The Buffalo Bills are finally scheduled to make a selection at the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday. Currently their pick is slated for the No. 54 overall slot.
But if Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane gets a bit antsy, could he swing a trade to move up the draft board? Moving back into the first round on Thursday seemed very unlike and that didn’t happen. In the second round, it’s much less far fetched.
Hours before the second round gets going, there’s already two teams that are considered open for business in regard to trading back from their high draft in Round 2. According to NFL Network, those two teams are the Colts and the Dolphins, who select at No. 35 and No. 39. Those are the second and seventh picks in the second round, respectively.
Could the Bills make a deal with either team?
Unfortunately both seem unlikely, but not impossible.
For reference, the combined draft value of the Bills’ second and third-round picks could get the Bills to the No. 38 pick, where the Panthers are selecting right before the Dolphins. With that in mind, in order to get up to the Colts pick at No. 34, it’d likely cost Buffalo their second, third and fourth rounders. It seems unlikely that Beane would want to do that, unless he adds a pick from a future draft.
In regard to the Dolphins, technically the Bills’ top-two picks could get them there, however, that’s a division rival. It’s worth noting the Bills did swing an AFC East trade in recent memory, sending offensive lineman Russell Bodine to the Patriots in August. But the stakes in that deal, one which saw the Bills land a sixth-round pick in return, were much smaller.
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