Pro Football Focus thought a lot about the AFC East and their 2020 NFL Draft hauls. Among those were the Buffalo Bills.
Overall, the Bills earned a grade of A-minus for their draft selections despite not having a first-round selection.
Here’s part of PFF’s breakdown on Buffalo’s draft:
Day 2: A.J.Epenesa, PFF’s 20th-ranked prospect and EDGE2, fell right into the Bills’ laps at pick No. 54. While there’s some concern with how his below-average athleticism and lack of burst off the line will translate to the NFL, we still very much viewed Epenesa as a first-round talent in this draft. He has incredible power and great versatility — he had a win rate of over 31% when rushing from the interior in 2019 (54 such reps).
There wasn’t a more elusive running back in the 2020 NFL Draft than Zack Moss. He broke 0.33 tackles per rush attempt ever since his emergence as a true sophomore in 2017 and has broken 33 tackles on 66 catches in his career. Moss isn’t going to wow you with his speed, but he does pretty much everything else at a high level. He was PFF’s RB2 and has the size, vision, hands and elusiveness to succeed in the NFL.
Day 3: It was a pretty big surprise to see Jake Fromm end up on the Buffalo Bills, but this was a great value pick. Fromm was PFF’s QB5 and 69th overall prospect in the class. He’s a “game-manager,” but he takes incredibly good care of the football and is a sharp decision-maker. In 2019, Fromm produced a turnover-worthy play rate that ranked fifth among FBS signal-callers and had just one turnover-worthy play on his 98 dropbacks under pressure. Josh Allen has a quality backup for the time being in Jake Fromm.
Along with Fromm is Day 3, the Bills also landed wide receiver Gabriel Davis before him in the fourth round. In Epenesa, Moss and Davis, Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane admitted they were all “best player available” picks. That likely helps his team earn some high-praise from PFF and others.
Around the division, plenty of other good grades were handed out. The Dolphins also had an A-minus mark while the Jets hit a B-plus. The Patriots rounded things out with a B. Of course, all of these are taken with a grain of salt. Who knows how this will turn out for all of these players? They need to prove it on the field.
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