Brandon Beane won’t shy away from more draft trades

But their general manager in Brandon Beane says they might not be done in that department. Or at least, it’s business as usual.

The Bills made a draft trade already. Their first-round pick left and Stefon Diggs headed to Buffalo in a trade with the Minnesota Vikings.

But their general manager in Brandon Beane says they might not be done in that department. Or at least, it’s business as usual. He told the Buffalo News that even though he doesn’t have a first rounder, he’s still open to some movement in the draft.

“As far as the Bills are concerned, we’re going to trade just like we normally would,” Beane said.

The Bills are open for business, NFL.

Whether or not they make a move is another thing. The Bills don’t have the sexiest picks left, but they do have a second rounder, No. 54 overall. That might be the ballpark for Beane.

In recent memory, he moved up in the second round for Cody Ford. Just prior to Beane joining the club in 2017, head coach Sean McDermott was on board for a second round trade involving Zay Jones. The Bills moved up there as well.

However, Beane has expressed some concern with moving up in this year’s draft. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, things will be conducted completely virtual.

That means everyone in the Bills front office must stay at home and be connected digitally, not in the same room, per usual. Beane also recently expressed concerns about that process.

“I don’t know exactly how that’s going to happen,” Beane said. “First of all, I think you’re going to have people that are going to be a little hesitant. That are just… too many hoops to jump through.”

“We’re going to have to see how complicated is it, compared to what we’re used to, and then what about time constraints? Are there going to be any parameters in the draft, once or twice, where you can ask to be extended two minutes or something like that to execute [a trade]?” he added.

It seems unlikely the Bills would have the capital to move back into the first round. If the Bills were to, it’d cost them their second, third, fourth and fifth-round pick in this year’s draft. The pick value of all those selections is 587. That Chiefs’ first-round pick at No. 32 overall, the final pick of Day 1, has a value of 590. So you’d probably be looking at moving up in the second round, or perhaps the Bills moving back.

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