‘And, in fairness, Sean McDermott had been hired as Buffalo’s new head coach just three months before that 2017 draft. The Bills didn’t have time to hire a new general manager, so McDermott was reliant on outgoing GM Doug Whaley and a bunch of scouts about to be jettisoned. Even if current general manager Brandon Beane had been in charge, who’s to say he and his defensive-minded head coach would have pulled the trigger on a quarterback — especially one whom many draftniks believed would struggle adjusting from a spread, college offense to a pro-style one. Besides, the Bills had so many other holes to plug, which is why a deal providing extra picks was so appealing.’