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2-18-24

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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (BUF)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Emani Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
Emani Bailey
RB TCU
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
Jontrey Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (BUF)
Jontrey Hunter
S Georgia State
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Bills.

Some picks age like wine; Isaiah Williams at slot 162 will need to, sitting 42 spots clear of his grade.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Hunter falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Linebacker was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

The back end got a real overhaul.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
The board had Terrion Arnold higher than Round 1, Pick 28, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick60 Rnd2 Javon Bullard
Javon Bullard at pick 60 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick99 Rnd3 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at No. 99 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick129 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
By-the-book stuff, Tommy Eichenberg at the 129th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick159 Rnd5 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson at the Round 5 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick162 Rnd5 Isaiah Williams
Isaiah Williams at slot 162 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick197 Rnd6 Emani Bailey
They did well to land Emani Bailey in the Round 6 slot, just ahead of his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick202 Rnd6 AJ Barner
A clean, defensible pick in Round 6, Pick 27 with a little surplus value in AJ Barner. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick206 Rnd6 J.J. Weaver
They reached into another round for J.J. Weaver, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
Pick246 Rnd7 Jontrey Hunter
You do not let a safety like Jontrey Hunter reach No. 246 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.