The Bills have a completely new center-quarterback starting combination entering the 2018 season.

Head coach Sean McDermott named fifth-year pro Ryan Groy the starting center. While Groy has played in a reserve role over the past three years in Buffalo, including filling in for Eric Wood, playing guard and working as the sixth-lineman in power sets.

Peterman, along with Groy, replaces Wood and Tyrod Taylor. for this season.

Groy beat out Russell Bodine, who was acquired via free agency this spring. McDermott was impressed with the work of both centers in the preseason. “Ryan Groy will start,” McDermott shared with the media money. “Russell [Bodine] has had a good preseason as well, so we feel good about both of those young men.”

Groy most likely will be able to focus on center as his sole duty this year. However, McDermott likes to be prepared in case an injury were to occur in Baltimore. Asked about the possibility of Groy moving around on the line again, McDermott shared, “It could come up in the game in Baltimore, who knows? You try and do some of that in this game.” He also added, “Sometimes, you’re able to do it before, but we just felt like it was the right time to do that and move some pieces around and see how it looked in how the guys communicated.”

The interior of the offensive line has undergone a massive shift. Last season, Wood centered Richie Incognito to his left and Vlad Ducasse to his right. This season, it’s Groy in the middle, with Ducasse on the left and John Miller on the right.