{"id":794788,"date":"2026-03-05T23:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/794788\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:02:16","slug":"where-should-the-buffalo-bills-focus-most-during-2026-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/794788\/","title":{"rendered":"Where should the Buffalo Bills focus most during 2026 free agency?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bills fans and fans across the country. Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n

NFL free agency is just around the corner, with the legal tampering period beginning next week. While the Buffalo Bills are short on funds, especially now after coming to trade terms with the Chicago Bears for wide receiver DJ Moore<\/a>, it won\u2019t prevent them from attacking free agency in 2026.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps some of the shine is now off the idea of Buffalo pursuing a significant free-agent wide receiver, but one should never count out president of football operations\/general manager Brandon Beane in the wheeling and dealing arena. Even with the addition of Moore, some may still see wide receiver as the team\u2019s biggest need \u2014 after all, quarterback Josh Allen was short on targets there aside from wide receiver Khalil Shakir.<\/p>\n

Though reports suggest One Bills Drive and center Connor McGovern are engaged in dialogue with the hopes of him returning as the team\u2019s starter there, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess what the team will find reasonable to retain him, as well left guard David Edwards.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the important task new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard has in remaking the Bills\u2019 defense into a unit that better represents his ideals. He and the team are likely to prioritize the defensive front seven, where far too many questions remain about who fits where, and what\u2019s still needed.<\/p>\n

Understanding that almost nothing can be guaranteed as solved with any free-agency signing, it is the first step each season in roster development\/improvement. With a less-than-ideal crop of blue-chip prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft, teams may focus more astutely on quality production from NFL veterans.<\/p>\n

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Taking the above into consideration, if the Bills can (hopefully still) make only one big \u201csplash signing\u201d in free agency, where should it happen? Is it another wide receiver, someone along the interior offensive line (perhaps their own free agents), or on defense in pursuit of a premiere 3-4 system talent along the defensive front seven?<\/p>\n

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