Buffalo Bills

2025 marked the end of the Bills' five-year reign over the AFC East, but they did win double-digit games for the seventh season in a row while deploying one of the game's most efficient offenses. This was, of course, mostly thanks to more god-level dual-threat goodness from Josh Allen as well as one helluva campaign from NFL-leading rusher James Cook.

GM Brandon Beane has the league's 10th-lowest effective cap space to work with ahead of the 2026 offseason, so expect Buffalo to do more of their team building through the draft as opposed to free agency. They will also be doing this with a new coach, as Sean McDermott was fired two days after their 33-30 overtime loss to the Broncos in the Divisional Round. Joe Brady has moved up from OC to HC, which should be good continuity for Allen.

Front Seven: Buffalo has used at least one top-100 pick on the front seven in each of the last eight drafts — don't be surprised if Brandon Beane and the Bills again dip their toes into the defensive line and/or linebacker draft pool come April.

Interior Offensive Line: Buffalo has taken only one swing at an offensive lineman before Round 5 during its last four drafts — getting more youth to work with should be a priority in the early rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft.

Wide Receiver: This is clearly an area where the team feels it needs improvement — the Bills wouldn't have made midseason moves to bring back old friend Gabe Davis, or traded for Brandin Cooks, if they were comfortable with their current group of pass catchers.