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Five WR the Bills could still land if they wait until third round

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If the Bills wait until the third round to pick a wide receiver, here are three interesting candidates Sal Maiorana has in mind who could be there.

Wide receiver is always a hot button topic surrounding the Buffalo Bills , and it will remain so until they find a true difference-maker, something they haven’t had since Stefon Diggs began trailing off in the second half of the 2023 season. Is DJ Moore going to be that player? Unlikely.

The eighth-year veteran immediately became the Bills’ best receiver when Brandon Beane acquired him from the Bears , but no one is going to confuse him with Ja’Marr Chase or Justin Jefferson or Puka Nacua or Jaxon Smith-Njigba. There has been plenty of clamoring for Buffalo to pick a receiver in the first round of the NFL Draft, and Beane certainly might do that, but it feels like addressing the defense is the prudent move. If he goes defense, all eyes will turn to the third round on Friday because the Bills don’t currently have another pick until No.

91. Barring a trade up higher in the third, or even into the second round, can the Bills add a meaningful receiver with that third-round pick? Here are five names to watch who could be in play if the Bills want a wide receiver and stay put at No.

91. Ted Hurst, Georgia State Playing for a bad team that won just four games in his two seasons there, Hurst stood out as he caught 127 passes for 1,965 yards and 15 touchdowns playing for offensive coordinator Hue Jackson, the former head coach of the Cleveland Browns. At 6-foot-3 and 206 pounds, Hurst is an impressive athlete who ran a 4.

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