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Brandon Beane: What Bills are looking for in draft with losses to Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes fresh in mind

‘“You just got to try and, on the defensive side, build as many weapons as you can,” said Beane, who joked that a good strategy would be if the league allowed the Bills to have a 12th player on defense against the Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes. “Whether that’s in the secondary, speed linebackers to chase them down, and obviously the front. You saw what Tampa did. Their front really did a nice job versus Kansas City’s front – which affected (Mahomes).”’

Bills to have edge options at pick 30, says Daniel Jeremiah

‘Daniel Jeremiah’s latest mock draft has the team selecting Washington edge rusher Joe Tryon at pick 30. In a conference call with the media on Wednesday, Jeremiah elaborated on Tryon specifically while also adding that the Bills will have some other options as well.’

Bills ‘absolutely in conversation’ to play Super Bowl champion Buccaneers in NFL opener, says schedule maker

‘“They have to be,” North said. “You look at the Tampa Bay home schedule, and there’s some excellent games. You can take, frankly, any of the division games. Carolina and Atlanta are interesting, but maybe not at that upper echelon quite yet. You have New Orleans, obviously a different story without Drew Brees under center, but never more interesting than they are in Week 1. Buffalo-Tampa is gonna be a big game, but what this really comes down to is deploying each asset and generating maximum value.”’

Beane: Speculation over pick No. 30 is great

‘Beane and the Bills’ brain trust have checked off a lot of boxes already this spring, but with the 2021 NFL Draft set to begin a week from Thursday, and a contract extension for quarterback Josh Allen still possible, Buffalo’s front office has a lot of work to do. However, the Bills appear to be in a great spot; looking like a group that may not only be a Super Bowl contender (again) in 2021, but also a competitive and exciting team for years to come.’

Bills likely to get plenty of national TV, prime time games in 2021

‘“No question. No question,” North said. “Particularly when you look at your 17 games, you’ve got to think about some of those being, kind of stand out there. They’re just a little bit bigger than the other ones. The Kansas City [Chiefs] game, for instance, when Buffalo goes out to K.C., that cannot be a 1 o’clock in the afternoon game, in September, in 15% of the country. That game has to be on national television somewhere. When you play New Orleans [Saints]. When you play New England [Patriots], twice.”’

Brandon Beane on this year’s draft

‘”A lot of teams including us are still going to have some tough decisions going forward so we’ve got to be smart with these picks,” Beane said. “Finding as many guys, cheap labor if you want to call it, we need to find guys on the lower end because you still have to fill a team and find guys to line up and start for you. There’s less uncertainty than there was a year ago, but there’s still a lot of uncertainty. Are we definitely going to have full stadiums, which impacts the revenue, which impacts the cap.”‘

Draft deals, scouting problems and more from Brandon Beane’s pre-draft news briefing

‘“Some rounds we’ve got a decent amount of players,” he said. “Some rounds we may have 15 players. And so it may work where you’re going down. And that’s the scenario where if you only got 15 players in a round, the odds of you getting a guy at the 30th or if there’s comp picks involved, you’re talking even later than that. That’s the scenario where you’re either going up, or you’re trying to go back to get the value for the pick.”’

Vic Carucci: Bills, Allen do negotiation dance on contract extension

‘The potential for this to drag out is understandable. We’re talking about a massive undertaking, involving stratospheric dollars that no professional athlete in the history of Buffalo and, very likely, the NFL has ever seen. Arriving at a place where all parties are satisfied does take time.’