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Buffalo Bills Wide Receiver Draft Options EXPLORED | Targets Who Offer SPEED

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Bills face a pivotal draft moment: can they finally land the explosive, cost-controlled wide receiver talent they’ve been missing? Joe Marino spotlights mid-round speedsters like Omar Cooper, Ted Hurst, and Zachariah Branch—players who could add much-needed verticality and versatility to the Bills’ offense. With DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, and Josh Palmer slated for key roles, competition heats up for the final roster spots, making this draft class even more critical. Marino breaks down the strengths, concerns, and ideal draft ranges for prospects including Brenen Thompson, Deion Burks, Malik Benson, and Jordyn Tyson. Topics include elite 40-yard dash times, return game potential, injury red flags, and how each receiver’s route-running could fit with Josh Allen. With the Bills’ tendency to lean on veteran receivers under the microscope, the question remains: will Brandon Beane invest in a true speed threat to reshape the wide receiver room?

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0:00.0

If you're hopeful the bills can find a speedwide receiver in the middle rounds,

0:04.5

then this episode is for you.

0:10.5

You are locked on bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.

0:17.2

Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day what's up phils mafia it's joe marino on

0:26.8

today's episode we're continuing our work in creating the bills 2026 NFL's draft board and we're

0:34.1

talking more wide receivers we recently covered seven wide receivers we're going to wide receivers. We recently covered seven wide receivers. We're

0:38.7

going to cover seven more today. There's seven more coming. So if we haven't covered a guy that

0:43.8

you're hopeful that we cover, it's probably coming on the next wide receiver episode. And again,

0:49.4

this is not necessarily my top seven. It's a mix of guys that the bills could target throughout the

0:56.4

early-ish rounds, kind of rounds one through five, and we'll talk about different options at

1:02.0

each position. And today's going to feature a lot of guys that offer speed. And I think we can

1:09.0

all agree that the bills can use some speed and some

1:11.2

verticality. And so a lot of the receivers we discussed today will provide that. A quick

1:17.4

reminder on the need at wide receiver. I think obviously the acquisition of DJ Moore

1:22.9

is a big one and eases the need at wide receiver. But ultimately the bills are probably going

1:29.7

to roster six. And when you look at DJ Moore, Kalil Shakir, Keon Coleman and Josh Palmer,

1:35.1

that's probably four of your six. And then it's this group of Trent Scherfield, Stephen

1:39.8

Gossnell, Jalen Virgil, and McColl Hardman. And right now, two of those are going to make this roster.

1:46.7

And so that should scream need at wide receiver, even if it isn't the most pressing.

1:52.5

And there's also this other variable where the bills just haven't invested in the draft

1:57.8

enough at wide receiver.

1:59.2

And it's put them in this position where they're continuously having to add veterans,

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