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 |
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