In probably the most balanced trade of all time, the Bills traded their first-round pick to the Vikings for star receiver Stefon Diggs, who’s gone on to have four straight 1,000+ yard seasons, including being the league’s top receiver in 2020.
With their first pick of the draft, the Bills got some much needed pass rush help in A.J. Epenesa. While he wasn’t super productive his first two seasons, he started breaking out in 2022 and continued this past season with back to back 6.5 sack seasons. He’s still starting out, so he’ll likely get paid for his potential and not what he’s done so far, but it’s all there.
Third-rounder Zack Moss was a productive player behind Devin Singletary for 2.5 seasons before getting traded to the Colts for Nyheim Hines. While Hines hasn’t quite contributed to the Bills offense (outside of his two kick return TDs in that Week 18 game), Moss has been a reliable back when asked to start in Indy. He put up career numbers last season in his eight starts filling in for Jonathan Taylor, and will be a great compliment to any backfield, and can provide a spark in a starting role when needed.
Gabe Davis has had such a wild career. He’s proven to be such a clutch player who can pop off for 100+ yard and two TD performances at any point, but also zero catch games at the same rate. He’s consistently inconsistent. I think that’s the perfect way to describe Davis, but I fully expect a team to overpay for him this free agency.
Jake Fromm has been a practice squad backup and only lasted 1.5 seasons with Buffalo before getting signed by the Giants, where he started two games. He then joined the Commanders and has spent two seasons on their practice squad.
Tyler Bass has turned into a top kicker in this league. It’s really rare nowadays for a kicker drafted by their own team to be successful with said team, but he’s really been on of the best kickers in the league, and earned a contract extension.
Isaiah Hodgins was mainly a backup and practice squadder for 2.5 seasons before getting signed by the Giants. He quickly turned into their top receiver the second half of the season out of nowhere, and had an 8-catch, 105-yard and one TD performance in the playoffs that year. 2023 was a lot different as he was seventh on the team in receiving.
Dane Jackson was a great find in the seventh round. He quickly developed into a third starting CB with 28 career starts, including 14 in 2022. With so many injuries in that secondary over the years, Jackson has been there for almost every game, and Buffalo should look to maintain that level of consistency to counteract their bad injury luck.
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