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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (BUF)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The Bills' one glaring miss is interior defensive lineman, a need they left exactly as they found it.

That Ulofoshio pick is the receipt they will wave around later. If Hicks pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. On the needs board they went 4 of 9, with linebacker the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In No. 28 they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick60 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in pick No. 60. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick99 Rnd3 Jaden Hicks
They jumped the gun on Jaden Hicks, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick128 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
Sataoa Laumea is a better player than the Round 4 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick162 Rnd5 Edefuan Ulofoshio
Edefuan Ulofoshio at the 162nd pick is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick165 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
A reasonable price with a little left over, Chau Smith-Wade in pick 165. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick197 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in the 197th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.