The MMQB has the Bills doing what many currently predict for them in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Buffalo selects a wide receiver at No. 22 overall.
But which one? In the MMQB’s latest draft guesses, the pick is Clemson wideout Tee Higgins:
22. Buffalo Bills: Tee Higgins, WR, Clemson
The Bills signed a pair of smaller receivers—John Brown and Cole Beasley—last offseason and the duo combined for 139 catches for 1,838 yards and 12 touchdowns. Complementing Brown and Beasley well, Higgins is a big-bodied receiver with a large catch radius who attacks and high-points the football well. Higgins tied Sammy Watkins and DeAndre Hopkins for the most receiving touchdowns (27) in Clemson history.
For the Bills, Higgins makes sense. Cole Beasley and John Brown have had great seasons for Buffalo in 2019. But, moving more talent into the receiver room around them in the short term, and getting a long-term, go-to option for quarterback Josh Allen, should be a goal for the Bills this offseason.
At 6-foot-4, Higgins gives the Bills the size they lack in any receiver aside from Duke Williams. Allen does have to improve some of his deep-ball accuracy issues on his own this offseason, but if he does have a guy like Higgins in 2020 and has the same type of production as he had last season, his completion percentage of 58.2 percent could easily rise above 60 percent.
Higgins heads the Bills in this scenario as CeeDee Lamb, Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs are all selected ahead of Buffalo’s pick. In taking Higgins, the Bills opt for him over the likes of wideouts Laviska Shenault, Brandon Aiyuk and Justin Jefferson.
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