The Buffalo Bills may not have won their opening playoff game in Jacksonville without the contributions of Tre'Davious White.
The veteran cornerback returned to the Bills this offseason after time elsewhere, and there's been concern that he's a bit too old and slow.
But lately, he's looking a lot more like his old self.
It makes it worth revisiting how White got to Buffalo in the first place. It was in a trade that landed the Kansas City Chiefs a guy named Patrick Mahomes.
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When was Tre White drafted?
Tre'Davious White was chosen with the No. 27 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.
That pick originally belonged to the Chiefs.
Bills-Chiefs Patrick Mahomes trade
The Bills held the No. 10 pick in 2017. They traded it to the Chiefs, who drafted Mahomes.
Buffalo received the 27th pick and the 91st pick that year, in addition to the Chiefs' first-round pick in 2018 (which became No. 22).
The Bills took White at 27. They used the 91st pick to trade up into the second round and draft Zay Jones. Then they used part of that deal to get into the second round again for Dion Dawkins, who is now their star left tackle.
With that 2018 pick, the Bills used that and a bit more to move up six spots and take Tremaine Edmunds, and also in that deal received the late-round pick that became cornerback Siran Neal.
White was good for Buffalo and now is again, and Dawkins is great.
The Bills weren't going to take a QB in that draft, anyway.
It's still ironic that the Bills traded the Chiefs the Mahomes pick, and White is trying to just uphold his end of the bargain a bit more.
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