Starter Grades for AFC East

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.

Starter Grades for AFC East
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 Bills
QBnew AJ McCarron FA Josh Allen R gone Ty Taylor T
 McCarron is unproven & Allen is a rookie. D
  
RBLeSean McCoy
 McCoy is Outstanding as a runner & receiver. A
  
WRKelvin Benjamin & Zay Jones D-
  
TECharles 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
  
DLLe Trent Murphy FA lt Star Lotulelei FA rt Kyle Williams re Jerry Hughes T
 The 4/3 which fits the D better. C+
  
lbwlb Matt Milano mlb Tremaine Edmunds R slb Lorenzo Alexander
 MLB Preston Brown was allowed to leave as FA.R Edmunds replaced him. C-
  
dblc 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
QBRyan Tannehill
 MI is convinced Tannehill is the guy. I am not. D-
  
RBKenyan Drake
 Drake is not big enough to carry the ball 25 times a game. Frank Gore is past his “use by” date. D
  
WRDeVante Parker & Kenny Stills
 Jarvis Landry was traded to CL & MI needs him D
  
TEA.J. Derby & Mike Gesicki R
 Thomas is gone, F-
  
OLlt 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
  
DLle 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
  
OBslb Chase Allen mlb Raekwon McMillan wlb Kiko Alonso
 The only one in this grp that is solid is Alonso. D
  
dblc Xavien Howard rc Cordrea Tankersley fs Minkah Fitzpatrick R ss Reshad Jones
 Jones is solid but the rest are big ? C
  
 patriots
qbTom Brady A+
  
RBJames White
 NE can’t trust a rookie so White starts. C
  
WRJulian 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
  
OLlt 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
  
DLle Adrian Clayborn FA lt Lawrence Guy rt Malcom Brown re Trey Flowers
 Very little pass rush except for Clayborn C
  
lbDont’a Hightower & Kyle Van Noy
 Hightower was out most of the yr. But should be better this sea. B
  
dbLc Jonathan Jones rc Stephon Gilmore 3rd cb Jason McCourty fs Devin McCourty ss Patrick Chung
 S are stronger than CBS B
  
 Jets
QBJosh McCown or Sam Darnold
 McCown is inj prone & old. Darnold will see action soon. C
  
RBIsaiah Crowell
 Crow is a good RB but never got a chance to run in CL. He will do well here. B
  
WRRobby Anderson & Jermaine Kearse & Terrelle Pryor
 Anderson & Kearse are OK but Pryor needs to step up his production. B
  
TEEric Tomlinson
 He is nothing special. C-
  
OLlt Kelvin Beachum lg James Carpenter c Spencer Long rg Brian Winters rt Brandon Shell
 Beachum is solid but the rest are below average. D
  
DLle Leonard Williams nt Steve McLendon re Henry Anderson
 Very average DL C
  
lblolb Josh Martin liob Avery Williamson rilb Darron Lee rolb Jordan Jenkins
 Except for Lee this group is below average. D
  
dblc Trumaine Johnson rc Morris Claiborne fs Jamal Adams ss Marcus Maye
 This group under preformed last season. C-

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