Bills can Wheel and Deal on Draft Day

As the Buffalo Bills finalize their draft board, they also will be busy finalizing their strategy for next week's NFL Draft. And the team has some moves to make, thanks to the compensatory draft picks awarded to Buffalo a couple of weeks ago. The Bills go into the draft with ten picks, including two in the fourth round, and three in the seventh. While they may not want to add ten rookie draft picks to the roster this year, they certainly can. But more importantly, they have some working capital to move up or down in trades on draft weekend. For example, they can put together a package involving their extra fourth, and another pick or pick (1st and 2nd maybe) to move up from the 11th pick in the first round. If they had their eye on a premier player, say Troy State cornerback Leodis McKelvin, for example, they may be able to put that type of package together, and move from the 11th pick overall, to 6th or 7th, where McKelvin is likely to be drafted. It's that type of strategy that makes the draft so interesting--it's much more than just identifying the player you like and hoping he's there when your turn comes. The Bills have some "working capital" in the form of extra picks, to manuever around the draft and get the player they've targeted. We'll see how it works out.