Gillislee and Burkhead vs. Blount: the analytics factor

[Tony2046]

Also, somewhat unrelated, I think we almost have too many weapons on offense.

WR: Cooks, Edelman, Hogan, Mitchell, Amendola
TE: Gronkowski, Allen
RB: Gillislee, White, Lewis, Berkhead

That is 11 solid skill position players. I love the depth trust me but only 5 can play at a time so having 11 seems a little over kill. And this is before factoring in any rookies or second year guys like DJ Foster, Devin Lucien, etc that could come along.

Because of this I view Hogan and especially Lewis as potential trade pieces. While I dont want to trade Butler, a package deal of Butler + Lewis to the Saints would make a lot of sense for both sides. Maybe we could get #11 in return, although I would prefer #32 and #42. Those picks would allow us to fill some holes on defense (DE, LB, Etc.) with young rookies on cheap long term contracts while only losing a couple players at positions we are already deep at. RB would be more than fine with Gillislee, White and Berkhead. And CB should hold up fine with Gilmore, Rowe, and whoever wins the slot job (probably Cyrus). We could pick up Jason McCourty or Darelle Revis if need be as well.

Every year we watch them ride through injuries. Last year it was Gronk and Bennett played through injuries but provided enough.

This year this offense is freaking loaded and I'm excited about that not only because it could be another 2007 type season but it has so much depth that it could carry a team in so many ways. Injured D? Run the ball and burn the clock. Injured WR? Depth. Injured RB? Throw the ball to anywhere on the field. And BTW the D looks like it could be loaded too. Wow.

It looks like it's going to be another fun year.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I was wondering the same. Found this at the Buffalo News FWIW:

Skurski thinks they should match for the quality depth but hates that the Bill keep putting themselves into this type of cap situation.

Analysis: Mike Gillislee dilemma starts with Jim Overdorf's mismanagement of salary cap - The Buffalo News

Interesting.

Wasn't Williams the a-hole that went after Brisket and MM?

 

[Tony2046]

Interesting.

Wasn't Williams the a-hole that went after Brisket and MM?

No that was the safety, Robert Blanton.

 

[RobertWeathers]

No that was the safety, Robert Blanton.

Ah. Ok.

That's a ton of people there. Wow

 

[Tony2046]

Ah. Ok.

That's a ton of people there. Wow

I posted the wrong twitter link. Refresh it if you want to see the Brissett incident.