more respected football analysts on television. The NFL Network draft guru is especially credible among fans in Buffalo.
Many will recall in 2006 as the Bills prepared for the draft, Mayock was the only draft “expert” to accurately project Donte Whitner going to the team with the eighth overall pick. Most had Whitner going towards the end of the first round and in hindsight, the majority of Bills fans currently wish Mayock would’ve been wrong.
Mike Mayock Loves the Bills’ Guards – continue reading…
