ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Every year leading up to the the NFL draft, Bills general manager Brandon Beane reminds everyone there’s no guarantee of filling the t
by JOHN WAWROW | AP Sports Writer Buffalo Bills second-round draft pick Keon Coleman addresses the media during an NFL football news conference in Orchard Park, N.Y., Saturday, April 27, 2024.
Beane hit the reset button this offseason by purging a bloated payroll, making the team younger and trading receiver Stefon Diggs. Nonetheless, the four-time defending AFC East champions have fewer question marks than Thursday, when a jittery fanbase panicked each time Buffalo traded back from its original 28th pick.
Beane then checked off Buffalo’s next two immediate needs by selecting Utah safety Cole Bishop at No. 60 and Duke defensive tackle DeWayne Carter at 95. The Bills wouldn’t have been in position to select Carter if not for a trade with Kansas City in which the Chiefs moved up from 32 to 28, with Buffalo going from 133 to 95 and 248 to 221.
“I wasn’t patient. It’s just that no one took my call or they took it, but politely declined,” he said. “That’s what I said upstairs. We struck out and we won because no one would deal with us.”Beane recalled a conversation with Bishop at the Senior Bowl in which the safety said he got the better of tight end Dalton Kincaid in practice during their two years together at Utah in 2021 and ’22. Beane immediately checked in with Kincaid, who was Buffalo’s first-round pick last year.
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