2021 NFL Draft: Trade-up assets for the Bills

The Buffalo Bills currently hold seven total selections ahead of Thursday’s 2021 NFL Draft. While they do hold the typical amount of picks, they are in fact missing their original fourth-round selection—and they have an extra fifth rounder to partially compensate. That means the team is a bit lacking in assets to potentially use for trading up in the draft—a pastime of which general manager Brandon Beane remains fond.

To sweeten any such deals, and prevent the costs of trades from becoming deleterious, the Bills’ front office could choose to dangle some of the team’s current assets as possibilities for other teams. While Buffalo is certainly trying to compete and win a Super Bowl next year,…