Buffalo Bills may have answer at starting left guard in-house
Bills GM Brandon Beane says Alec Anderson will compete for the starting left guard job as Buffalo looks to replace David Edwards.
The Buffalo Bills might not have to look far for their next starting left guard. They may have already developed one. Alec Anderson is in the mix to replace David Edwards, general manager Brandon Beane told reporters at the NFL owners meeting in Phoenix this week.
Edwards left in free agency , signing a four-year, $61 million contract with the New Orleans Saints, "He's going to be competing for it," Beane said Monday. "I think there's going to be a good competition at left guard. I wouldn't want to give that to him or anyone else.
I would say because Alec's been here, if we played a game right now he knows the system and would probaby be out there first. " The familarity gives Anderson and early edge, but it won't hand him the job. Anderson, 25, re-signed with the Bills on a one-year, $2.
5 million deal and would be a cost-effective option to fill a starting spot. Alec Anderson's path to a starting role Anderson's rise would follow a route the Bills have taken before. In 2023, Edwards was primarily used as a sixth offensive lineman in jumbo packages before eventually stepping into a full-time starting role in 2024 and 2025.