The Buffalo Bills have been known for their draft picks in the past. What will they do with this year’s first round?
The “buffalo bills mock draft 2022” is a 3-round mock draft for the Buffalo Bills. It includes their first and second round picks, as well as the third round pick.
The Buffalo Bills boast one of the league’s most skilled and well-rounded squads. That isn’t to say the NFL draft isn’t important. If the Bills want to eventually win the Super Bowl, which has evaded them throughout their history, they’ll have to make good draft weekend decisions. Brandon Beane, the general manager of the Buffalo Bills, has to address the weakest position groups on his team, which he accomplishes in this three-round mock draft 2.0.
Mock Draft 1.0 for the Buffalo Bills
Trent McDuffie, Kenneth Walker III, and the Buffalo Bills logo (L-R) | Christopher Mast/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images; Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images; Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The franchise went big on cornerback in the most recent Sportscasting.com Buffalo Bills mock draft, which is the team’s weakest position right now. Following that, they selected a new weapon for Josh Allen. This is what the mock draft looked like:
- Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida, 1st round, No. 25 overall
- Martin “MJ” Emerson, CB, Mississippi State (Round 2, No. 57 overall)
- Romeo Doubs, WR, Nevada, 3rd round, No. 89 overall
With the draft so near, draft boards are beginning to crystallize, and players are settling into their approximate range. With that in mind, this Buffalo Bills mock draft resembles the last one but differs in a few critical ways, notably the sort of weapon Brandon Beane selects for Allen’s offense.
Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington, 1st round, No. 25 overall
I had Washington Huskies CB Trent McDuffie in the top 12 when I first began doing mock drafts this summer, neck and neck with Derek Stingley Jr. McDuffie’s height and agility don’t pop off the page at 5-foot-11, 193 pounds with a 4.44-second 40-yard sprint.
Football, on the other hand, isn’t played on a computer screen. It takes place on the field, and McDuffie is a force to be reckoned with between the lines. He’s gritty, aggressive, and he stays in wide receivers’ pockets. Last season, he had four interceptions, demonstrating his growing ball abilities.
McDuffie isn’t the 6-foot-2, 200-pound cornerback of today’s NFL. He’s a great football player, and if Beane can acquire him, like he did in this Buffalo Bills mock draft, it’ll be a steal.
Kenneth Walker II, RB, Michigan State, second round, No. 57 overall
Adding a real bell-cow running back to the mix is one way Josh Allen’s offense may improve noticeably this season. Although this class does not have the most depth at that position, there are a few players that have RB1 potential. To obtain a back like this, they’ll either have to target Iowa State’s Breece Hall in the first round or risk missing out and landing another Devin Singletary or Zach Moss in the third or later rounds.
If they do go RB in the second to try and get a legit No. 1 guy, that comes down to Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker III or Texas A&M’s Isaiah Spiller. Walker is the pick in this Buffalo Bills mock draft because he can handle a big workload (263 carries last season) and has the size and speed (5-foot-9, 211-pounds, 4.38 40) to flummox NFL defenses.
Walker has to improve his pass-catching skills, but Singletary and 2022 free-agent addition Duke Johnson can take care of that for the time being. For the time being, he can serve as the Bills’ goal-line back and possible game-breaker, which Allen will like.
Zyon McCollum, CB, Sam Houston State, 3rd round, No. 89 overall
If the #Bears wait until Day 3 to draft a CB, I’d target Zyon McCollum from Sam Houston State.
99.9th percentile athlete who had 13 INTs and 54 PBUs in college. He did insanely well at the Combine. pic.twitter.com/syNHoip4dS
— Jacob Infante (@jacobinfante24) March 7, 2022
Remember how I said in this Buffalo Bills mock draft that McDuffie is a bargain due of his output rather than his stats? Zyon McCollum, on the other hand, is the polar opposite of that. McCollum had five seasons of productivity at Sam Houston State. He had 13 passes picked off, but it was against FCS competition.
McCollum, on the other hand, is 6-foot-4 and 199 pounds, and he ran a 4.33-second 40 at the combine. He’s like Richard Sherman with his cleats fitted with afterburners. Is he capable of doing it in the NFL? That will have to wait and see.
For the Bills, McCollum makes a lot of sense, particularly if Trent McDuffie is taken first. The Bearkats’ corner is a work in progress, but he can immediately help on special teams. And, if he continues to improve at his current rate, the squad might have something very spectacular.
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