Could the Bills be a trade partner for Bears’ No. 9 pick? Here’s why and why not originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Bills traded away their cornerstone wide receiver on Wednesday, sending a disgruntled Stefon Diggs, a sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick to the Texans for a 2025 second-round pick.
Without Diggs, the Bills’ pass-catching room is depleted. Khalil Shakir is their primary receiver. He finished 611 yards and two touchdowns last season. Dalton Kincaid contributed similar numbers as a rising tight end for the Bills last season, too.
Both Shakir and Kincaid are up-and-coming players. But they won’t move the needle as primary options.
And with Josh Allen in the prime of his career — earning the fifth-most MVP votes last season — are the Bills hoping to replace Diggs, or start retooling their roster? That journey starts for them at the 2024 NFL Draft, where they’ll pick No. 28 in the first round.
Could Brandon Beane lean on Ryan Poles to help him get a new, top-tier receiver in the draft?
“Getting Rome Odunze at No. 9 would be really a steal for the Bears at that point,” Mel Kiper said on ESPN. “What would be really interesting to see is if Buffalo tries to move up. I remember, I brought it up the other day, the Atlanta Falcons moved up to get Julio Jones and what was given up. They made a monster leap.
“I know they’re handicapped a little bit by the draft choices that may prevent that. But you can always throw in next year’s pick, the following year. You can do things creatively that way. It’ll be interesting if Brandon Beane, who has some guys like Kahlil Shakir — a Josh Allen favorite, we know that — but not having Stefon Diggs in this draft you gotta believe maybe two, maybe three receivers come into the fold.
“Do they move up from where they are?”
Everyone and their mother knows the Bears will draft USC quarterback Caleb Williams as the No. 1 pick in the draft. But what will they do with the No. 9 pick in the draft?
They have several…
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Publish date : 2024-04-05 23:20:10
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