The Buffalo Bills can officially forget about a potential Vita Vea trade — but Brandon Beane didn't leave the defensive line empty-handed. Vea agreed to a new extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, shutting the door on one of the most exciting potential additions to Jim Leonhard's defense. Meanwhile, Buffalo signed veteran defensive tackle Greg Gaines. No, Gaines isn't Vita Vea. But he could fill an important role. The 30-year-old gives Buffalo an experienced rotational option behind Deone Walker at nose tackle, which becomes especially important with Phidarian Mathis suspended for three games and DeWayne Carter working his way back from an Achilles injury. Gaines could also give Leonhard more freedom to move Walker around the defensive front and hunt favorable matchups rather than forcing him to play stationary nose tackle snaps. The Vita Vea dream is over. Now the question is simple: Did the Buffalo Bills do enough by adding Greg Gaines? #BuffaloBills #BillsMafia #VitaVea #GregGaines #NFL
The Buffalo Bills can officially forget about a potential Vita Vea trade — but Brandon Beane didn't leave the defensive line empty-handed.
Vea agreed to a new extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, shutting the door on one of the most exciting potential additions to Jim Leonhard's defense.
Meanwhile, Buffalo signed veteran defensive tackle Greg Gaines.
No, Gaines isn't Vita Vea. But he could fill an important role.
The 30-year-old gives Buffalo an experienced rotational option behind Deone Walker at nose tackle, which becomes especially important with Phidarian Mathis suspended for three games and DeWayne Carter working his way back from an Achilles injury.
Gaines could also give Leonhard more freedom to move Walker around the defensive front and hunt favorable matchups rather than forcing him to play stationary nose tackle snaps.
The Vita Vea dream is over. Now the question is simple:
Did the Buffalo Bills do enough by adding Greg Gaines?
#BuffaloBills #BillsMafia #VitaVea #GregGaines #NFL