Identifying every NFL team’s biggest weakness in 2018
No NFL roster is perfect. They key for each team is to identify and understand their weaknesses. Read on to discover each team’s soft spot.
The start of the NFL regular season is just weeks away and general managers are working hard to fill all of the final holes on their respective rosters. No one can really assemble a flawless roster though. Every team in the league has a weakness that opponents will try to exploit.
The best teams are often the franchises that have the “best” weaknesses. For example, teams struggling to identify their backup safety are in much better shape than the ones still looking for a starting quarterback at this point in the preseason.
In this piece, we’ll break down the biggest weakness for each team. We start by taking a look at the culprits in the AFC East.
Buffalo Bills – Josh Allen
We start with a team that doesn’t have a true understanding of where they are headed at the quarterback position. The Bills hoped A.J. McCarron could hold the job down for a while, but his injury and poor play have him trailing the rookie. Allen might be good eventually, but he’ll be the Bills’ biggest weakness as a rookie.
Miami Dolphins – Jesse Davis
Ryan Tannehill was a tempting choice here, but Davis has been so awful at right guard that he’s impossible to ignore. Replacing him with anything close to an average player at his position would do a lot for the Dolphins’ run game. Unfortunately, they failed to address the position in the offseason.
New England Patriots – Ja’Whuan Bentley
We’re giving the Patriots the benefit of the doubt here and assuming the rookie wins the middle linebacker job. He’s been the best of a pretty average bunch during the preseason. If the team sticks with Elandon Roberts here it’s even more of a disaster. Belichick and Co. could really use an athletic middle linebacker who could add to this team’s defensive versatility.
New York Jets – Robby Anderson
Sam Darnold looks like a safe bet to start the year as the team’s No. 1 quarterback, but they haven’t surrounded him with many weapons. Anderson, for example, simply isn’t a No. 1 wide receiver. He may catch a lot of balls from his rookie signal-caller this season, but expect New York to invest heavily in the wide receiver position next offseason.