After drafting Burden, the Bears traded down, sending picks in Rounds 2 (41), 3 (72) and 7 (240) to the Bills in exchange for choices in Rounds 2 (56 and 62) and 4 (109).

“We had a number of players that we were interested in on our board,” Poles said. “Kind of looked at the needs that were underneath at the teams that were below us and thought there was a good chance we could add some ‘bigs’ in that group. Ended up falling exactly that way and were able to get Ozzy in the boat.”

Trapilo started all 34 games he played at Boston College the past three seasons, lining up at left tackle in 2022 and right tackle in 2023-24.

“Ozzy’s dependable, disciplined, [a] technician, very intelligent,” Poles said. “He’s tough, strong. We look at lean mass for the bigs. He’s a very dense player that can get movement at the point of attack, anchor well. Tall player that needs to continue to bend, but he’s going to do a really good job. Just a very reliable player for us.”

Poles described drafting Trapilo as “a full circle kind of deal” because Poles was a Boston College offensive lineman from 2003-07 and their fathers were teammates on the school’s football team in the mid-1980s.

It’s too early to predict what Trapilo’s role will be as a rookie. He’ll join a group of tackles that includes Braxton Jones, Darnell Wright and Kiran Amegadjie.

“I’m not sure how it’s going to play out,” Poles said. “I know it’s going to be a very competitive training camp and offseason. Whatever best five come out of that are going to be the guys that are going to start for us.

“But as we know around here for the last three years, we’ve been going through a lot of different rotations and a lot of different people, so to have guys that are going to be reliable and dependable as things happen throughout the season is a good place. We want that depth. Those guys have really good role models and vets ahead of them to learn how to play this game at a high level.”