I’m curious. What do you consider “quite a retooling” or a “rebuild”?!?!?
The Bills did that last season.....and the season before.
Before this season they....
Released DT Star Lotulelei
Released LB AJ Klein
Released DT Vernon Butler
Did not re-sign CB Levi Wallace
Did not re-sign DT Harrison Phillips
Did not re-sign DE Jerry Hughes
Did not re-sign DE Mario Addison
Signed EDGE Von Miller
Signed DT DaQuan Jones
Singed DT Tim Sttle
Signed DT Jordan Phillips
Signed DE Shaq Lawson
Drafted Kaiir Elam
Drafted Christian Benford
I may be missing some too.
So, isn’t this done pretty much every year??? Teams evaluate and try to improve. Lose some players because of cap restraints. Draft players that they hope will step in and make a meaningful contribution, and certainly develop going forward.
I suspect that the need to “retool” or “rebuild” is going to be less than last year or less than many think.
The Bills defense was still one of the best in the NFL no matter how much bitter fans want to **** on them. They were still the #2 defensive team in points allowed with a stingy 17.9 PTS/G. That is not easy to achieve. And it is certainly nothing to disrespect.
And that was despite the agonizingly massive amount of injuries to key personal throughout the season.