Bills Season, Feb. - April

The Bills made strides last season. Jauron and Levy brought some stability to the franchise compared to the dissaray it was in under the regime. The offense came together towards the end of the season as Losman proved he is an NFL quarterback and Evans proved he is a top 5 NFL wide reciever. Despite the improvements, the Bills still have many needs.

Many Bills fans try and rationalize that the team needs a new running back. Let's put this ridiculous notion to rest. The Bills would be stupid to trade McGahee. He is the only player on this team that most people outside of the WNY have even heard of or care about. He is better than any 2nd round draft pick we would get for him or any free agent running back on the market. He is a good running back who didn't have that great of a year because of injury and missing games and the lack of a threat of a passing game for the first 75% of the season. So to all you McGahee haters, GIVE IT UP!!

Now to the needs:

• The Bills need help on the offensive line. Mike Gandy is a free agent and Buffalo should try and upgrade that position. Chris Villarial is getting old and who knows if Duke Preston is the answer there. If anything, Buffalo needs to build depth through free agency and/or the draft.
• London Fletcher is a free agent and hopefully will be gone. This little runt has been running around the Bills defensive backfields for the past 5 years making a plethora of tackles. Unfortunately, he has had more tackles 10 yards down field than in the backfield. London isn't very good against the run and it showed last season. He does make some big plays but often has a tendency to make a stupid play. London will be gone which will open the door for Crowell to play in the middle. Who will replace Crowell then outside? Well, with the rumors of the franchising of Lance Briggs and Adalius Thomas, all signs right now point to Patrick Willis with the 12th pick in the draft. I would take any of these 3 guys. Thomas and Briggs are beasts and Willis has tons of upside. Also, give Spikes another year, he is still coming back from an achilles injury. That injury doesn't take only one season to come back from.
• Nate Clements will also be gone come March 1. Who will replace him at cornerback? This is something that I don't want to think about. The only other top echelon corner in free agency is Asante Samuel and he will cost even more than Clements probably. Buffalo may have to hope that Ashton Youboty turns out to be a great player but more than likely will need another corner via the draft to add some depth. I really think that Buffalo with their 30 million in cap space needs to resign Nate because if they don't, cornerback becomes a pressing need.
• The Bills do not have a number 2 receiver. Peerless Price averaged 25 yards a game last year. That is pathetic. Peerless probably won't be on the team next year. Someone that stands out is Dante Stallworth. He showed some really big play ability in Philadelphia acting as their number 1 receiver. If Buffalo somehow can land Briggs or Thomas via free agency, I would love to see Levy take Dwayne Jarrett or Ted Ginn with the 12 pick.
• Chris Kelsay is a free agent. Even if the Bills resign him they will still need D end help. The Bills D ends are white, and are bad against the run. Aaron Schobel is a solid player but Denney and Kelsay are not legitimate NFL starters.
• The Bills do not have a tight end. Robert Royal is still on the roster somehow, it boggles my mind.
• Finally, the D Tackle Position. Some of my colleagues and fellow bloggers try and convince me that we are fine at D tackle. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!?!?!?!? Let me run these stats by you: Kyle Williams had 53 tackles which might be decent for a rookie lineman BUT HE HAD 0 SACKs. Larry Tripplett, the big free agent signing from last year, HAD 33 Tackles, only 19 of which were solo. Tim Anderson had 32 tackles. The 3 of them had a combined 2.5 sacks (all by Tripplett). Furthermore, the Bills defense was anything but stout against the run. We need to upgrade this position. McCargo should help but he isn't Tommie Harris, face it.

As more Bills news comes available about offseason moves, it will be posted.