After second-round draft pick Reggie Ragland went down with a torn ACL last August, the Buffalo Bills were fortunate enough to have Zach Brown step up and replace him. Ragland was drafted to serve as an enforcer inside in Rex Ryan’s 3-4 defensive alignment, the same base alignment that Ragland played in college under Nick Saban as a member of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Unfortunately for Ragland, that defense is no longer being run in Buffalo and he’s taking a while to adjust to his new role.
“Acclimating [Ragland] to practice tempo—he missed most of the spring—acclimating him to this system, and putting him position like we try to do with all of our players to have success early and in the long term,” according to head coach Sean McDermott, will be the team’s top priority during training camp.