'Desperate' Bills Commended For Roster Upgrades Toward Super Bowl Chase
The Buffalo Bills were outclassed during the AFC Championship Game last season, especially on the defensive side of the ball. It was the big reason why the team lost to the Kansas City Chiefs ... again.
Since that loss, though, Buffalo has done a great deal in an effort to upgrade and improve the unit once and for all ... in a chase for the Super Bowl.
The moves made have been largely celebrated. Free agents like Joey Bosa, Larry Ogunjobi, and Michael Hoecht were just a few of the new arrivals needed to bolster the entire unit. (Though the early suspensions of the latter two cast a shadow here.) The team also used six of its nine draft picks as a way to solve some of their bigger defensive holes as well.
Pro Football Focus writer Dalton Wasserman, in particular, praised the Bills for addressing their defensive needs in the draft.
"The Bills desperately needed cornerback help after they earned the second-lowest team PFF coverage grade in the NFL last season," Wasserman said. "Their Super Bowl hopes have been repeatedly dashed by an inability to make defensive stops in big moments. They used this year's draft to alleviate that problem."
"Desperate''? That's a bit much.
Josh Allen is the face of the franchise and that won't be changing anytime soon. Indeed, we believe as long as that goes unchanged, Buffalo is a contender.
But if the Bills want to win a Super Bowl? Yes, their defense must become more of a reason for the team to win ... creating a seesaw effect in which there is offensive and defensive balance for the opponent to deal with.
That balanced concept is the model the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles both followed over the last few years.
It seems that Buffalo is adopting that mindset as well.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
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