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2-3-24

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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (BUF)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Ja'Had Carter Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (BUF)
Ja'Had Carter
S Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (SF)
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Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (SF)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Bills a B-.

The Kris Abrams-Draine pick is the one that will follow the Bills into the fall. They took him 21 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Castles 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.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
Zach Frazier in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick99 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
Value said wait; Kris Abrams-Draine in the 99th pick says they were not listening. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick128 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
By-the-book stuff, Tommy Eichenberg at slot 128 squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jordan Jefferson well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick165 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing McCallan Castles in pick 165. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick197 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones in Round 6, Pick 22 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick206 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in pick No. 206 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick249 Rnd7 Ja'Had Carter
Ja'Had Carter at No. 249 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.