Here are my Starter Grades for AFC East teams. If you are picking your fantasy sports teams this weekend you’ll want to have a look at these ratings.
| � | Bills |
| QB | new AJ McCarron FA Josh Allen R gone Ty Taylor T |
| � | McCarron is unproven & Allen is a rookie. D |
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| RB | LeSean McCoy |
| � | McCoy is Outstanding as a runner & receiver. A |
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| WR | Kelvin Benjamin & Zay Jones D- |
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| TE | Charles Clay & Nick O’Leary C- |
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| OL | lt Dion Dawkins lg John Miller C Russell Bodine rg Vlad Ducasse rt Jordan Mills |
| � | lt Glenn T & lg Incognito ret were the keys to the O. D |
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| DL | Le Trent Murphy FA lt Star Lotulelei FA rt Kyle Williams re Jerry Hughes T |
| � | The 4/3 which fits the D better. C+ |
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| lb | wlb Matt Milano mlb Tremaine Edmunds R slb Lorenzo Alexander |
| � | MLB Preston Brown was allowed to leave as FA.R Edmunds replaced him. C- |
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| db | lc Tre’Davious White rc Vontae Davis fs Jordan Poyer ss Micah Hyde |
| � | ss Hyde & lc White are solid, rc Davis is not longer elite. Gaines left via FA. B |
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| � | Dolphins |
| QB | Ryan Tannehill |
| � | MI is convinced Tannehill is the guy. I am not. D- |
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| RB | Kenyan Drake |
| � | Drake is not big enough to carry the ball 25 times a game. Frank Gore is past his “use by” date. D |
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| WR | DeVante Parker & Kenny Stills |
| � | Jarvis Landry was traded to CL & MI needs him D |
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| TE | A.J. Derby & Mike Gesicki R |
| � | Thomas is gone, F- |
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| OL | lt Laremy Tunsil lg Josh Sitton c Daniel Kilgore rg Jesse Davis rt Ja’Wuan James |
| � | C Mike Pouncey begged to be cut & Jermon Bushrod couldn’t wait to sign with a Good team D |
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| DL | le Cameron Wake lt Akeem Spence rt Davon Godchaux re Robert Quinn |
| � | DT are soft but adding Quinn who LR never figured out how to use him Helps Pass Rush B |
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| OB | slb Chase Allen mlb Raekwon McMillan wlb Kiko Alonso |
| � | The only one in this grp that is solid is Alonso. D |
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| db | lc Xavien Howard rc Cordrea Tankersley fs Minkah Fitzpatrick R ss Reshad Jones |
| � | Jones is solid but the rest are big ? C |
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| � | patriots |
| qb | Tom Brady A+ |
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| RB | James White |
| � | NE can’t trust a rookie so White starts. C |
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| WR | Julian Edelman sus 4 GMS Chris Hogan Kenny Britt Jordan Matthews |
| � | When Edelman gets back WRS grup is OK. Britt can’t catch but Hogan is OK. B |
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| TE | Rob Gronkowski A |
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| OL | lt Isaiah Wynn lg Joe Thuney c David Andrews rg Shaq Mason rt Trent Brown |
| � | Rebuilt OL needs Brady’s quick release but don’t expect a run gm. D |
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| DL | le Adrian Clayborn FA lt Lawrence Guy rt Malcom Brown re Trey Flowers |
| � | Very little pass rush except for Clayborn C |
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| lb | Dont’a Hightower & Kyle Van Noy |
| � | Hightower was out most of the yr. But should be better this sea. B |
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| db | Lc Jonathan Jones rc Stephon Gilmore 3rd cb Jason McCourty fs Devin McCourty ss Patrick Chung |
| � | S are stronger than CBS B |
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| � | Jets |
| QB | Josh McCown or Sam Darnold |
| � | McCown is inj prone & old. Darnold will see action soon. C |
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| RB | Isaiah Crowell |
| � | Crow is a good RB but never got a chance to run in CL. He will do well here. B |
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| WR | Robby Anderson & Jermaine Kearse & Terrelle Pryor |
| � | Anderson & Kearse are OK but Pryor needs to step up his production. B |
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| TE | Eric Tomlinson |
| � | He is nothing special. C- |
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| OL | lt Kelvin Beachum lg James Carpenter c Spencer Long rg Brian Winters rt Brandon Shell |
| � | Beachum is solid but the rest are below average. D |
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| DL | le Leonard Williams nt Steve McLendon re Henry Anderson |
| � | Very average DL C |
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| lb | lolb Josh Martin liob Avery Williamson rilb Darron Lee rolb Jordan Jenkins |
| � | Except for Lee this group is below average. D |
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| db | lc Trumaine Johnson rc Morris Claiborne fs Jamal Adams ss Marcus Maye |
| � | This group under preformed last season. C-
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