Shaq Lawson effect
At the pass rusher position, the Bills need to improve. Shaq Lawson led the Bills’ defensive ends with 6.5 sacks last season, while defensive tackle Jordan Phillips led the team with 9.5 sacks. Buffalo needs more production and will likely add to that position group. However, the Bills do run a rotation there, so even if there are new faces and changes, old one will still play a part. So that begs the biggest questions of the offseason, will Lawson and Phillips be back?
That question wasn’t answered by Beane. The question that was is that Beane, regardless of what happens with those two, is probably going to still add some new faces in the defensive trenches.
“I think it’s regardless [of those situations],” Beane said. “Regardless of Shaq (Lawson) and Jordan (Phillips), it would not deter me, in any round, to take a pass rusher. I think it’s a premium position. Those guys, the elite ones, those guys get paid.”