The NFL Draft is almost here, and the Bills will look to improve their roster.
With 7 picks, Buffalo has their work cut out as GM Brandon Beane and company will look to turn their selections into impact players. Will some trades help them do just that?
The team has the 26th overall pick in the 1st Round, No. 91 in Round 3, No. 126 in Round 4 via a previous trade, No. 165 via CHI, and No. 168 in Round 5, No. 182 via LV in Round 6, and No. 220 via the Jets in Round 7.
Beane hasn't been shy about moving up the board to secure a player they like and has done so often in his tenure. He may do so again this year, as he looks to add the pieces for a playoff run.
With that, here are teams that could provide early-round trade-up scenarios for the Buffalo Bills.
This would cost a lot. But Brandon Beane did go on record saying he would be aggressive this offseason. He did a good job in free agency, so might we see that aggressive move in the draft?
With the drop off from the blue-chip prospects at the top of the draft, and some of the elite talent in that early crop of players, it's not outside the realm of possibility.
Given the Bills have been in on elite pass rushers and catchers in trade talks the past few seasons, it's not that crazy to imagine them doing so for a talent that would cost an asset haul but only a fraction of the cap hit that one of those veteran trade targets would.
If one of the top defenders is off the board for newly hired Tennessee head coach Robert Salah, might the Titans trade down? If so, how far? For Buffalo, the trade-up would have to be worth the haul as well.
If the Bills could go up and get the type of elite player on either side of the ball that other teams have to gameplan for, a trait which Beane has notably mentioned in the past, they might seek a deal.
That being said, the logic would be similar to that with the No. 3 pick. The Titans might benefit from the move, too, by adding more picks to a team that's still building.
The Giants figure to be one of the teams taking a top talent at the fifth spot in the draft, though there's always the possibility they could move back if the players they want are off the board.
That might be a higher possibility at 10, as a defensive star makes sense for them with their first pick versus top RB Jeremiyah Love or a top receiver with their second selection.
With Love being a fit for Washington, who is slotted right in between the G-Men's two first-round picks, the second selection might especially be a pick that the Football Giants of New Jersey might listen to offers on.
The Browns may be looking to add some draft capital to add talent to round out their roster, as cap-friendly rookie deals are more conducive to where they are roster and payroll-wise.
It may be just as likely that they pick here, but if Buffalo sees the right player and makes the right offer, their neighbors to the southwest might strike up a deal.
NOLA has position needs similar to some of Buffalo's, and with DE Rueben Bain Jr. or wide receivers Carnell Tate or Jordyn Tyson potentially still on the board, they could select one.
Then again, if talent like that is on the board, Buffalo might pick up the phone to make an offer.
Miami appeared to be reluctant to do business at the trade deadline with its division rival. And now the Bills signed away their linebacker.
That being said, they are a franchise and roster in transition as they seek to rebuild, and to that end, could benefit from adding more picks so they can bundle and move up their earlier round selections to begin replacing the holes at key positions... Or they might draft QB Ty Simpson if he's available.