Continuing a position-by-position look at the Buffalo Bills' roster with an eye toward free agency and the draft:

Position: Tight end

2014 snaps:

• Scott Chandler: 70.5 percent

• Lee Smith: 31.5 percent

• Chris Gragg: 20.2 percent

• MarQueis Gray: 11.4 percent

Stat of note: Bills tight ends dropped 7.5 percent of their targets, according to ESPN Stats & Information tracking, tied for the third-highest rate in the NFL.

Pending free agents: Smith (unrestricted)

2015 cap hits (position rank):

• Chandler: $2.85 million (21st in NFL)

• Gragg: $599,793

• Gray: $585,000

• Chris Manhertz: $435,000

Money line: The Bills were on the low end of NFL tight end spending in 2014 and are still below average for 2015. That's due partly to Chandler returning to the Bills last offseason on a deal worth less than his previous contract. The Bills can likely get Smith back on a cheap, one-year deal and see what happens in the draft. I don't forsee them spending money in free agency here.

Market watch: Pending free agents include Julius Thomas, Jermaine Gresham, Jordan Cameron, Charles Clay, Niles Paul, Rob Housler, and Owen Daniels.

Draft need: Moderate -- The Bills were tied to Eric Ebron in last year's draft and might have taken him if they kept the No. 9 pick. That puts them on the radar for that position in the 2015 draft. The feeling is that the Bills have gotten adequate production from Chandler in the passing game but he's not the athletic, all-around tight end that gives defenses consistent problems. There might not be that sort of player available in this year's draft but the Bills could take a mid-round swing at someone they feel has potential.

Scout's take: "I would love to see them land -- and it's not a good draft board, it would have to be a free agency type of move -- a Clay or somebody much different than Chandler. If you at their receivers, they don't have the big receiver so there's a big gap when you're looking at it. [Former NFL general manager] Mike Lombardi always talks about it: You try to build a basketball team. Chandler is your center. There is no power forward type. [Sammy] Watkins is your shooting guard or small forward. They don't have that guy in-between: the athletic big receiver or the athletic small tight end type." -- ESPN NFL scout Matt Williamson

Quote of note: "I look at it this way, there's not one position we wouldn't take [in the draft] or try to upgrade. We could use another receiver, you could use obviously offensive line interior, quarterback we'll have to add. If a dynamic tight end is out there or a running back." -- Bills general manager Doug Whaley to Syracuse.com's Matthew Fairburn, during the 2015 Senior Bowl