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19Mar2025

  • kevinjameslawson DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (BUF)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Riley Leonard Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Riley Leonard
QB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (NYG)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CLE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (CLE)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (NYG)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jalin Hyatt
WR
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Bills let Leonard fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Riley Leonard, the No. 127 name on the board, stolen at No. 206. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. They went 4 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The Jalin Hyatt pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Good work on the whole, with linebacker the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
A quiet steal in slot 33: Kenneth Grant for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick62 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
They robbed the room for Xavier Watts here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick65 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
Nice patience on Alfred Collins, who had no business lasting to Round 3, Pick 1. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick74 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Maxwell Hairston. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick99 Rnd3 Savion Williams
They let Savion Williams come to them and pounced at the 99th pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick132 Rnd4 Tai Felton
Tai Felton in the 132nd overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick169 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at No. 169 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in the Round 5 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
Somehow Cobee Bryant was still sitting there in slot 173, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick177 Rnd6 Riley Leonard
Riley Leonard at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
Pick206 Rnd6 Riley Leonard
A quarterback of that caliber at pick No. 206 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.