Saturday, March 1, 2008

Bills Trade for DT Stroud

Probably a good move here, my only concern would be that Stroud has missed 12 games over the last two seasons and is 30 years old. Also, he's never been as productive as he was during the 2002 - 2004 stretch in which he had 6.0, 4.5, and 4.5 sacks respectively. Since then, he has only totaled 6.5 sacks. He posted his best numbers for tackles during that 2002 - 2004 stretch as well. He is, nonetheless, a huge upgrade for Buffalo at DT, which has been a problem for them basically since they lost La'Roi Glover. 

I should also mention that the Jaguars are probably grooming replacement DT Derek Landri. He had a spectacular rookie season after filling in for Stroud while he was injured, and I particularly remember a great sack of his against Ben Roethlisberger during their playoff game. I think he's going to be something special. 

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