Continuing a position-by-position look at the Buffalo Bills' roster with an eye toward free agency and the draft:
Position: Offensive line
2014 snaps:
Seantrel Henderson: 100 percent
Erik Pears: 100 percent
Eric Wood: 99.7 percent
Cordy Glenn: 98.5 percent
Kraig Urbik: 58.6 percent
Cyril Richardson: 29.4 percent
Chris Williams: 12.3 percent
Chris Hairston: 3.5 percent
Stat of note: Bills runners gained an average of 2.22 yards before contact on runs to the left side of the line (30th in the NFL), 1.65 yards before contact on runs up the middle (31st in the NFL) and 2.8 yards before contact on runs to the right side of the line (18th in the NFL).
Pending free agents: Pears (unrestricted), Hairston (restricted)
2015 cap hits (position rank):
Wood: $6 million (46th in NFL)
Urbik: $3.675 million (74th in NFL)
Williams: $3.35 million (77th in NFL)
Glenn: $1.548 million
Cyrus Kouandjio: $1.092 million
Richardson: $558,000
Henderson: $522,700
Alex Kupper: $510,000
William Campbell: $510,000
D.J. Morrell: $435,000
Darryl Johnson: $435,000
Money line: The Bills have less than $17 million committed to their 2015 salary cap for offensive linemen, well below the league average of about $22 million. They've been able to save money at the position because of Glenn, who enters the final year of his rookie deal. He's not an elite left tackle but the Bills aren't paying him anywhere near that sort of money, which opens up the ability to spend at other positions.
Market watch: Pending free-agent guards include Mike Iupati, Rob Sims, Dan Connolly, Paul Fanaika, Davin Joseph, Clint Boling, Orlando Franklin, Mike McGlynn, Daryn Colledge and Will Montgomery. Pending free-agent tackles include Doug Free, Bryan Bulaga, Derek Newton, and Byron Bell. Pending free-agent centers include Dominic Raiola, Stefen Wisniewski, Jonathan Goodwin, Samson Satele and Rodney Hudson.
Draft need: Moderate -- The Bills just drafted three offensive linemen last season, so they might not have room to add more than one more in the draft this spring. Still, they need the help. Urbik, whose play last season didn't justify his salary next season, is a candidate to be released, which would open up a roster spot. With Glenn entering the final year of his deal and Kouandjio potentially moving to guard, it wouldn't hurt for the Bills to draft a tackle.
Scout's take: "The right side is bad. I had hopes for Henderson after watching him in the preseason but I thought he had a really rough year. I think Pears is just a guy. Outside of quarterback -- which I don't think they'll be able to properly address this year -- I think right tackle is their biggest need. ... It's a pretty deep guard draft for power players. That might be a good move for them. I never understood the Williams signing from the start. I didn't think he was a good player before he got to Buffalo. I don't think he's a tackle. I don't think he's a guard. I wouldn't count on him at all. I can live with Urbik as a starting guard, though." -- ESPN NFL scout Matt Williamson
Quote of note: "[Kouandjio] had a slow start of camp and he fell behind. ... There were some mitigating circumstances because of that, but once he settled in and got comfortable, he started moving around and looking like the player we saw coming out of Alabama. We're excited to see him next year, and it's going to be interesting." -- Bills general manager Doug Whaley to Syracuse.com's Matthew Fairburn, during the 2015 Senior Bowl.