In recent years, The Athletic has used a tool dubbed the “Consensus Big Board Draft Rankings.”
It’s a bit of a complex system that’s based off of compiling the opinion of more than 60 NFL draft evaluators and pegs prospects into one final big board based on the findings. So kind like a final prospect ranking chart combining the thoughts of all those “experts” melted into one.
Using that, The Athletic reflected on the 2020 NFL Draft. Calculating that into another detailed formula which involves the value of individuals picks held by NFL teams, the outlet pegs which draft picks were “steals” and which were “reaches.”
After using that blueprint for every NFL team and stacking them up against one another, the Bills’ 2020 draft haul to be the one that will have the second-best “return on investment” in the future.
In regard to the Bills’ draft specifically, one player wasn’t touted as one of the best of the bunch:
As for Buffalo, San Francisco and Houston, there are three different stories. Analysts were high on Buffalo’s draft but not nearly high enough — Buffalo gained value with every single pick except kicker Tyler Bass. A first-round talent in the second, a third-round talent in the fifth and a pair of fifth-round talents in the seventh highlight their draft.
Additionally, individual picks that were pegged steals, which would have gained the Bills the most stock here. Maybe a bit of a surprise, it’s quarterback Jake Fromm, Buffalo’s fifth-round pick. Meanwhile, Bass did appear as one of the biggest reaches of the draft.
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