Nobody can argue that losing Taysom is everything. If he went down. I agree that you may as well chalk up 5 losses or so.

I totally agree that Williams is a top notch great back that should make the NFL possibly even after this year. However. If he went down. Lasike, Hine, and Brown would fill in just fine. I like every one of those backs. We could lose any 2 of those RBs and I'd wouldn't be worried. But Jswaggy is the one I do like the most.

Bronson and Pikula are likely great players but remember what Bronco did last year with almost no DBs? He could manage with the loss of an LB or 2. We would be fine with the good talent behind them, who knows maybe Hines, Warner, or another would be even better?

I can't argue much about Bills though... Remember the '09 Florida State game where we got beat down in Provo? I think that was directly linked to our starting Safety and Defensive general being out. One would think Harvey Jackson would be able to fill that hole along with Jordan Johnson or Badger from ND.

My list would look more like this:

#1-Taysom

#2- Defense General (Bills or Jackson...?)
#3- Best OL (?)
#4- Best DL (Rowley or Peck)

Otherwise we have depth to make up for the loss. However, not unlike every other team out there... if we get decimated like we did last year at DB... we'll have real troubles.

This was a good post....thought provoking. Thanks Oldguy