Ice bowl 67 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 In order to become a Super Bowl caliber team next year? Which areas of the team defensively and on offense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramza86 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) OL/DL/QB/LB I believe in the WR core with a better qb. Edited January 11, 2018 by Ramza86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Well besides QB, our LBs need 2 athletic starters and our DL needs 2 DT's. We need to upgrade the athletes in our front 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Pretty much everything. There are huge holes on both sides of the ball at every level. The more poignant question is which positions will the Bills be forced to IGNORE in the offseason. They can fix everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Pretty much everything. There are huge holes on both sides of the ball at every level. The more poignant question is which positions will the Bills be forced to IGNORE in the offseason. They can fix everything. Every team has holes. LB, DT, and QB are where we need upgrades. We have other team needs, but these are the major ones. Edited January 11, 2018 by TheTruthHurts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said: Every team has holes. LB, DT, and QB are where we need upgrades. We have other team needs, but these are the major ones. I'd add RG and RT to that list of major need for upgrades. Edited January 11, 2018 by Koko78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 minute ago, TheTruthHurts said: Every team has holes. LB, DT, and QB are where we need upgrades. We have other team needs, but these are the major ones. Did I say anything about other teams? But now that you mentioned it....The 2018 Bills unfortunately have medium sized holes at many positions. Whereas other teams have huge holes at one or two spots. The good thing for the Bills is that they Cap Space and Draft picks to help them plug them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuddyDark Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Consistent QB play. Strong up the middle on offense and defense. That's the biggest thing, that and consistent/healthy boundary Corner. Consistently strong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 They need to - Improve their pass rush - Improve their ability to stop the run - get more out of their running game when Shady is NOT on the field - Improve their passing attack - Score more points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 56 minutes ago, Ice bowl 67 said: In order to become a Super Bowl caliber team next year? Which areas of the team defensively and on offense? Super bowl? In order to even get there you have to be dominant on one side of the ball. Our D at least has a good secondary, so to get there we would likely need to improve that first cause the offense is awful. On D we need: LB with speed. I'm not a huge Preston fan, but if he leaves we will need 2 of these. I think one of the LBs has to be a vet, it's too hard to succeed with zero experienced LBs. I would love to have Bradham back. Pass-Rushing DE Penetrating DT (draft) Run stuffing DT (I like Star Lotulelei for this) On offense we would need a LOT: QB - we will never get anywhere without a good QB, we either need to pay out the nose for Cousins or move up and draft one Playmaking WR with speed RG RT Promising young RB - we cannot be one injury away from having no running game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said: Super bowl? In order to even get there you have to be dominant on one side of the ball. Our D at least has a good secondary, so to get there we would likely need to improve that first cause the offense is awful. On D we need: LB with speed. I'm not a huge Preston fan, but if he leaves we will need 2 of these. I think one of the LBs has to be a vet, it's too hard to succeed with zero experienced LBs. I would love to have Bradham back. Pass-Rushing DE Penetrating DT (draft) Run stuffing DT (I like Star Lotulelei for this) On offense we would need a LOT: QB - we will never get anywhere without a good QB, we either need to pay out the nose for Cousins or move up and draft one Playmaking WR with speed RG RT Promising young RB - we cannot be one injury away from having no running game I think the RT is already on the roster if Glenn can return to health...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, John from Hemet said: I think the RT is already on the roster if Glenn can return to health...... I'm not pounding on this drum, but I sincerely believe he won't be on this team next year. They can still get something for him and I suspect availability is high on the list of things Bean looks for. Trading him would get us something decent in return and would help us with cap space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Start with the old cliche, "You build a team from front to back, inside to out." So by that standard, how are the Bills at Center and DT? Guards and DE? Tackles and OLB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Their football abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 39 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Did I say anything about other teams? But now that you mentioned it....The 2018 Bills unfortunately have medium sized holes at many positions. Whereas other teams have huge holes at one or two spots. The good thing for the Bills is that they Cap Space and Draft picks to help them plug them. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Need a different QB. And need to upgrade both lines. Football is won up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 QB, O Line, Pass rusher, Run stuffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Back to waiting on free agency to start while the playoffs are still going, feel a bit more normal now. I don't know what I'd ever do if this team didn't have multiple glaring holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 A good an first and foremost. after that, we need 2 new DTs, a pass rushing DE.MLB, SLB, Nickelback, resign Gaines or his replacement. Right guard, and maybe another gyard center or tackle, 1-2 WRs (maybe deonte Thompson being one. Tough playoff game for him though). Another tight end and a backup rb. A new OC and OL coach. Depth all around the board. Thats what we need. Tall order for one offseason. How much of that do we need to become a contender? Might need all of it. It’s the biggest offseason this franchise has had since the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 59 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said: Every team has holes. LB, DT, and QB are where we need upgrades. We have other team needs, but these are the major ones. We badly need OL help. The right side of our Oline takes half the field away from us on running plays and collapses the pocket for us on passing plays. Counterintuitive to grab a franchise QB and then get him killed behind Ducasse and Mills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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