Alright draft prediction connoisseurs. We have something a bit different for your palate today. Below you’ll find my annual attempt to make predictions about the Buffalo Bills’ draft using a nearly pure analytics model. Check out this week’s Bills Mathia video for more information on the process, but the gist is simple.
NFL teams are constrained by a number of factors, most notably time. While the idea of teams creating “smokescreens” by meeting with players they don’t have any actual interest in makes a great story line, it doesn’t make a lot of sense as a common strategy.