And down the stretch they come!

With two weeks remaining until the 2019 NFL Draft, draft analyst Tony Pauline says it’s a three-horse race for the Buffalo Bills at pick nine. In the latest episode of The Draft Analysts, Pauline discussed the latest on what he’s hearing regarding the Bills with co-host Chris Tripodi.

Pauline first mentioned Buffalo’s interest in Alabama offensive tackle Jonah Williams.

“Right now, I’m told the Buffalo Bills really like Jonah Williams. They’re considering him with the ninth selection and they are another team that would draft Jonah Williams to have him play left tackle.”

Buffalo’s reported interest in Williams should come as no surprise. Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network recently shared that Williams was someone to watch at pick nine based on what he had been told by people around the league.

After noting Buffalo’s interest in Williams, Pauline went on to say that the Bills had three players in mind for the No. 9 pick: Williams, Andre Dillard and Ed Oliver.

“From where we sit today, two weeks before the draft I think it’s a three-horse race for Buffalo right now. It’s either Andre Dillard of Washington State, Jonah Williams of Alabama or Ed Oliver of Houston.”

If the Bills were to go with one of the aforementioned players, Buffalo could miss out on the top tight ends in this draft class. T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant of Iowa are both projected to be taken in the first round of the draft while Alabama’s Irv Smith Jr. is viewed as late first-early second round prospect.

When Tripodi asked whether the Bills would take a tight end in the draft, Pauline mentioned that the team reportedly has “huge interest” in Washington’s Drew Sample.

“I’m hearing they have a huge interest in Drew Sample of Washington, a guy that we’ve spoken about a lot in glowing terms. Ironically, Sample’s game is similar to Jesse James. I don’t know that they would take Sample in the third round, but they do have a pair of picks in the fourth frame and I could absolutely see them using one of those selections to take Drew Sample.”

Sample caught 25 passes for 252 yards and three touchdowns in 2018 with the Huskies.