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The Buffalo Bills have three picks in the first two rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft, meaning they have a real chance of adding a trio of impactful starters for next season to improve the roster. Who will they pick? We asked the PFF NFL mock draft simulator what general manager Brandon Beane would do, and here’s what the simulation told us.
We know we’re off to a good start with the PFF 2025 NFL mock draft simulator when the AI makes the Bills-iest pick on the board. The only difference between this and the real thing is that the simulator didn’t trade up or down three or four picks for no reason to make this happen.
Ohio State pass-rusher Jack Sawyer is fine. He is a 6-foot-5, 260-pound edge with shorter arms and decent production. In four years for the Buckeyes, he had 144 tackles, 29 tackles for a loss, 23.0 sacks, an interception, three fumble recoveries, and six forced fumbles.
Those are good numbers, although he hasn’t had a double-digit-sack season (9.0 last year was his high), and only had 10 TFLs once (as a Junior). Sawyer also has power and a high motor, but no one is mistaking him for Myles Garrett.
In the end, he seems a lot like… the other first-round defensive ends Beane has drafted.
Gregory Rousseau and AJ Epenesa are decent players, but they simply are what they are at this point. Rousseau is definitely better, and only turns 25 in April, so there still could be some upside, but both these players are 6.0-8.0-sack-a-year guys who haven’t become difference-makers.
Sawyer is a lot like this. He is a safe, uninspiring pick who will contribute but not uplift the Bills defense.
If Beane is going to address the defensive line in the first round — which isn’t a bad plan — he should instead look at edge rushers with more upside like Nic Scoutron (Texas A&M) and Landon Jackson (Arkansas), who are both still available at this point in the PFF 2025 NFL mock draft simulator.
With their first of two picks in Round 2 (ahead of having no third-round selection), the Bills take 6-foot-4, 215-pound wide receiver Jayden Higgins out of Iowa State.
Going WR here with the second pick of the draft makes a lot of sense. The Bills will likely not bring Amari Cooper back next season, and while Keon Coleman, Khalil Shakir, Mack Hollins, and Curtis Samuel were enough to win Josh Allen the NFL MVP Award, the receiver room could still use more young talent.
In Higgins, the Bills get a big, physical receiver who can go up and get it. He’s not the fastest, but he has a lot of skill and strength. In his one season with the Cyclones, Higgins put up 53 receptions for 983 yards and six touchdowns.
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