Interested in adding an elite pass rusher
Though Buffalo’s defense lacks a glaring weak spot, Beane would be open to the idea of improving the unit through the addition of an elite pass-rusher.
The team’s defensive ends combined for 17 sacks in 2017, with Shaq Lawson leading the position group with 6.5. Though this production certainly isn’t poor, adding an elite pass rusher would perhaps push the Bills’ defense over the edge, giving it an embarrassment of riches that opposing offenses would have extreme difficulty planning for.
Though he knows that premier pass rushers are rare, Beane admitted that he’s always in search of improvements across the defensive line.
“You’d love to have one, you really would,” Beane said. “There’s not even 32 of them, though, one for each team. I promise you, we’re looking for those guys, and would love pressure on the quarterback. If the quarterback’s on his backside, he can’t do too much damage to us.
“We want to be strong upfront, we want to stop the run, things like that, but at the end of the day, there’s only so many Von Miller’s, that type of player.”
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