Bills are trading C Russell Bodine to the New England Patriots

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According to Schefter

 

[SHOWTIME15]

 

[BadMoFo]

Ferentz gone. Karras?

 

[SHOWTIME15]

I think we literally started a thread on this at the same time...

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

He must not be good if the Bills are giving him to us.

 

[Brandon_Cox]

Bill is on fire

 

[mgteich]

Ferentz gone. Karras?

Ferentz

 

[SBLIII]

He is the backup Center with Andrews out and Ferentz being a scrub

 

[Deus Irae]

Bills fans are loving this trade.

Bodine traded to the Patriots for a 6th round pick

 

[patsinthesnow]

This guy was terrible on the Bengals. That’s all I got.

 

[Froob]

I guess they got a good pick for a guy that maybe wasn't making the roster, but why help the Patriots? They have to know Pats have the best O line coach in the biz, should have let him go for nothing then hand over o line help.

 

[Tony2046]

I think we literally started a thread on this at the same time...

I wonder what the tie breaking merge rules are.

 

[Brick27]

Started 74 out of 74 games in 5 seasons. Looking like he could be a solid depth piece.

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

Best News is no Ferentz

 

[50-yard-line]

Not surprised they're looking to Buffalo. This FA season, the Bills grabbed:

Guard Jon Feliciano
Tackle La'Adrian Waddle
Tackle Ty Nsekhe
Center Mitch Morse
Center/Guard Spencer Long
Guard Quinton Spain

Then took Tackle Cody Ford high in the Second Round. Think they wanted to redo their OL?

 

[SBLIII]

He will be the backup C. Maybe it's also a sign Froholdt is going on IR

 

[mgteich]

this seems more like a Bill player. He is a 4 year starter for Cinci.

 

[203Pat]

I like it. A veteran with a lot of starting experience to push Karras for the starting job.

 

[mgteich]

our 3 Game One OL backups will all be new, not a terrible idea

I suspect that we will keep Croston for at least a couple of weeks, while the new players learn the system.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Apparently BB was pretty clear on this in an interview yesterday (very surprising) when he said that Veldheer and Schwenke were generally guys he expected to make the team. The team had 8 linemen who were worth a damn - those two, the original projected starters, plus Karras. And they were likely planning on keeping Froholdt as a developmental guy.

Those two guys retire and Andrews is lost for the year, and Froholdt himself looks like he suffered a bad injury yesterday. That left us with only 5 quality linemen. Huge opportunity for others to step up this preseason, but they all looked horrid instead, including Ferentz last night who had the best opportunity. So I was fully expecting the team's 8th lineman to come from outside the organization. Hopefully this works out.