"As far as team trades, we were having conversations with people more behind us with people wanting to come up," Beane said. "Some of the teams that ended up coming up were checking in, but we didn't want to commit to that until we saw what was there on the board. And yeah, we had options to go back, but we had a good grade on Max, and we were excited that he was there."
Beane, as has been his practice, made efforts to fortify the cornerback position prior to the draft, bringing back a couple of former players in Dane Jackson and Tre'Davious White. And though Jackson was a capable spot starter, and White was an All-Pro caliber player in their first stints with Buffalo, it's clear that the Bills felt they needed one particular quality they felt was lacking in their defensive backs room.
"We do feel adding (Hairston) gives us something that we don't have in that room currently, with the speed that he runs," said Beane.
Hairston ran the fastest time at the NFL Combine last month with a blistering 4.28 in the 40-yard dash.
It's safe to say that the Bills defensive backs room has never had that kind of speed. The fastest 40 time of Bills cornerbacks in the last 40 years has been 4.38, run by both Nate Clements (2001, 1st round) and Ronald Darby (2015, 2nd round).