As the Bills close the chapter on their 2023 season, they look ahead to what’s next. General manager Brandon Beane and his staff will begin to craft a roster around returning players, address the remaining holes and build it into a group that’s even more talented than the last.
Buffalo does have quite a few free agents, so the team could look pretty different in 2024. But even with change, there’s a core group of younger players that will return.
Head coach Sean McDermott thinks this young group, in addition to others on the team, have proven that there’s no need for a rebuild.
“This is not a situation where you strip it down to the studs and you start all over,” McDermott said of his team. “We’ve done a lot of good things and the players have done a lot of good things. I think you really start with understanding the success that we’ve had and how we’ve gotten it. And then you make tweaks along the way to try and get ourselves to become world champions.”
Buffalo’s season ended earlier than anyone wanted it to as they lost in the Divisional Round of the Playoffs to the Chiefs. It was a back-and-forth game as there were six lead changes. And in the end, the Bills lost by only three points and had a chance to take the lead with less than two minutes to play.
Beane said because the game came down to just a handful of plays, it’s about identifying the little things that will get them over that hump.
“That game might have been three plays max five plays that changes the outcome and we’re not sitting in here right now,” Beane shared. “And so you’re always looking for those fine little advantages. And that’s our job this offseason is to be truthful, be real. Where are we good, but not great.”
