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How seven NFL teams turned weaknesses into strengths: Offseason additions that mattered

Offseason acquisitions in the NFL are often designed to fix a team weakness. A free-agency acquisition or a draft pick for need can theoretically fill a hole, or an area that was well below average in the previous season.

No, it doesn't always work out. Maybe the change of scenery doesn't help, or the player doesn't translate from college the way the front office imagined. But sometimes the move pays off exactly as intended, and there is statistical evidence of that new player's impact on a given prior area of weakness.

Today, we're taking a look at seven teams' specific areas of improvement in 2020 that were fueled by a new acquisition through free agency, trade or the draft.