The Buffalo Bills have a packed house in their cornerback room. Tre’Davious White returns as the top man, but now Levi Wallace has some competition for the No. 2 spot.

Oft-injured but veteran players in EJ Gaines and Kevin Johnson are now in the fold. Gaines alone already has had a successful stint in Sean McDermott’s defense.

Despite that, Pro Football Focus remains insistent that the Bills don’t take the position group off their early draft board.

PFF’s Steve Palazzolo and Mike Renner rotated in making selections in a 2019 NFL Draft mock recently for three rounds. With Buffalo’s first pick at nine, PFF slated Washington cornerback Byron Murphy to the Bills once again, after picking him for the Bills in earlier mock drafts this offseason.

Palazzolo, who made the Bills’ pick, explains his decision:

“I think he’s the best zone corner in the draft, going to a zone-heavy team, the Buffalo Bills,” Palazzolo said. “One of my favorite fits in the entire draft.”

Murphy had a breakout season last year, registering 58 tackles, four interceptions (including one returned for a touchdown), and 13 passes defended. The sophomore was the MVP of the Pac-12 Championship game.

At 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, the Bills would likely start Murphy across from White in their nickel-heavy scheme. Murphy has strong ball skills for a cornerback but he might need to pack on a bigger frame at the NFL level and he only played in 20 career college games, so he’s not very experienced.

Renner also explained why he liked the Bills’ pick during the mock draft selection. He referred to the same thing Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane often refers to:

“If you’re a Bills fan you’re thinking, ‘oh no, we need this offensive player, we need that on offense, I think you did an alright job this offseason on hitting your offensive needs. Now, you could get better at wide receiver, you could get better at offensive line, but I do think you want to hit best player available here at nine. You’re not in a position where there’s such a glaring need that something has to be upgraded,” Renner added.

While the Bills could go Murphy as the best guy out there at nine, the pick would seem like a bit of a head-scratcher. Despite that, the Bills further add some more fit-worthy prospects in the next two rounds of PFF’s mock: