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Pro Football Focus released their latest 2022 NFL draft mock which has a slew of interesting trades in it
Just none for the Bills.
Buffalo stays put at pick 25 to select a new starting cornerback in Trent McDuffie from Washington.
Here’s how the football analytics outlet sees his fit with the Bills:
McDuffie is the best pure zone corner in the class and one heck of a tackler. That would fit in perfectly with the Bills. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound corner missed only six of 101 tackle attempts in his career.
McDuffie finished 2021 as a member of the All-Pac-12 First Team. He had 25 solo tackles, with four tackles for loss and one sack. McDuffie didn’t intercept a pass in his junior season but had a career-high six pass breakups.
One knock on McDuffie could be that lack of turnover production in college. He had two interceptions and three forced fumbles in 28 games played.
The Bills defense could use another player with great ball skills like safeties Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde. As of now, that’s not really McDuffie’s game.
In this mock, the Bills will have to make a tough selection with Michigan edge rusher David Ojabo going at pick 26 to Tennessee. Buffalo has invested heavily into its defensive line the last three seasons during the draft but still lack a true pass-rushing talent.
The Bills could lose two defensive ends, Jerry Hughes and Mario Addison, in free agency this offseason and don’t have the cap space to sign one of the top defensive ends scheduled to hit the market.
A 6-foot-5-inch speed rusher like Ojabo with five forced fumbles last season could give the Bills a tough choice to make.
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