Who is Mark Anderson?

[DaBills4Life]

Mark Anderson is a pass rusher that thrives with interior pressure. When Tommy Harris was wrecking stuff, Anderson was able to speed rush and the QB couldnt step up. WHen Harris started to fall off, the Bears interior fell off and Anderson fell off.

Same thing happened in NE with Vince Wilfork. Anderson will be very productive if our DT's can play well.

[Wayne Arnold]

Mark Anderson is a pass rusher that thrives with interior pressure. When Tommy Harris was wrecking stuff, Anderson was able to speed rush and the QB couldnt step up. WHen Harris started to fall off, the Bears interior fell off and Anderson fell off.

Same thing happened in NE with Vince Wilfork. Anderson will be very productive if our DT's can play well.

Good post. Makes a lot of sense.

I pray the DLine can stay healthy. I cannot wait to see what that starting front four can do together.

[Billsnation2010]

I just don't think you can rely on him being the QB of the pass rush so to speak, like a Julius Peppers or Mario Williams who can be a game changing pass rusher all by himself but with help and people around him he can be a solid starter, I do think he will be in rotation with Kelsay. Kelsay is much better against the run and that really isn't Anderson's strength (run defense) as far as I have read and watched him.

[Luka_GoBills]

I just don't think you can rely on him being the QB of the pass rush so to speak, like a Julius Peppers or Mario Williams who can be a game changing pass rusher all by himself but with help and people around him he can be a solid starter, I do think he will be in rotation with Kelsay. Kelsay is much better against the run and that really isn't Anderson's strength (run defense) as far as I have read and watched him.

No he won't be, he will be in rotation with Shawne Merriman. Kelsay plays the left end, and he will spell Mario or play the left end in packages that move Mario inside.

[camgookamera83]

It's all about how you use him. I agree he is a Pass Rushing Specialist. Now I know Gailey said he expects him to be a 3 down player, but i personally don't see it.
You have to think that with the combination of him, Merriman and Kelsay that we are bound to get some production from 1 of them.
I think were in a good spot. Mario, Kyle and Marcel just need to do there job I expect big things from the rest of these guys!

[Areed]

There are still a lot of teams that mainly run. Bills have 2 such teams in the division.

The Jets last season went pass happy too I think that's the big reason they didn't do so well. Miami we don't really know they're changing quite a bit now...

I think in general the league is definately trending to pass first... If we happen to run into a team like the 49ers than we can always put in Kelsay...

[LABILLBACKER]

I don't want to sound extremely negative with this comment but I would not be surprised to see Anderson basically non-existent this year. It's no coincidence these players have big years in contract years, even Nix talked about how McKelvin would probabaly have a big year because it was his contract year.

Some players want to be great every game, but some players want to be good enough just to get that next contract. Hopefully I'm wrong but I would not be surprised to see 3-5 sacks from Anderson next year.

......I couldn't agree more.....unfortunately we've seen the modern athlete put up ridiculous numbers during their "contract year", only to drop off after they get their payday.....look at Pujols....all we can do as fans is hope that Anderson & Mario put up the numbers they're capable of.......but the motivation and drive does tail off once the money is in the bank.....