The Bills seem to be setting themselves up to go after a QB in the draft almost without regard to their record. While it seems unlikely that the Bills will break out of their perennial mediocrity this year and go anything above 8-8, they will be able to package picks together to move down in the draft if they somehow do so.
If reality strikes and they finish sub 8-8 they may not need to do too much packaging to get a QB.
The front office is making the right moves. They are even doing so without necessarily tanking the season totally.