OUTLOOK: Buffalo Bills EDGE Rusher Room Faces URGENT Overhaul Under Jim Leonhard?

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🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Buffalo Bills face critical questions at edge rusher as the new Jim Leonhard defensive scheme challenges last year’s lineup. Can Greg Rousseau, fresh off leading the team in pressures but missing elite sack numbers, anchor a revamped unit? With Joey Bosa’s future uncertain and A.J. Epenesa hitting free agency, Brandon Beane must make bold moves to energize the pass rush. Joe Marino breaks down the roles of returning players—Michael Hoecht’s comeback from Achilles injury, Javon Solomon’s skill fit in a linebacker-heavy front, and Landon Jackson’s struggle to recover and adapt. The discussion spotlights scheme fits, key contract situations, and the urgent need for an impact edge rusher alongside a top target at wide receiver. Can Buffalo finally assemble the right mix to push their defense over the top? Don’t miss this definitive preview of what the Bills need to thrive in 2026.

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0:00.0	Can the bills finally assemble the right mix of edge defenders?
0:05.0	We're exploring what happened in 2025 and projecting things forward today on
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0:29.5	It's Joe Marino, author of the Heard Mentality Substack, co-host of the Locked-on NFL scouting
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1:10.6	Well, folks, welcome in.
1:12.0	We're talking edge rushers on today's episode.
1:15.2	I want to reflect on the 2025 season and project things moving forward
1:20.7	where the bills have some things to figure out with the scheme change to what
1:26.2	Jim Leonard wants to do with this defense and contrasting
1:29.9	that to players that were for another defense.
1:33.0	And so we'll talk this through, figure out who could stay, who should go, and what the
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