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For his defense to be successful, the Bills will have to get much better play out of the linebacker position than they did a year ago.

Mike Pettine has left Rex Ryan to make a name for himself as a top defensive coordinator and possible future head coaching candidate and his first and most would like to hope is only stop will be Buffalo.

It was just announced that the Buffalo Bills signed their second of two second round picks, 46th overall selection linebacker Kiko Alonso .

In their first week of Organized Team Activities of the offseason, the Buffalo Bills had nearly an 89-percent attendance rate as the team continues to adjust to life under new Head Coach Doug Marrone.

After giving defensive end Mario Williams a lucrative free-agent contract last offseason, hopes were high for the Buffalo Bills defense going into 2012.

It's no secret in the National Football League. With each passing year players get older, skills decline and their salary cup numbers gets higher.

Keep in mind that the idea wasn't to identify every need on defense; it was to identify the specific players that Pettine needed to run a hybrid defense, which can flex in and out of any scheme or technique on any given play.

The Buffalo Bills still have salary-cap space to make a run at free agents, and former Miami Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby remains at the top of the list.

With the draft in the rearview mirror, what's the most pressing issue on each AFC East team's agenda? Buffalo Bills : The Bills did a good job in the draft by adding explosive players on offense.

Say what you want about the Buffalo Bills draft, but you certainly can't say they failed to address positions of need.

Buffalo traded Kelvin Sheppard to the Indianapolis Colts for Jerry Hughes on Monday in swap of linebackers two days after the NFL draft.

Over the years, the Buffalo Bills have had a knack of nabbing up undrafted free agents including Pat Williams, Jason Peters, David Nelson to name a few that really stick out.