if they actually sign Preston, then they aren’t keeping both Proctor and Holland. Since Holland is the backup G and Proctor was the one who could swing to C, I bet Proctor is gone.

from the analysis of the Packers-Bills game last week

Buffalo’s O-line wasn’t good last season and they jettisoned three starters, including current Packer C Duke Preston, from that group. They’re rebuilding their line, and it’s just not ready.

profootballfocus.com has him ranked 53rd out of 55 centers in their Center Summary. Don’t ask me how they calculate their rankings, I have no clue. But it does not bode well. Then again, how much worse than our current backups can he be?

They obviously want more experience at the backup C/G position. This guy provides enough to compete against the likes of Proctor. I also read somewhere that he has experience at tackle? Talk about versatile.

based on that review, not sure if he’s much better than proctor. but the boys must see something in him, maybe think he can be coached up and prefer an experienced inferior lineman to an inexperienced inferior lineman lol.

not without seeing a comparison to another reputable player under the same rating system.

I am not a huge fan of that rating scale. To judge a play good, decent, bad, or killed is a method that is tough to judge for objectivity and from my perspective, only looks at a one on one matchup rather than the whole line’s perspective. This isn’t to say that the guy doesn’t know what he is talking about, but even using his own scale, when he grades a guy with decent run blocking or better on 93% of the plays and decent pass blocking or better on 63.9% of the plays, I don’t know how he comes to the conclusion that he is a complete scrub. Maybe its just me, but it sounds like he is a good run blocker. And as for his pass blocking, it doesn’t sound good, but its better than the turnstile that is Cory Proctor. Ultimately, even with that guy’s review I am glad we have at least brought in another potential backup center that isn’t named Cory.