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Draft Selections
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
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
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (BUF)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (BUF)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bills: B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Bills started one anyway for Eric Gentry, 49 picks ahead of schedule. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with linebacker the one that mattered most.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Keon Coleman
Nothing to complain about; Keon Coleman went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick60 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in pick 60. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick99 Rnd3 Jaden Hicks
Jaden Hicks at the 99th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick128 Rnd4 James Williams
No edge and no loss on James Williams in No. 128; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
Pick162 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark at slot 162 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 165 with a little surplus value in Chau Smith-Wade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick197 Rnd6 Christian Jones
By-the-book stuff, Christian Jones at Round 6, Pick 22 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick202 Rnd6 Eric Gentry
Eric Gentry in pick No. 202 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick206 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
A conviction pick on Tanor Bortolini at the Round 6 slot that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick249 Rnd7 Zion Logue
They took Zion Logue at par in pick 249, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.