Red flags are everywhere in the 2026 NFL draft, and the Buffalo Bills must be cautious with these three prospects when selecting at No. 26 overall.
However, danger lurks within the multitude of available players. Red flags surround every prospect, but some are much more notable than others when it comes to the Bills and whom they may select.Nov 29, 2025; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators defensive tackle Caleb Banks celebrates recovering a fumble during the second quarter against the Florida State Seminoles at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
| Bob Kupbens-Imagn Images, and the 6-foot-7, 265-pound Banks may have trouble finding a place on the unit, but that's not the big problem with him.. He suffered a foot injury in Florida's final regular-season game in 2024, then re-injured it in the following fall camp, keeping him out for the first two games of 2025. He re-injured it again in the third game of the season, sidelining him for the next seven. If that wasn't enough, Banks broke his foot again the night before his scheduled on-field testing for the NFL Scouting Combine and got surgery on March 9. The Bills should rely on theIndiana's Omar Cooper Jr. during the Indiana versus Indiana State football game at Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. | Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesWith projected first overall pick Fernando Mendoza at quarterback for Cooper's national title run in 2025, Brady may be enticed to use him in the slot, where he had his best season with 67 catches for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns, but it would be ineffective for Buffalo. If Buffalo were to draft Cooper, it would be on Brady to utilize his skills to the fullest, but the receiver's track record could tell the wrong story.Oct 25, 2025; Pullman, Washington, USA; Toledo Rockets safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren tackles Washington State Cougars quarterback Zevi Eckhaus in the second half at Gesa Field at Martin Stadium. | James Snook-Imagn Images The main problem is the level of competition he faced at Toledo. The Mid-American Conference isn't generally known for producing high-level football players and he faced just five Power Four opponents over the last three seasons. McNeil-Warren was a first-team All-MAC and a second-team All-American in 2025, but those honors may not carry much weight given Toledo's typically weaker competition.Owen Klein has covered football, basketball and baseball for Penn State athletics as a broadcaster on local radio, including producing Penn State’s 2024 men’s basketball Big Ten Tournament games and calling Penn State football’s Whiteout vs. Washington in November 2024. He has internships with the Buffalo Bisons and CBS affiliate WIVB in Buffalo, NY, in the summer of 2025. He is a Penn State University broadcast journalism student at the Bellisario College of Communications majoring in broadcast journalism and is passionate about college and professional sports, the Pokémon Video Game Championships and the Buffalo Bills.A Reason to Hope and Mope for Every NFL Team After Free Agency
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