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 | |
| RB | LeSean McCoy |
| McCoy is Outstanding as a runner & receiver. A | |
| WR | Kelvin Benjamin & Zay Jones D- |
| TE | Charles Clay & Nick O’Leary C- |
| 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 | |
| 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+ | |
| 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- | |
| 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 | |
| Dolphins | |
| QB | Ryan Tannehill |
| MI is convinced Tannehill is the guy. I am not. D- | |
| 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 | |
| WR | DeVante Parker & Kenny Stills |
| Jarvis Landry was traded to CL & MI needs him D | |
| TE | A.J. Derby & Mike Gesicki R |
| Thomas is gone, F- | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| OB | slb Chase Allen mlb Raekwon McMillan wlb Kiko Alonso |
| The only one in this grp that is solid is Alonso. D | |
| db | lc Xavien Howard rc Cordrea Tankersley fs Minkah Fitzpatrick R ss Reshad Jones |
| Jones is solid but the rest are big ? C | |
| patriots | |
| qb | Tom Brady A+ |
| RB | James White |
| NE can’t trust a rookie so White starts. C | |
| 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 | |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski A |
| 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 | |
| DL | le Adrian Clayborn FA lt Lawrence Guy rt Malcom Brown re Trey Flowers |
| Very little pass rush except for Clayborn C | |
| lb | Dont’a Hightower & Kyle Van Noy |
| Hightower was out most of the yr. But should be better this sea. B | |
| db | Lc Jonathan Jones rc Stephon Gilmore 3rd cb Jason McCourty fs Devin McCourty ss Patrick Chung |
| S are stronger than CBS B | |
| Jets | |
| QB | Josh McCown or Sam Darnold |
| McCown is inj prone & old. Darnold will see action soon. C | |
| RB | Isaiah Crowell |
| Crow is a good RB but never got a chance to run in CL. He will do well here. B | |
| WR | Robby Anderson & Jermaine Kearse & Terrelle Pryor |
| Anderson & Kearse are OK but Pryor needs to step up his production. B | |
| TE | Eric Tomlinson |
| He is nothing special. C- | |
| 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 | |
| DL | le Leonard Williams nt Steve McLendon re Henry Anderson |
| Very average DL C | |
| lb | lolb Josh Martin liob Avery Williamson rilb Darron Lee rolb Jordan Jenkins |
| Except for Lee this group is below average. D | |
| db | lc Trumaine Johnson rc Morris Claiborne fs Jamal Adams ss Marcus Maye |
| This group under preformed last season. C- News, Notes & Rumors on Fridays is about the games coming up and Monday on the results of the weekend. My co-host is Samantha Bunten of NBC Sports. Podcasts can be heard on https://fryingpansports.com/radio-show/. Thanks for your support. |
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