Top-6 needs for the Bills entering the 2020 offseason

List of the Buffalo Bills’ top-five needs heading into the 2020 offseaon.

This Bills offseason is upon us while the NFL’s final four get after it in championship weekend.

While Buffalo had a successful season in 2019, each and every organization has holes to fill thanks to free agency, retirements and other circumstances. The Bills are no different.

With a big chunk of room under the salary cap, near $90 million, the Bills could be making some moves this offseason. What should some of those be?

Here are the Bills’ top-six needs for the Bills this offseason:

Buffalo Bills outside linebacker Lorenzo Alexander. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Replace leadership

Over the past few seasons under head coach Sean McDermott, the Bills have been sure to keep their locker room stocked with leaders. First and foremast, there was Kyle Williams. He retired following the 2018 season and linebacker Lorenzo Alexander has followed suit this offseason.

In one way or another, running back Frank Gore might be following Alexander out the door as well. Gore is notably 36 and a pending free agent. He said on locker cleanout day that he still hasn’t decided if he’s going to retire himself. If the Bills lose both Alexander and Gore, those are two huge leadership voids that need filling.

This offseason the Bills will have to decide one of two things. Is there potentially a veteran free agent on their radar they can bring in? Or could the answer already be in the locker room? Safeties Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer could be candidates on defense, while Cole Beasley or John Brown might be qualified candidates on offense as well. Of course, the first names everyone will jump to are the team’s first-round picks from 2018 in Josh Allen and Tremaine Edmunds.

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