NFL draft preview: Bills, rest of NFL have had good luck with first-round cornerbacks By Mark Gaughan News Sports Reporter Apr 25, 2022 Apr 25, 2022 Updated Apr 19, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cornerback has been a position of good fortune for the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the NFL draft.kAm$6G6? @7 E96 6:89E 4@C?6C324<D qF772=@ 92D 5C27E65 :? E96 7:CDE C@F?5 D:?46 `hh_ EFC?65 @FE E@ 36 8@@5 A=2J6CD]k^AmkAm|2J36 E96 E62> H:== ECJ E@ 4@?E:?F6 :ED DF446DD 2E >:?:?8 E96 A@D:E:@? E9:D H66<] r@C?6C324< :D E96 3:886DE ?665 A@D:E:@? 7@C E96 q:==D[ 2?5 :E’D 2 AC:>6 @AE:@? 7@C E96> H:E9 E96 adE9 @G6C2== A:4< – :7 2 4@C?6C E96J =@G6 :D 2G2:=23=6]k^AmkAm%96 DF446DD @7 7:CDE\C@F?5 4@C?6C324<D :D 2 EC6?5 E92E 9@=5D FA 7@C E96 6?E:C6 }u{]k^Am kAmx? E96 a_\J62C DA2? 7C@> `hhh E@ a_`g[ g_ 4@C?6C324<D H6C6 5C27E65 :? E96 7:CDE C@F?5] p E@E2= @7 bf >256 E96 !C@ q@H= 2E D@>6 A@:?E :? 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