While there was speculation and perhaps some hope that the Buffalo Bills were going to use a high draft pick on a wide receiver at the 2019 NFL draft, it appears that was never going to be the case.

Following the draft the Bills did add West Virginia wideout David Sills V, though. Prior to rookie minicamp last week, Sills told reporters that he joined the Bills after going undrafted because Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott expressed to him how interested they were in him.

In doing so, Sills gave a bit of insight into the Bills’ strategy entering the draft as well. The undrafted rookie said Buffalo indicated they wanted him, but they wouldn’t be drafting him, or any receivers, in the draft.

“I feel like it was a great opportunity for me to really come here and show that I can compete,” Sills told reporters on Friday. “Coach McDermott showed a lot of interest in me, said that they weren’t going to draft a receiver, but was very interested in me being on the team.”

Before the draft the Bills did plenty of work adding to their wide receiver room. Cole Beasley and John Brown highlight their free agency spending. But still, the Bills didn’t add a “No. 1 receiver” by NFL standards. No big-bodied, go-up-and-get-it guys.

Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said the team didn’t subscribe to the idea of one. But as the pre-draft process goes, was it a smokescreen? Was it not? Per Sills, maybe it was just the truth.

But since the Bills didn’t add a wideout in the draft, in particular, a big one, Sills does have an avenue to make the team’s final 53-man roster despite not being drafted. He’s 6-foot-4. His biggest challenger might now be Duke Williams to make Buffalo’s roster, if they want a large playmaker.

But we’ve got a long, grueling summer ahead of us and some preseason football before we find out. Until we find out that final answer, Sills said he’s just going to play his game.

“Just play my game, I’m very confident in my ability,” Sills said to reporters. “Just go out there, be relaxed, play the game that I’ve been playing since I was six years old.”

“I think working hard trumps everything,” he added.