Sean McDermott on picking Patrick Mahomes: both teams performed very well

The Bills had the No.10 pick in the 2017 draft, but they opted to trade it to the Chiefs in exchange for the No.27 pick, a third-round pick and a 2018 first-round pick.

Patrick Mahomes became the 10th pick and trading a pick that turned into a player who won MVP and Super Bowl MVP would generally be seen as a bad time for an NFL team. The role of the bills in this deal, however, did not elicit much contempt, and what they did with the choices has something to do with it.

They took cornerback Tre’Davious White with the 27th overall pick in 2017 and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds with the first round of 2018, while also landing on left tackle Dion Dawkins after other trades involving the pick. third round they acquired in the agreement. Quarterback Josh Allen was not acquired with a pick of that deal, but head coach Sean McDermott mentioned it nonetheless while saying things were working for both sides.

“They had a good player in Patrick, and I think we got along with Josh, Tremaine and Tre’Davious as well – whatever form you are, in terms of picks that turned into picks,” McDermott said, via Marcel Louis-Jacques from ESPN.com. “I think both teams have done very well.”

Knowing how things would turn out for Mahomes in the NFL, the Bills might do something different with the benefit of a time machine, but a win on Sunday would make that decision more difficult.