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Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (BUF)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (BUF)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
BJ Mayes Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (BUF)
BJ Mayes
CB UAB
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (SF)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (SF)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (SF)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (DET)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 249 lands the Bills a B-, Mayes and all.

The needs board said one thing and the Bills did another, using pick 128 on Jalyx Hunt while interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots waited. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Landing Mayes that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Ford has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In pick No. 32 they get a sticky cover corner. More want than need.
Pick60 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
No edge and no loss on Cooper Beebe in slot 73; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jalyx Hunt
A want over a need in Round 4, Pick 28: Jalyx Hunt adds a S-EDGE while interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick162 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
Layden Robinson at the 162nd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick165 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford in the 165th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick197 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
They paid sticker price for De'Corian Clark in No. 197, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick202 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Good price on Christian Jones in the 202nd overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
Nothing to complain about; Jaylen Harrell went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick207 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini in Round 6, Pick 32 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick249 Rnd7 BJ Mayes
Taking BJ Mayes in pick No. 249 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. Stacking talent where they were already deep.