Heading into the offseason, no team is perfect. Most will aim to address their flaws — some glaring, some not — in free agency (March 13) and in the NFL Draft (April 25-27 in Detroit). As identified by Yardbarker writers, here are the worst flaws for each AFC team:

AFC East

BUFFALO BILLS | Crunch-time decision-making | Although there’s little debate about whether Sean McDermott is a top-10 head coach in the NFL, his poor decision-making in critical situations in Buffalo’s divisional-round loss to the Chiefs prevented his team from another shot at the Super Bowl. Besides questionably dialing up a fourth-quarter fake punt for safety Damar Hamlin, McDermott made calls on defense that led Kansas City to run just five third-down plays, an unacceptable showing even with a Buffalo unit wracked by injuries.

MIAMI DOLPHINS | QB Tua Tagovailoa’s limitations | Miami’s wild-card round loss to Kansas City highlighted Tagovailoa’s limited arm strength and inability to extend plays, glaring weaknesses in his skill set that significantly impacted the game’s outcome. The cons of signing the league’s leading passer to a near-top-dollar contract extension this offseason far outweigh the pros, especially considering his extensive injury history. He could ultimately undermine Miami’s Super Bowl aspirations.

NEW YORK JETS | Pandering to QB Aaron Rodgers | Rodgers carved out a Hall of Fame career in Green Bay, but the Jets have treated him as if he built his legacy in New York, which has cost the team greatly. New York made several regrettable signings last offseason to appeal to Rodgers, whose endorsement of Jets brass convinced the team to stick with HC Robert Saleh, a decision that might derail another season.

MIAMI DOLPHINS | QB Tua Tagovailoa’s limitations | Miami’s wild-card round loss to Kansas City highlighted Tagovailoa’s limited arm strength and inability to extend plays, glaring weaknesses in his skill set that significantly impacted the game’s outcome. The cons of signing the league’s leading passer to a near-top-dollar contract extension this offseason far outweigh the pros, especially considering his extensive injury history. He could ultimately undermine Miami’s Super Bowl aspirations.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS | Quarterback | In a division with Lamar Jackson (Ravens), Joe Burrow (Bengals) and Deshaun Watson (Browns) at QB, the Steelers must find a new leader for their offense in 2024. Kenny Pickett has thrown for 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 25 games, Mason Rudolph is expected to look for a fresh start elsewhere and Mitchell Trubisky was released last week. — Aaron Becker

AFC South

HOUSTON TEXANS | Traditionally nonexistent run game | Since Arian Foster’s last healthy season in 2014, the Texans have had just two 1,000-yard rushers over the past nine seasons — Carlos Hyde (2019) and Lamar Miller (2016). With quarterback C.J. Stroud proving to be the real deal, the team must get him a legitimate bell-cow back to hand the ball off to 20 times per game.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS | Cheap front office | For as garish as the Colts owner Jim Irsay is, he doesn’t typically make huge splashes in free agency. Aside from the one-year, $20M contract Indy signed QB Philip Rivers to in 2020, the team has been rather particular with its spending in recent years, but per Spotrac, the Colts have the fifth-most cap space in the NFL ($66.3M) and this year is the perfect time to buck this trend.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS | Player development | Since 2000, the Jags have produced just 24 Pro Bowl players, which may seem like a lot, but it actually breaks down to one a season. Over that span, Jacksonville didn’t have a Pro Bowler in eight of those seasons and the team only made the playoffs four times — a trend that must change for the team to compete with Texans and Colts teams on the rise.

TENNESSEE TITANS | Inexperienced leadership | Tennessee’s rebuild is being spearheaded by a second-year general manager (Ran Carthon) and a first-year head coach (Brian Callahan). While both may ultimately turn out to be great at their jobs, getting a complete roster teardown and rebuilding right is a lot to gamble on such inexperience.— Michael Gallagher