EDGE Rankings: Buffalo Bills Should TARGET Malachi Lawrence as Top EDGE Option in 2026 NFL Draft

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🗓️ 12 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Buffalo Bills eye Malachi Lawrence as the under-the-radar first-round edge rusher who could transform their 2026 defense. Could he be the next breakout pass rush star in Orchard Park? Speaker A spotlights Lawrence’s explosive burst, length, and versatile sack potential, comparing his game-changing traits to prospects like Reuben Bain and David Bailey while exposing the depth and unique challenges in this year’s edge rusher class. From evaluating the impact of veterans like Greg Rousseau, Bradley Chubb, and Michael Hoecht to strategic concerns about versatility, leverage, and pass-rush repertoire, the analysis weighs first-round targets against day-two and day-three options such as Akheem Mesidor, Zion Young, Romello Height, and Derek Moore. Where should Brandon Beane invest for maximum value in the draft? This episode equips Bills fans with essential insights, bold rankings, and critical draft positioning as Buffalo crafts its future front seven.

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0:00.0	Malachi Lawrence is the best first round edge rusher option for the Buffalo Bills
0:06.7	that's simply not enough people are talking about.
0:14.5	You are locked on bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.
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0:26.2	What's up, Bill's Mafia?
0:28.1	It's Joe Marino.
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0:41.6	On today's episode, we are continuing our work in building the Buffalo Bills,
0:46.3	2026 NFL draft board, and it's our third conversation on edge rushers.
0:52.3	It will be our last conversation on edge rushers as I'll discuss
0:56.0	five more players and then I'll give you my rankings for the bills. And, you know, it might
1:01.6	stack a little bit different than maybe the other rankings that you're going to see out there.
1:05.7	But this is the way that I see it. And so it's been fun to kind of work through these edge rushers. There's a lot of
1:11.7	depth to this group and that obviously suits the bills well. Whether there's a need and the bills
1:17.9	don't have that second round pick. And so whether they want to attack it in the first round,
1:21.7	maybe wait to the third round, maybe wait till day three. I think they'll be able to find an
1:25.7	answer that they like. But based on the current
1:28.6	circumstances, you can certainly convince yourself into any one of those possibilities in terms of
1:35.7	round one, round three, day three, as where the bill should invest here, because they do have
1:40.5	Bradley Chubb, who of course they brought in in free agency. There's Greg Rousseau, who's going to make a bit of a transition to that on the ball,
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