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Paul'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 11, 2026

02-11-26

  • Paul DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bills
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BUF)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Omar Cooper Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BUF)
Omar Cooper Jr.
WR Indiana
Keylan Rutledge Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (BUF)
Keylan Rutledge
OG Georgia Tech
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (BUF)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (BUF)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (BUF)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR Florida
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills won the night they stopped Thieneman from sliding. Grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Dillon Thieneman, the Round 2 slot, roughly 25 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They left with linebacker solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In the Round 1 slot they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Dillon Thieneman
Taking Dillon Thieneman in No. 60 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick91 Rnd3 Omar Cooper Jr.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Omar Cooper Jr. at the 91st pick is the proof. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick126 Rnd4 Keylan Rutledge
By-the-book stuff, Keylan Rutledge at pick No. 126 squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick166 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
They paid sticker price for DJ Campbell in the 166th overall pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick220 Rnd7 Nolan Rucci
They did well to land Nolan Rucci in pick 220, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick228 Rnd7 J. Michael Sturdivant
J. Michael Sturdivant at Round 7, Pick 12 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.