Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘This year, the Bills have two clear-cut needs: Defensive tackle and cornerback, and unless there’s a player at one of those positions who the Bills absolutely love, and the only way to make sure they get him is to trade up, they should probably stay put at No. 30 and pick the best tackle or corner available.’

‘With two picks at Nos. 56 and 62, and a general manager in Brandon Beane who is always open to trading his way up or down the draft board, the Bills – even with their primary needs on defense – could be a team to watch when the second round gets underway, especially if a run at the position starts to develop.’

‘Their top two priorities in the first round should be either defensive tackle or cornerback, but if the board falls a certain way, it wouldn’t be crazy if Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden was gettable.’

‘Throughout the laborious lead up to the NFL Draft, one of the players the Buffalo Bills have shown heavy interest in is wide receiver Isaiah Bond.’

‘The top corners including Travis Hunter, Will Johnson, and Jahdae Barron will most likely be gone before the Bills make their scheduled first-round pick, but there is a cache of players who could be available for Buffalo on Day 2, especially if Beane found a way to trade up into the high 30s.’

‘Amos met with the Bills at the combine and then reportedly came to Orchard Park for a top 30 visit so Buffalo’s interest seems genuine as it tries to plug a gaping hole at boundary corner.’

‘Unlike the cratering Dow Jones and Nasdaq, that final-season data he added to his resume has sent Barron’s draft stock soaring 180 degrees in the opposite direction and it would probably be a surprise if he were still available to the Buffalo Bills at pick No. 30 in the first round.’

‘But here comes the “but.” Teams, particularly the Buffalo Bills who are in obvious need of a starting CB2, have to wonder what kind of player Revel will become after he suffered a torn ACL last September and missed all but three games.’

‘The widespread consensus is that the next cornerback who will come off the board is Michigan’s Will Johnson, and that could happen somewhere inside the top 10. If that proves to be true, unless the Buffalo Bills are willing to part with a whole lot of draft capital to trade up, he’ll be out of their range.’

‘On an unusually sunny spring day in Orchard Park, elected officials, construction workers and Bills staff looked on as a black and gray beam with the words Buffalo Bills sandwiched between two Bills logos slowly made its way up over and into the top of the new stadium to the sound of the ‘Shout’ song.’

‘Playing in Buffalo’s favor is that the draft community consensus is that this is a deep defensive tackle class, and first-year starters or key contributors can be found on Day 2 in the second and third rounds. Here are five players who could be good fits as the Bills try to find the eventual replacement for one-technique DT DaQuan Jones.’

‘“I feel like I can do it all,” Nolen continued. “Aaron Donald did it all at the highest level. I’m a younger, upcoming version of Aaron Donald. I just can’t wait to show everybody that when I get this opportunity I’m being blessed with.”’

‘“Talked to my family, talked to my village,” Harmon said at the NFL scouting combine on his decision to leave Michigan State. “They told me to just pray on it, and that’s what I did. I just prayed on it and that was the best decision for me. I feel like it was the best fit for me. It was a hard decision because I went 2,000 miles away from Michigan. That was probably the hardest decision that I’ve had to make, but I had to make it for my future.”

‘I certainly can’t argue with the logic because everything about Grant screams Buffalo. At 6-foot-4 and 331 pounds, he is exactly the type of player the Bills need in the soft and undersized middle of their defensive line, but it just feels like it would be an upset if Grant were still sitting there in the late hours of Thursday night, April 24, when it’s time for the Bills to finally go on the clock.’

‘“Well, that’s a point of emphasis for us, like it is probably for most teams, building a defensive line to where we need to have it,” McDermott said. “That’s a position we value greatly.”’