Buffalo Bills
-Bills had just 29 sacks last year, will be switching to a 4-3 defense under new defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt
-Allowed a team-record 5,938 yards
-Welcome back seven starters who were lost last year with season-ending injuries
-QB Ryan Fitzpatrick led the NFL in interceptions (23)
-Backup QB Vince Young had some issues getting comfortable with the team’s offense in offseason workouts
-Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller averaged more than 5.0 yards a carry last year
-Offensive line allowed the fewest sacks in the NFL (23), while averaging 4.9 yards per rushing play, best mark since 1975
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Miami Dolphins
-Entirely new coaching staff, implementing a west coast offense (similar to GB), switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 base defense
-Defensive line has held opponents to 3.6 and 3.7 ypc the last two years
-QB David Garrard has an edge at gaining the starting job due to experience
-WR Davone Bess caught a career-low 51 passes a year ago, but will continue as the main option in the slot
-CBs Vontae Davis and Sean Smith enter their fourth season as starters
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New England Patriots
-Added numerous players in the offseason to try and improve its pass defense
-RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who had 24 TDs over the last two seasons and never fumbled in his four years is now gone
-TE Rob Gronkowski says his surgically repaired left ankle feels great
-RB Stevan Ridley averaged 5.1 ypc and was the team’s only runner with runs longer than 20 yards (five)
-Nate Solder takes over for Matt Light in protecting Tom Brady’s blindside
New York Jets
-Main focus during training camp is rebuilding team chemistry
-Little depth and experience behind starters at RB, WR, TE and the defensive secondary
-Acquired former Panthers RT Jeff Otah, who helped pave the way for the first teammates in NFL history to each run for more than 1,100 yards in the same season
-QB Mark Sanchez was sacked a career-high 39 times last year, while he threw all but four of the team’s 547 passes
-Move back to ground-and-pound, with RB Shonn Greene averaging 4.0 yards per carry in six of seven games when carrying the ball at least 18 times
-WR Santonio Holmes hasn’t exceeded 100 yards in a game since November 2010
-Expected to play a new 4-3 defensive scheme
-Bills had just 29 sacks last year, will be switching to a 4-3 defense under new defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt
-Allowed a team-record 5,938 yards
-Welcome back seven starters who were lost last year with season-ending injuries
-QB Ryan Fitzpatrick led the NFL in interceptions (23)
-Backup QB Vince Young had some issues getting comfortable with the team’s offense in offseason workouts
-Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller averaged more than 5.0 yards a carry last year
-Offensive line allowed the fewest sacks in the NFL (23), while averaging 4.9 yards per rushing play, best mark since 1975
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Miami Dolphins
-Entirely new coaching staff, implementing a west coast offense (similar to GB), switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 base defense
-Defensive line has held opponents to 3.6 and 3.7 ypc the last two years
-QB David Garrard has an edge at gaining the starting job due to experience
-WR Davone Bess caught a career-low 51 passes a year ago, but will continue as the main option in the slot
-CBs Vontae Davis and Sean Smith enter their fourth season as starters
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New England Patriots
-Added numerous players in the offseason to try and improve its pass defense
-RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who had 24 TDs over the last two seasons and never fumbled in his four years is now gone
-TE Rob Gronkowski says his surgically repaired left ankle feels great
-RB Stevan Ridley averaged 5.1 ypc and was the team’s only runner with runs longer than 20 yards (five)
-Nate Solder takes over for Matt Light in protecting Tom Brady’s blindside
New York Jets
-Main focus during training camp is rebuilding team chemistry
-Little depth and experience behind starters at RB, WR, TE and the defensive secondary
-Acquired former Panthers RT Jeff Otah, who helped pave the way for the first teammates in NFL history to each run for more than 1,100 yards in the same season
-QB Mark Sanchez was sacked a career-high 39 times last year, while he threw all but four of the team’s 547 passes
-Move back to ground-and-pound, with RB Shonn Greene averaging 4.0 yards per carry in six of seven games when carrying the ball at least 18 times
-WR Santonio Holmes hasn’t exceeded 100 yards in a game since November 2010
-Expected to play a new 4-3 defensive scheme
