Even if Gailey cranks up some serious mojo, the AFC East is stacked. Not only do the Bills need to improve in their own right, they need to jump past the likes of the Jets, Pats and yes....Dolphins. Honestly, that's a lot to ask with not much more than CJ Spiller, a coaching change and a rather daunting switch to a 3-4. Can it happen? Sure. How likely is it to happen? EhhhhhIdunno.
If the armchair experts who've said, "It was the coaching, stupid" are right, with any luck Gailey will be able to get the most out of the players who were simply, badly coached. And the switch to the 3-4 will be as natural as blinking. I think that's part of the equation, not the whole equation. The rest of the AFC East has to at least stand pat or slip and all the pieces to the Bills puzzle have to fall exactly into place. 2 years. 2 very, very lucky years.
If the Bills really are suffering from a lack of talent at critical spots (however numerous those spots may be), then it's going to be a process of trading, drafting and building cohesive O & D units, with the O being more the priority than the D. If we make the assumption that this year's offense is not going to pass muster, we all know the most critical positions that need to be addressed. 3 - 5 sounds about right if the correct pieces of the puzzle can be plugged in. The good news is that next year should be a very good year for the prime piece of the puzzle.