2025 NFL draft: ESPN's Field Yates names Bills a team he could see trading up

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ESPN NFL insider Field Yates has made a bold prediction for the Buffalo Bills ahead of the 2025 NFL draft.

Yates named teams he believes could be moving around the upcoming event in April in Round 1. In the category of trading up, only three clubs were named.

The Bills were one of them.

While a big projection to make, it's not all that surprising.

Over the years, Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane has not been afraid to move both up and down the board. Just a year ago, he moved out of the first round and ended up making wide receiver Keon Coleman his first selection at the top of Round 2.

In terms of moving up to a higher selection, factoring in the Bills and Beane holding 10 selections heading into the draft including the No. 30 overall slot and two in the second round... Beane could easily be primed to look for a trade partner.

Yates' full prediction on the Bills being a team he thinks could trade up at the 2025 draft can be found below:

Buffalo's list of needs is short in comparison to almost every other NFL team -- it has one of the league's more elite rosters. But the Bills do need help at cornerback -- they allowed the NFL's fifth-worst completion percentage last season (68.5%), Rasul Douglas is still unsigned, and there's a question mark opposite Christian Benford.

Because of injuries to East Carolina's Shavon Revel Jr. (ACL) and Notre Dame's Benjamin Morrison (hip), there may not be as much cornerback action in the first round. Still, Buffalo could be motivated to move up in a number of different ways for one of the top players at the position. Names that I have circled that could make sense: Michigan's Will Johnson (major move up), Texas' Jahdae Barron (likely would require sliding into the teens), Kentucky's Maxwell Hairston (probably the 20s) and perhaps even Ole Miss' Trey Amos (likely only a few spots).

General manager Brandon Beane has traded up in the first round four times during his tenure in Buffalo.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2025 NFL draft: ESPN Field Yates names Bills team he could see trade up

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