The Buffalo Bills can wait to select a wide receiver at the 2020 NFL Draft, says NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah.
Chatting to other media members on a conference call on Friday, the draft analyst, when discussing the Bills, said it’s not a bad idea for them to wait for an offensive playmaker at the upcoming draft.
“They can wait until the third round if they wanted to and still find guys to come in and help them this year. It’s so deep, so loaded. And I think that offense is another one that could use this type of a player that we just discussed of guys you can use on some of the, get them some of the bubbles, some of the easy completions, some of the fly sweeps, all that stuff. I think they could find one of these guys outside the first round that would help them there,” Jeremiah said.
“If you look at Buffalo, the direction they could go, I think finding an edge rusher, finding another corner, interior offensive line, that wouldn’t be a bad way to go early; you could always circle back and get yourself a wide receiver,” Jeremiah added.
Of course, if the Bills really, really do want a specific wideout, they should go get him. Jeremiah noted that as well. To his other mentioned needs, pass rusher is certainly among the bigger ones. The Bills could stand to use cornerback depth, but Levi Wallace, an EFRA, will likely be back. On the offensive line, there’s depth, and the Bills will probably add more with at least one of their nine draft picks at the upcoming selection event.
In his most recent mock draft, the Bills do go wide receiver, though. Not exactly any inside thought from Jeremiah, but Tee Higgins is the selection at pick No. 22. He could be the guy the Bills do love, with his big-bodied size and wide catch radius. He could be the perfect complement to the smaller, speedy options the Bills already have in-house.
“The is a really phenomenal group of wideouts,” Jeremiah continued. “And not all of those guys are going to go early. They’re going to end up spread throughout the draft.”
So keep that depth in mind once late April rolls around. If the Bills don’t get a Round 1 receiver, they could land a first-round talent in the second just based on the sheer numbers of it. Plus, Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane constantly says during the run up to the draft that he doesn’t pick for needs, he picks for talent. Free agency will likely be the time where Beane starts addressing his team’s needs.
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