With a deeper roster, how will Bills approach the NFL draft's third day? By Katherine Fitzgerald News Sports Reporter Apr 25, 2022 Apr 25, 2022 Updated Apr 19, 2026 0 Bills GM Brandon Beane speaks to the media on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Katherine Fitzgerald News Sports Reporter Bills General Manager Brandon Beane plans to approach the third day of the NFL draft just as he has the last few years.kAm%92E E96 q:==D’ C@DE6C :D D@ DEC@?8 4@F=5 >2<6 :E 92C56C 2?5 92C56C 7@C =2E6\C@F?5 D6=64E:@?D E@ >2<6 E96 db\>2? 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H6V== DE2J A2E @C >@G6 324<]”k^Am 0 comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Buffalo News' final mock draft: Uncertainty could produce a wild first round The uncertainty is what makes the draft so compelling. Here is The News’ final projection of how Thursday’s first round might play out. Move up? Go back? Stand pat? All options are open to Bills GM Brandon Beane “Knowing your board, having a feel, too, of how the draft is going to fall, I think this year is going to be a little harder,” Beane said. 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Buffalo News' final mock draft: Uncertainty could produce a wild first round The uncertainty is what makes the draft so compelling. Here is The News’ final projection of how Thursday’s first round might play out.
Move up? Go back? Stand pat? All options are open to Bills GM Brandon Beane “Knowing your board, having a feel, too, of how the draft is going to fall, I think this year is going to be a little harder,” Beane said.
NFL draft roundtable: Keep or trade No. 25, draft crushes, Day 3 gems With the NFL draft less than a week away, Buffalo News Bills reporters Jay Skurski, Katherine Fitzgerald, Mark Gaughan, and Jason Wolf gave th…
