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Draft Selections
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BUF)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (BUF)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (BUF)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Dylan McMahon Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (BUF)
Dylan McMahon
C North Carolina State
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (BUF)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (ARI)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Players Gained
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Budda Baker
S
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Jabrill Peppers
S
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
The Bills let Smith-Wade fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

When a board-topper like Chau Smith-Wade slides to the 202nd overall pick, you do not overthink it, and the Bills did not.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it.

They are betting McMahon proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots.

In the end it comes back to Jeremiah Trotter Jr., and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick61 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in No. 61 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick99 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots sat open.
Pick129 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
Nice patience on Ainias Smith, who had no business lasting to pick 129. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick162 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten at slot 162 is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick166 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 166 with a little surplus value in Layden Robinson. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick198 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
Nothing to complain about; De'Corian Clark went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick202 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
Chau Smith-Wade at the Round 6 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick207 Rnd6 Dylan McMahon
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dylan McMahon. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick250 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
Tanner McLachlan in the Round 7 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.