The Buffalo Bills lost to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday

Thomas Sweeney Buffalo Bills Jersey , cooling a hot streak that has lasted for the entire season. They had always found a way to win games, but on Sunday couldn’t string together enough scoring drives in the second half.Even with their loss, Buffalo is in great position in the AFC playoff race with a favorable schedule down the stretch. In fact, they are exactly where they were heading into Week 8. The Bills have the second-best record in the AFC and hold the five seed in the playoff race all by themselves.Full AFC Standings1. New England Patriots (8-0)2. Buffalo Bills (5-2, 4-1 AFC)3. Indianapolis Colts (5-2, 4-2 AFC)4. Baltimore Ravens (5-2, 3-2 AFC)5. Houston Texans (5-3, head-to-head win over KC) 6. Kansas City Chiefs (5-3, head-to-head loss to HOU)7. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4, head-to-head win over TEN)8. Tennessee Titans (4-4, head-to-head loss to JAX)9. Oakland Raiders (3-4)10. Los Angeles Chargers (3-5)11. Pittsburgh Steelers (2-4) *Still to play on Monday Night Football12. Cleveland Browns (2-5)12. Denver Broncos (2-6)14. New York Jets (1-6)15. Miami Dolphins (0-6) *Still to play on Monday Night Football16. Cincinnati Bengals (0-8)A big shake up in the middle of the standings, as the Chiefs fall all the way from third in the AFC to sixth with their loss and the Indianapolis Colts jump up to third. The playoff race shakes out a bit differently as Buffalo and New England are in the same division. That pushes Buffalo down to the fifth seed.Full AFC Playoff Standings1. New England Patriots (8-0)2. Indianapolis Colts (5-2, 4-2 AFC)3. Baltimore Ravens (5-2 Infant Devin Singletary Jersey , 3-2 AFC)4. Kansas City Chiefs (5-3)5. Buffalo Bills (5-2)6. Houston Texans (5-3) —————————————————————7. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4, head-to-head win over TEN)8. Tennessee Titans (4-4, head-to-head loss to JAX)9. Oakland Raiders (3-4)While the Bills are now 2.5 games out of first in the AFC East thanks to a dominant Patriots team, they are in control of their Wild Card destiny. They are a half-game clear of the Texansfor the fifth spot. Buffalo has a 1.5-game lead over the Jaguars and Titans for the sixth and final playoff spot with a tiebreaker over Tennessee. In short, the loss to an NFC opponent didn’t hurt them badly in the playoff race. They have a chance to get right against a bad Washington team next week. Which positions will the Bills draft? It’s anyone’s guess."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections NewsNotesOpinionAnalysisDiscussionPodcastNFL DraftSalary CapAnalysisNotesBuffalo Bills NFL Draft Coverage2019 NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills pre-draft visitor connectionsNew,3commentsWhich positions will the Bills draft? It’s anyone’s guess.EDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills pre-draft visitor connectionsTonight the Buffalo Bills will kick off the selection of their 2019 rookie class. With ten draft picks, including the ninth overall pick, the team has ammunition to significantly upgrade the talent on their roster. Brandon Beane stormed through free agency with more than 15 veteran signings, plugging the holes on the roster and giving the team the flexibility to address any position in the draft.An exercise I like to do every year is to evaluate the top 30 pre-draft visitors to One Bills Drive and find their potential connections to Buffalo’s draft strategy. It’s a fun way to try and think like the GM, and understand why the team might like certain players. It’s an inexact science, but then so is the NFL Draft.A broad set of positionsIn past years, when I’ve seen the Bills conduct their pre-draft visits, there’s usually a major focus on roughly three key positions. Not this year. Among the visitors Devin Singletary Jersey Draft , we have five edge rushers, three defensive tackles, four wide receivers, three offensive tackles, three tight ends, four cornerbacks... they’re looking at everything. Even positions you’d think are set, like linebacker and safety, still had at least one visitor.I think that tells us that Brandon Beane isn’t lying when he says the Bills plan to take the best player available—they’ve looked at basically every option for their team.That makes this exercise extremely difficult this year. There’s no easy trend to pick out, in terms of positions where the Bills have a unique focus.The connection rulesWhen tracking pre-draft visitor trends, I pay attention to three rules. First is that the first-round pick comes from the pre-draft visitor list. While every regime is a little different, since the year 2010, I know of only one instance where the team drafted a first-rounder who didn’t visit the team: defensive end Shaq Lawson. Tre’Davious White may also fit into this bucket, but we only know 14 of Buffalo’s visitors from last year Devin Singletary NFL Jersey , and we do know that he was a pre-draft visitor with the Carolina Panthers, whom Buffalo was essentially cribbing off.Second is that if a player visits, his teammates are on the list. In 2017 the Bills brought in Haason Reddick and Nate Hairston for a visit and drafted their teammate Dawkins. In 2013, when the Bills drafted Kiko Alonso, a team official mentioned that they used their pre-draft visit with Oregon pass rusher Dion Jordan to get some insight into his teammate. In 2016, the Bills brought a slew of Ohio State players in for a group visit, and eventually drafted two of them.Third is that if a team is targeting specific positions, other players of note at the position may be on the radar—either we don’t know of their visits, or the team was talking with them through other means.Track recordIt’s been a challenge keeping up with the new regime, both because of staff changes and the team’s predilection for trading up and down the board. From 2014 to 2016, this exercise was good for picking 3-5 players from each draft class. In 2017, it would’ve been more effective to run this method against the Carolina Panthers visitors than the known Buffalo Bills visitors.In 2018, only one member of the pre-draft connections was drafted: quarterback Josh Allen. However Devin Singletary NFL Draft , three others joined the Bills as undrafted free agents: Levi Wallace, Robert Foster, and Corey Thompson.PredictionsMost of the clear round-one players to visit the Bills might not even be available at pick 9: Ed Oliver, Quinnen Williams, Jawaan Taylor, and Josh Allen. A non-visitor, Jonah Williams, is Quinnen’s teammate and should be under consideration. I also think T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant are wildcards. We don’t know which teams met with Hockenson (and the Bills could be one), and the team privately worked out Fant (though he didn’t visit the facilities). I imagine the Bills would really like either Oliver or Quinnen Williams to be available for the pick. Otherwise, they’ve done homework on a number of later round one players.If the team misses out on a top defensive tackle, I think Rennell Wren and Khalen Saunders are two of the best candidates on day two.A couple candidates at offensive tackle, who did not visit with the team, are Dalton Risner and Kaleb McGary. Though they didn’t visit Devin Singletary Buffalo Bills Jersey , I think both are carbon copies of the “Process” type player that the Bills love to have.If the team wants a wideout, I think it has to come in the first two rounds. A.J. Brown and Deebo Samuel are both versatile targets who would give the team an underneath threat. N’Keal Harry and D.K. Metcalf are big play machines. The connected players don’t feature many other wideouts.Tight end is another story. I mentioned the Iowa tight ends, but the team did plenty of work on day two and three options at the position. I expect them to come away with one.Buffalo now has three potential starters at running back, but they might target a big-play rookie anyway. Darrell Henderson and Miles Sanders, along with players who didn’t visit like Damien Harris and Trayveon Williams, should be potential choices.2019 Pre Draft Visitor connections (V - Visit, T - Teammate visit, P - position visit) Round (est)NamePositionSchoolConnectionsRound (est)NamePositionSchoolConnections