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Zach Brown’s vital role in Bills defense, Rex’s linebacker responsibilites

Suddenly looking like a starter, let’s breakdown how Zach Brown fits into a two different linebacker spots in Buffalo’s defense.

It was easy to overlook Buffalo Bills linebacker Zach Brown, an inexpensive free-agent signee who agreed to a one-year contract in early April, a year removed from the splashiest offseason in team history.

As soon as the ink dried on his contract, Brown was penciled in as a starter next to Preston Brown on the interior of the Bills linebacker corps.

Less than a month later, Buffalo aggressively moved up in Round 2 of the 2016 NFL Draft to snag decorated inside linebacker Reggie Ragland from the college football empire that is Alabama.