I'm not buying this "transition" nonsense. To me, the question is: "what transition??" My expectation is a SB win. I think we transitioned into a better team than last year.
A lot of the departing players were non-factors last year. Poyer(often slow, leading to bad angles), Hyde (injured), White (injured/not the all-pro he was), Morse (good, not great), etc., and Diggs not around as anything but a JAG in the 2nd half of the season. Contrast that with getting Milano back, 2 vet safeties and a projected stud rookie. Also, Miller should be totally healed and it's make or break for him. We also added a rotational 3T DT, so we have a nice depth part for Oliver. We should be better on D. The only "loss" was Floyd, who vanished in the late part of the season and playoffs. On offense, CVP likely replaces Morse with little drop off if any, Coleman, Kincaid, Knox, and Samules are a better WR/TE group than the 2nd half last season.
What transition? Transition by the technical definition, yet, but I don't buy the idea we transitioned to something worse.
Franchise QB and some key vets in place and you can win. Bills can do it, we have the roster.