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2021 NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills Pre-Draft Analysis, Needs, Mock Draft Picks

2021 NFL Draft: From the college perspective, Buffalo Bills pre-draft analysis, team needs, mock draft picks, and what they need to do.

2021 NFL Draft: From the college perspective, Buffalo Bills pre-draft analysis, team needs, mock draft picks, and what they need to do.

Buffalo Bills 2021 NFL Draft Analysis

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CFN 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings
from the college perspective …
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG & C
DE & Edge | DT | LB | CB | Safeties
Top 105 2021 NFL Draft Prospects

The Bills could use a little more out of this year’s draft. AJ Epenesa didn’t do much as a rookie, but Zack Moss appears to be a decent running back to work around – but they could use a bigger star behind Josh Allen to carry the mail. Moss is a pounder, but at the 30 they could go for someone more dynamic if Clemson’s Travis Etienne is there.

Buffalo really can go with the Best Player Available. They could use an edge rusher, and the value should be there at the 30 with a few of the defensive ends there for the taking. They don’t really need a linebacker, but Tulsa’s Zaven Collins could fit, too.

Another dangerous wide receiver would be nice, or a tight end would work at the 61. There’s no fourth round pick, so if the Bills want a playmaker, it probably has to happen at the 61 or the 93. There should be plenty of pass catchers there for the taking in the second round.

Buffalo Bills 2021 NFL Draft Analysis: Mock Draft Picks

Before all the trades and craziness changes it up, our guess on the Buffalo Bills 2 Round NFL Mock Draft early picks.

1 (30) LB Azeez Ojulari, Georgia
2 (61) TE Pat Friermuth, Penn State

Buffalo Bills 2021 NFL Draft Analysis: 2021 NFL Draft Picks

1: 30
2: 61
3: 93
5: 161 (from Raiders)
5: 174
6: 213
7: 236 (from Panthers)

Buffalo Bills 2021 NFL Draft Analysis: 2020 NFL Draft Picks

2 DE AJ Epenesa, Iowa
3 RB Zack Moss, Utah
4 WR Gabriel Davis, UCF
5 QB Jake Fromm, Georgia
6 PK Tyler Bass, Georgia Southern
6 WR Isaiah Hodgins, Oregon State
7 CB Dane Jackson, Pitt

CFN 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings
from the college perspective …
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG & C
DE & Edge | DT | LB | CB | Safeties
Top 105 2021 NFL Draft Prospects
2 Round NFL Mock Draft
Greatest Draft Picks For Each College
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
32 Greatest Draft Picks of All-Time
2022 Top 32 Pro Prospects | By Position

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Bills didn’t plan on drafting UGA QB Jake Fromm, but ‘too good to pass up’

Per Chris Mortensen, Buffalo Bills did not plan on taking Georgia football QB Jake Fromm in 2020 NFL Draft, but the opportunity was too good

Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm was the eighth quarterback selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, going in the fifth round to the Buffalo Bills.

Buffalo is a surprising landing spot for Fromm, for two reasons.

Reason one being that the Bills have a pretty crowded quarterback room as it is. Josh Allen is the definite starter, and then Matt Barkley and Davis Webb are also on the roster.

The second reason that the pick came as a surprise is that Buffalo is not necessarily known for ideal football weather, and Fromm struggled playing in inclement weather at Georgia last year.

According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, who texted with Bills general manager Brandon Beane, the Bills actually had no no intentions of drafting Fromm.

But with an experienced signal caller like him being available in the fifth round, it was too good to pass up on.

“He wasn’t planning to draft Jake Fromm, but he was on the board and thought he was too good to pass up,” Mortensen said on ESPN. “Even though his physical attributes don’t fit with that Buffalo climate, they are happy to have a guy like that in their quarterback room.”

ESPN's Chis Mortensen said Brandon Beane text him and told him he wasn't planning on picking Jake Fromm but the #Bills thought he was too good to pass up

— Nick (@Nick_Wojton) April 25, 2020

Georgia football RB D’Andre Swift to meet with two AFC East teams at NFL Combine

Georgia football RB D’Andre Swift is scheduled to meet with two AFC East teams at the NFL Combine.

Georgia running back D’Andre Swift is viewed as a first round pick in April’s NFL Draft.

He’ll likely be the first running back taken off the board, and there’s two AFC East teams that he is scheduled to meet with this week – the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills.

The Dolphins hold both the 18th and 26th pick in the draft with the Bills having the 22nd pick.

If Swift does go at 18, 22 or 26, he would be the highest taken running back out of Georgia since Gurley went No. 10 in 2015.

Sony Michel went 31st to New England in 2018 and Nick Chubb went 35th to the Browns.

RB D’Andre Swift says he has met with the Dolphins and has another meeting Thursday. Many projections have him going No. 18 or 26 to Miami.

— Hal Habib (@gunnerhal) February 26, 2020

Georgia RB D’Andre Swift has a formal meeting with the Bills tomorrow

— Josh Reed (@4JoshReed) February 26, 2020

But Swift has been viewed as a higher draft choice thanks in large part to his versatility.

In terms of what a guy can do with the ball in his hands, there’s nobody who has a wider range of skill than Swift.

Not only can he run you over, but he can blow past you with his speed and he has one of the nastiest arsenals of jukes, spins and cuts that you’ll see from a college running back.

But what really sets him apart is his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and make things happen. It’s something that Georgia fans may not be too familiar with — and that’s not because Swift could not do it, but because the coaches would not cut #7 loose and let him.

“There are a lot of great backs in this class, but I think I’m the most versatile,” Swift said during his interview session on Wednesday.

“I think I’m a three-down back, and I can do whatever I’m asked to do. God gave me a lot of ability. I don’t take that for granted. I work hard every day, and I’m a leader.”

If Swift does go to the AFC East, that would put him, Chubb and Michel in the same conference. Furthermore, it would place Michel and Swift in the same division, meaning there would be at least two Michel/Swift battles annually.

The NFL Draft begins April 23rd.