only because its the most pressing of those given……..Somebody go wake up Jay R……from retirement and lets solve this bad boy.

doesn’t have more votes!!!! When (not if) Edwards goes down…..who you got steering the Titanic?

seems to me the most critical

Think about it, a decent back up could have won us maybe three more games.

A TE is great, but an decent back up can utilize our current guys and keep us a decent offensive levels.

It’s definitely a pass catching TE..Jauron’s passivity has already trickled down and effected Edwards (hopefully not forever, but we’ll see). If he’s going to look to RBs, TEs, and slow possession receivers like Reed and Johnson on 3rd downs, he’s going to need a game breaker somewhere in there as an underneath guy. You can only dink and dump down the field so many times before something is bound to go wrong and that’s the true drawback of the conservative offenses that Jauron has employed over the course of his losing career. A holding penalty, a sack, a fumble, a dropped pass, something bad is going to happen to kill a drive if you rely on playing most possessions one set of downs at a time. Edwards could really use a TE that could grab chunks of yards in single play from time to time and Buffalo doesn’t have anyone like that on their current roster. Robert Royal can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, so that’s the place where an upgrade appears to be the most pressing. Jauron’s roster is a mess, however, and with so many holes on the lines, can Buffalo afford to use a pick on a true difference maker at TE in the first two rounds of the draft? They may need to get creative and look for a younger player at the position who’s buried on someone else’s depth chart (like Miami did with Fasano)…what’s Fred Davis doing these days?

I would have picked QB if I thought this team could make a Super Bowl run next year, but if this team falls apart if/when a backup has to come in for Edwards (see 2008: Losman, JP) then it isn’t the end of the world for me because they aren’t going anywhere with this team next season as it is.

Since my goal is to truly compete in 2-3 years then I put the team’s needs in this order:

TE
FB
QB
WR
RB

Jackson and Peters are both pretty much stuck here, but since Peters can make a MUCH bigger fuss about it, then that alone makes him 10x more important to give a new contract too than Jackson.

Pass catching TE is my pick, though I really think we need a guy at each position.

TE
Backup QB
Vet WR
FB that can walk
3rd RB

is the order

I don’t think TE is going to be the first position filled though. It won’t be happening before the draft unless we make a trade, which I doubt happens. One of our first priorities needs to be backup QB, someone who is competent enough to win a few games if need be.

This makes me laugh.
Judging by the way the voting is going I would say that it is pretty obvious that this team has much more substantial needs then replacing Omon. I must repeat my stance on this, I think it is silly to worry about replacing a guy who never saw the field last year because of the two studs ahead of him. Not only that, how do you know that Omon isn’t a viable option? Because he didn’t blow everyone away in the pre-season? A 6th round pick from a division II school. How much should he do in the preseason? I would say that a year on the bench has done him some good. Running backs are a dime a dozen in the NFL, so I say; Keep Omon let him be the #3 guy. If injuries occur and he is forced into action then you will soon know what you have got in him. If he fails, then pick up a street FA and go from there. The Bengals picked up Cedric Benson this year in like week 12 and look what he did for them.

I’m not sure why this is even on the list.

Use the money you would have spent on a #3 RB and use it to get yourself a better back-up QB so you don’t have to pickup a guy like Patrick Ramsey and pray he doesn’t ever see the field.

In FA
sign a Center – Brad Meester JAX
and a true FB – Heath Evans or Terelle Smith
and a veteran #2 WR – Bryant, Panda, Reggie Williams, Demetrius Williams

Then use the draft on OLB at #1, DE at #2, TE at #3

Hopefully this organization will go against that b.s. company line of only going after well rounded tight ends. Trent doesn’t exactly have the arm to gun it all over the field could really benefit from having an athletic presence in the middle of the field. Plus, how can this organization expect to find a great well rounded NFL tight end if they never take one in the first day of the draft?..(aside from Gates who luckily plopped in the Chargers lap, andI don’t give the Bills organization the credit of being able to find such a talent).

If Trent had someone to dump the ball off to or to simply whip the ball at when he is taking to much heat, Trent would be upright more often than not! He has a very good offensive line and two great running backs, but no real safety valve. IMO if the Bills had traded for Tony Gonzalez I do believe that we would be watching them on television STILL!!!

Did anyone see Bart Scott in the Miami game??? Sign that guy in the offseason!!!!

the Bills will not draft a center in the first round. I told everyone on this site that they would not draft a DE last year and look what happened. I said it would be a CB or I would eat crow. This is the year they draft either a DE or a LB. Mark my words you heard it hear first!!

I really think they draft Magualga ( terrible spelling) or a big DE.

Everyone should however be on the CHRIS CANTY BANDWAGON!!! 6’7" 300lbs!!!!