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Moats to start at SLB Thursday

Posted by Chris Brown on August 7, 2012 – 4:25 am

Bills third-year linebacker Arthur Moats has been in a tight competition with veteran Kirk Morrison at the strong side linebacker position. As we profiled on Buffalobills.com earlier this week, it’s a tight race, but defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt is giving the early nod to Moats.

“To be quite honest with you Arthur gets the nudge a little bit,” said Wannstedt. “They are going to split time in the game, but Arthur might have outperformed him a little bit at this point in training camp. So we have real competition right there and how it unfolds, the games will determine that.”

Head coach Chan Gailey confirmed Wannstedt’s decision.

“(Arthur) has earned that opportunity,” said Gailey.