We now know why the Bills made 3 NFL Draft trades in the 1st round
Buffalo was very active last Thursday.
We now know why the Bills made 3 NFL Draft trades in the 1st round originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . A week ago, the Buffalo Bills were very active.
They made three trades during the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft and ended up not actually making a pick. They dealt their way all the way out of the first round, accumulating extra draft capital in the process. In a new article on Thursday, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler broke down how this worked.
"The Bills' three trade-backs from No. 26 to outside of Round 1 were emblematic of a weaker draft as well as modernized thinking," Fowler writes. "More teams are leaning into the concept of taking more swings and prioritizing the number of picks they make.
Many teams we spoke to about the draft considered the late first round similar to the early second round as far as talent. The drop-off was minimal, if nonexistent. " MORE: Diego Pavia, Shedeur Sanders and an NFL QB problem that goes back to Tim Tebow The Bills felt good about the added haul they got.