Brettpac3210'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (BUF)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (BUF)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
James Williams
LB Miami (FL)
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Javontae Jean-Baptiste Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
DE-EDGE Notre Dame
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (CAR)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jalyx Hunt
DE-EDGE Houston Christian
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB-
The Bills robbed the room for Hadden. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Kamal Hadden had no business being available in the 204th pick, and the Bills did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Every board in the league had Jean-Baptiste lower, and that gap is the story.

Job largely done: linebacker settled and 7 of 9 of the wish list covered. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
A straight-up fair deal on Adonai Mitchell at the 33rd pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick60 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe slid further than he should have, and slot 60 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick101 Rnd4 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Nice patience on Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, who had no business lasting to the Round 4 slot. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick128 Rnd4 Elijah Jones
Value with a capital V on Elijah Jones in the 128th overall pick, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick144 Rnd5 James Williams
James Williams in pick No. 144 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick160 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They let Luke McCaffrey come to them and pounced at pick 160. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick163 Rnd5 Dylan Laube
Dylan Laube at No. 163 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jordan Jefferson
They did well to land Jordan Jefferson in Round 6, Pick 14, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick200 Rnd6 Javontae Jean-Baptiste
A reach on Javontae Jean-Baptiste in the 200th overall pick; the board had better options right there. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick204 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the 204th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick248 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
JD Bertrand in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.