The Bills fielded a lot of calls for their pick at 10. With just one quarterback off the board in the first nine picks, Kansas City swung a deal with Buffalo.
Buffalo Bills Insider Chris Brown provides the details. Here is his report:
Bills head coach Sean McDermott told Buffalobills.com earlier in the day that there were a lot of teams interested in their pick at 10. Before they were on the clock Buffalo swung a trade with Kansas City giving up their pick at 10 in exchange for the Chiefs pick at 27, their third-round pick (91st overall) and their first-round pick in 2018.
The Bills came into the draft with just three picks in the top 155 selections. Following the trade they now have four in the top 100. NFL talent evaluators have widely seen the second through fourth rounds as the sweet spot in this year’s class in terms of talent matching value.
Buffalo now has three picks on day two of the draft (44th, 75th, 91st).
Perhaps even more important is the acquisition of an extra first-round pick for the Bills in 2018. Next year is seen as a much stronger draft class for quarterbacks. Buffalo will have a lot of capital to work with next year should they decide a quarterback in that class is the best fit for them.
For our 2017 1st Round Pick, we received:
2017 KC 1st (27th)
2017 KC 3rd (91st)
2018 KC 1st
With the 27th pick the Bills selected cornerback Tre’Davious White from LSU.
From the draft overview, Whate was a full-time starter for better part of four years for the Tigers, and was one of the premier mirror-and-match cornerbacks in the game. He has the feet, athleticism and instincts for prolonged coverage responsibilities and his twitch will always have him near the throw. He is best suited for all forms of man coverage, and can compete as special teams performer. He lacks run-support physicality to be an every-down corner, but he’s talented enough to challenge for slot duties right away.