Buffalo Bills' list of draft picks is longer after 3 NFL Draft trades in 1st round originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
There've been a lot of questions about the Buffalo Bills' front office leadership since the season ended, and Brandon Beane is under plenty of scrutiny here in NFL Draft week.
He didn't shy away from the attention, though. He instead made three trades Thursday night during the first round of the draft.
The end result is that the Bills didn't even make a pick.
But the end result is also that the Bills moved down nine spots in total while picking up two additional draft picks in moves with the Texans, Patriots and Titans.
They ended the night with picks 35, 66, 101, 125 and 167.
They now have even more draft picks to use Friday and Saturday in rounds two through seven.
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Round 4: Pick 125 (from New England Patriots)
Round 6: Pick 182 (from Las Vegas Raiders)
Particularly fun on that board is the two sets of back-to-back picks.
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The Bills are slated to be the third pick of the second round, No. 35 overall, on Friday night. The second round starts at 7 p.m. ET.
Although there's always a chance Buffalo trades down again.
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