ESPN Insider Todd McShay has been at the draft game for awhile. If you’re on board with the Bills adding some offensive firepower at the 2020 NFL Draft, you’re going to like what the world-wide leader’s man had to say.
With this year’s scouting combine going on this week in Indianapolis, McShay jumped on a segment with WKBW-TV’s Matt Bove. There, McShay attacked the Bills’ passing attack.
“They’ve got to get more consistent now in the passing game. I think they’ve got to get some depth and future, if you will, in the running back position, wide receiver, and playmakers on the offensive side, to go along with Josh Allen and that big arm,” McShay said.
You might be thinking, running back? Yes. McShay firmly believes that as he has the Bills selecting the first rusher off the board at the upcoming draft in Georgia’s D’Andre Swift.
While that pick might not be popular because of Devin Singletary, the NFL is very much a two-back league, and that’s something Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott subscribes to. Many might prefer a first rounder receiver, but having said that, the depth of the receiver class might allow Buffalo to land a first-round graded running back, such as Swift, and then add another first-round talent with a wideout pick in the second round. Only time will tell if the Bills are that bold.
But McShay also discussed the draft that was and two things are for sure, he likes the Bills defense and Ed Oliver.
“I think it was a good group. It really was,” McShay said of the Bills’ overall 2019 draft class. “Ed Oliver comes in and he’s going to continue to get better and his versatility up front, he really sets the tone defensively.
“Defensively is where (the Bills) really, I thought, continued to improve a year ago. They coach the defensive side of the ball so well in that organization.”
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