Thirty-one other rooms let Connor Lew slide, and the Bills were the ones holding the card at the 91st overall pick. Highway robbery. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.