The Bills have the best odds to improve their roster of any playoff team from last season.
The Buffalo Bills will be entering the 2025 NFL Draft with the most draft capital of any team that made the playoffs this past season. Of those 14 playoff teams, the Bills are first on the list of with the “best” opportunity to improve their roster via the college draft pool.
A study done by CBS Sports’ Josh Edwards ranks all 32 teams in terms of draft value — utilizing point totals that are assigned to each individual draft selection based on the overall of the pick and what it’s perceived value has been throughout recent history. The accumulation of the values on those total picks is added for each individual team and, thus, the ranking is born.
The Bills are 19th overall, which remains behind every single non-playoff team. Naturally, first-round picks on non-playoff teams will hold significantly more value versus a pick at 30 overall (like Buffalo) — which makes the organization having the most capital of any playoff team from this past season notable.
The Minnesota Vikings have the least amount of perceived points with 256.96 while the Bills have 415.36. The Titans have the most points with 1,129.21 points with a heavy emphasis on the total contributing from having the number-one overall pick in the draft.
Another note on the Bills’ overall draft capital is that they have the most picks from the top of the sixth round (Pick No. 177) or earlier of any team in the NFL (9 selections). General manager Brandon Beane has an opportunity to do real damage throughout this draft with a specific plethora of capital in the early stages of Day 3. Nailing this draft with the notable capital over all other playoff teams gives Buffalo a leg up in continuing to contend for AFC Championships with hopes for more in the form of a Super Bowl berth.
The team has a total scheduled pick allotment of 10 in the 2025 NFL Draft. That number will likely fluctuate with Beane’s willingness to move about the draft board. But having the ammunition is surely something playing into the Bills’ hands with just over two weeks to go until the biggest talent acquisition of the calendar begins.