Under the watch of head coach Sean McDermott, the Bills hit on their first draft pick in cornerback Tre’Davious White. After that, the team has added one-year spot gaps at the No. 2 cornerback position across from him pretty much every offseason.
Those decisions have had more… mixed results than White.
Josh Norman in 2020? Not bad, up and down, some success. Vontae Davis? Well, you know…
With the 2021 NFL Draft now coming into the picture, the NFL Wire predicts that the Bills finally end their run of one-year fillers. Analyst Doug Farrar pegs Florida State cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. as the player Buffalo selects in a recent mock draft.
Cornerback could be a position the Bills target with the No. 30 overall pick, but it remains to be seen exactly how things go prior to the draft. If the Bills don’t get linebacker Matt Milano back or lose players along the offensive line like Daryl Williams, those positions could be more pressing than cornerback.
But in Samuel, the Bills would land a player that is a trigger word for McDermott: Versatile. He can play all over the defense from slot cornerback inside, to an outside No. 2 cornerback to potentially even at safety.
So far, the Bills only have Dane Jackson at the No. 2 spot. Bills general manager Brandon Beane said Jackson will get a chance to compete for snaps there next season, but he should not be handed that job.
The incumbent No. 2 cornerback is Levi Wallace, who is a restricted free agent, and Norman, who is an unrestricted free agent as well. Between the two, Wallace seems more likely to return which could setup a big training camp battle for playing time in Buffalo’s secondary.
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