Poll: What Is The Buffalo Bills' Biggest Off-Season Need?

I don’t care if they put Betty White at WR this year – get me some pass rushers!

to vote both

I feel like it has to be pass rusher. Chan’s supposed to be a genius when it comes to tailoring his offense to his players so if WR is still a positional need come next season, maybe he should think about using our backs a little more; there’s more flexibility on the offense I feel when there isn’t the best talent in the world on the field whereas if the defense is lacking, we’re going to get trampled (i.e. the past two seasons)

is the only answer. without a defense that can stop someone from scoring points or get them off the field (by sacking the QB), this team has no chance to succeed.

Pass rusher~don’t care if it is a DE or OLB just anyone that can get to the QB on a regular basis…

Bottom line sign Stevie and we could go to battle on offense. No way we go into next year without improving our RDE. It just must happen.

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I would like to hear from the people that voted WR. Why do you believe that WR is a bigger need than pass rush? Honestly, it’s been so long since we’ve had a good one that I think people have forgotten just how important it is to a defense. Meanwhile, we get by with a group of 7th rounders and UDFAs at the receiver position and are still able to produce at a pretty good clip for half the year.

Basic reasoning is that the penetrating style will suit Kyle and Marcell and getting Kyle back will help that inside pressure. Entering the season with an unproven Easley and disappointing Donald Jones as our starting WR’s would be crippling to this offense.

This league has shown us that you can win with a bad defense if your offense is dynamic. Even with the horrendous end to the year our offense still finished in the top half of the league in PTS/game and YDS/game.

If Stevie is re-signed then pass-rush goes back to #1 priority for me.

Why everyone is thinking wr is a need, is because nix said it was. Nix saying that he would be bringing in a big wr got people enamored with the idea of a Jackson or bowe. Granted, we are lacking big time talent at the position, but I feel de, cb, olb, and tight end still trump wr. That is of course if we re sign Steve.

If pressured hard enough to declare one, I’d say DE, but what I’d emphasize is a two-pronged heavy pursuit of these two positions. If there’s nothing else we do this offseason, we should acquire a high-quality or high-potential pass rusher and an NFL quality No. 2 WR, preferably with No. 1 potential. If that’s all we do, that’s a successful offseason in my eyes.

I’m a draft guy as I don’t see OBD being able to pull the trigger on an elite FA in this area. Barnett was a great addition last year, but we don’t sign BIG $$ FA here. Whoever it is at Pick #10 — OLB or DE that can get to the QB, that’s what we need. Seems like everyone has an opinion on who is the best that might still be on the board at DE/OLB at our pick. Mario Williams is not coming here even if $$ was on the table. It’s a LONG way to the draft but I still LOVE the fact that we drafted Dareus last year over Peterson.

……. but it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see Buddy grab the Golden Domer Floyd. Dude is a beast.

Fortunately, he won’t be there for us at 10, so we all get our pass rusher.
Yay!

DJ — decent. D-Nel — great slot. Easley — might work out.

But the Pass Rushing OLB slot? was horrible this year to a scary degree. We need to shore that up for sure AND get Lights Out on the field for some of the year if we’re doing alright next year.

on the one hand there is a, let´s say, not elite but quite good WR corps.
on the other hand, there is no serious pass rusher on the roster afaics.
so, if we want to make the playoffs in the next couple of years the first need is to hire an excellent pass rusher. simple as that.
concerning the WR-corps it depends on a) resignment of SJ, and b) the status of easley´s health. but, it might be a justifiable step to hire a talented, tall and – most important – fast WR on the FA-market…

Well seems like a good beard goes along ways in Buffalo! Jk. We need pass rushers!! And maybe squeeze in a pro -bowl caliber QB please!

Moving back to the 4-3 if it becomes similar at all to what Feewell ran it would have to be pass rusher. Our defense wasn’t great back then and slightly above good, with no depth. Still it was no where near as bad as it has been since the 3-4 switch. We lacked linebackers back then and we still do now. At least now we have a head start in that area. Pass rushers plus the 4-3 would equal a solid defense, and another stepping stone to where we want to go.

Having said that I still have NO idea how to address that need, I couldnt give you a name or names….I just think that position is the hardest to judge…I think it should be addressed in FA, not the draft.

The draft should be used to shore up the offense….i.e. WR,, oline etc….

If I really had a choice in biggest offseason need…..it would be better personnel and team management…thats a really big prob, from the head man on down to the coaching staff

However, I’m torn b/c the team has spent two seasons drafting and signing free agents on D (minus Spiller) and left Chan to work (pretty well considering) with spare parts on offense. Now imagine if they tried to acquire (via draft or FA) difference makers on offense. So, if the D isn’t going to be good this year, focusing on offense might let them outscore teams and might be a better strategy in the end.

The Buffalo Bills need two quality defensive ends and two quality wide receivers if we are going to compete in the post-season. And, obviously, we need help elsewhere too.
We need to add at least two quality free agents at those two positions before the draft.
And that’s the minimal needed to be done before the draft.