NFL Draft: 2018 32-team Round 1 mock, NFL Scouting Combine edition

2018 NFL Draft: Full Round 1 mock for all 32 teams amid NFL Scouting Combine

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: (L-R) Thomas Davis of the Carolina Panthers looks on as Commissioner of the National Football League Roger Goodell speaks during the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) /

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TUSCALOOSA, AL – NOVEMBER 19: Rashaan Evans #32 of the Alabama Crimson Tide tackles Derrick Craine #34 of the Chattanooga Mocs at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

linebacker. Alabama. Rashaan Evans. 22. player. 16.

Back-to-back picks in the NFL Draft are never bad things, and the Bills can turn their second first-round pick to focus on the defensive side of the ball.

This was the pick acquired in the Chiefs’ trade-up last year to acquire quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and the Bills turn that pick into a linebacker find in Alabama’s Rashaan Evans.

Evans, who assumed many of the duties left by his former Crimson Tide teammate, Reuben Foster, might not be quite as rangy or possess the same playmaking abilities. But Evans still has a solid pedigree and the sideline-to-sideline traits scouts covet for this position.

With Evans a versatile asset, the Bills can look to build a similar defense in the mold Sean McDermott had when he was defensive coordinator with the Carolina Panthers not long ago.