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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BUF)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (BUF)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
Bryce Foster
C Texas A&M
Devin Leary Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (BUF)
Devin Leary
QB Kentucky
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bills: B-.

The war room fell hard for DeWayne Carter, and it showed at the Round 5 slot: 39 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with linebacker the one that mattered most.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
Terrion Arnold at the 29th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in pick No. 61 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick99 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A reach on Cooper Beebe in Round 3, Pick 36; the board had better options right there. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick129 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Tommy Eichenberg in No. 129, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick156 Rnd5 Kaden Prather
Kaden Prather in the Round 5 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick166 Rnd5 DeWayne Carter
This one needs a full-page explanation: DeWayne Carter in the 166th overall pick, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick200 Rnd6 Roger Rosengarten
They paid sticker price for Roger Rosengarten in slot 200, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick207 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Cody Schrader. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick208 Rnd6 Bryce Foster
Bryce Foster in the 208th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick250 Rnd7 Devin Leary
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Devin Leary well ahead of where he belonged. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.