Colin

Brown

It’s just the latest blow for the Bills’ injury-ravaged offensive line. Brown was only in the Week 5 lineup because starter Kraig Urbik is sidelined with a high-ankle sprain. It’s difficult to predict how the Bills’ line will shake out in Week 6, but veteran G/T Reggie Wells has been signed as insurance.

The Bills’ offensive line is absolutely decimated by injury. Kraig Urbik (ankle), Cordy Glenn (ankle), Chad Rinehart (hamstring) and now Brown are all down. They’re expected to call up at least two offensive linemen from the practice squad ahead of Week 6.

The Bills’ quest to replace Andy Levitre isn’t going to be pretty. Scott is former fifth-round pick that has spent most of the last two seasons on practice squads. Sam Young and Colin Brown are also expected to get a chance with the starters at left guard.

It sounds like Brown took less than the $1.3 million it would have cost the Bills to tender him at the “original pick” level. Brown, 27, made one spot start in 2012 before suffering a year-ending hamstring injury. The hamstring wound up being ripped entirely off Brown’s leg bone. His position flexibility helps, but Brown will have to compete to keep his roster spot in 2013.

Young (6-foot-8, 322) started the first four games of his career last season, all at right tackle. Brown (6-foot-7, 326) started one game at right guard in 2012 before tearing his hamstring completely off the bone and missing the rest of the season. Adding a veteran free agent to the mix is also a possibility, but the Bills have publicly stated they don’t value guards that highly.

Brown passed up Doug Legursky early in camp, and hasn’t looked back. A 2009 fifth-round pick of the Chiefs, Brown has made just two career starts.

Predictably, both Doug Legursky and Colin Brown have been disappointing. Chris Scott was waived last week. Marrone went as far to say that he’s considering someone else for the first-team reps. It’s a reminder that the Bills’ offensive line is a good bet to regress after losing Andy Levitre in free agency.

Brown worked with the first-team offense during practice Friday and has surpassed Doug Legursky on the depth chart. Regardless of who wins the starting job, the Bills interior line is a concern going into 2013.

Brown practiced behind RT Damion McIntosh at OTAs. A former walk-on who goes 6'7/335, Brown gained loads of pass-blocking experience in Mizzou’s spread offense. That could come in handy for the Chiefs’ shotgun-heavy attack.

As has become customary in Kansas City, Brown’s injury was never disclosed. The raw fifth-round pick will return in 2010 to battle for a roster spot.