The Buffalo Bills hired Brandon Beane to be their general manager on May 9, 2017—a mere ten days after the conclusion of the 2017 NFL Draft. Beane has not been conservative in his first gig as an NFL GM. Instead, Beane has continuously made big moves, showing that he’ll make sure that he acquires the players he wants—even if it means that he has to trade his draft picks.
While Beane’s predecessor in Buffalo, Doug Whaley, didn’t shy away from making trades that involved draft picks, Beane has taken the draft pick trade to extremes in his tenure at the helm of the Bills.