Bills GM: Teams Already Making Trade Calls to Acquire No. 33 Pick in 2024 NFL Draft

After the Buffalo Bills traded down twice and out of the first round of the 2024 NFL draft on Thursday night, general manager Brandon Beane revealed that there is already significant interest in the first of Buffalo's two second-round picks.

According to WGR 550's Sal Capaccio, Beane said after the first round that he was receiving calls from teams interested in trading for the No. 33 overall selection, which is the top pick in the second round.

Buffalo was originally slated to pick 28th on Thursday, but it traded down to No. 32 in a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs and then traded down one more spot from No. 32 to No. 33 with the Carolina Panthers.

By making those two trades, the Bills moved down a total of five spots, but they also gained significantly better draft position in the later rounds.

The deal with Kansas City saw Buffalo part with No. 28 in the first round, No. 133 in the fourth round and No. 248 in the seventh round for No. 32 in the first round, No. 95 in the third round and No. 221 in the seventh round.

Buffalo did not have a third-round pick after trading it to the Green Bay Packers for cornerback Rasul Douglas last season, but the trade with the Chiefs got the Bills back into the third round.

Also, the trade down from No. 32 to No. 33 with Carolina saw the Bills swap No. 200 in the sixth round for No. 141 in the fifth round as well.

Now, the Bills still have 10 draft picks, but they are better positioned to move freely up and down the board than they were before the trades.

The main area of need for Buffalo is at wide receiver following the decision to trade Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans after he was named a Pro Bowler in each of his four seasons with the team.

By trading down twice, the Bills allowed the Chiefs to come up and get Texas speedster Xavier Worthy at No. 28, plus the San Francisco 49ers took Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall at No. 31 and the Panthers nabbed South Carolina wideout Xavier Legette at No. 32.

However, this year's receiver class is considered one of the deepest in recent memory, and there are still many similarly graded wide receivers available, including Texas' Adonai Mitchell, Georgia's Ladd McConkey, Florida State's Keon Coleman and Oregon's Troy Franklin.

Buffalo could stay at No. 33 and take one of them, or it could trade down one more time to add yet another Day 3 pick.

The Bills' comfort level with who is left at wide receiver will likely dictate what they do, but it would be difficult to argue against the logic of them trading down again and acquiring more draft capital to fill holes created by the release of salary-cap casualties like center Mitch Morse, cornerback Tre'Davious White and safety Jordan Poyer.