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Draft Selections
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills won the night they stopped James from sliding. Grade: B.

The board owed the Bills one, and it paid up: Jordan James, the No. 116 name on the board, sitting there at No. 206 like a gift left on the doorstep. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

The linebacker spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
In No. 30 they get a No. 1 receiver at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in Round 2, Pick 24 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick62 Rnd2 Josaiah Stewart
Josaiah Stewart at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.
Pick109 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
Joshua Farmer at pick 109 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick132 Rnd4 Jaylin Noel
You do not let a wide receiver like Jaylin Noel reach the 132nd pick and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick169 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
The board fumbled Lathan Ransom all the way to the 169th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick170 Rnd5 Tory Horton
Tory Horton at pick No. 170 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick173 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Mello Dotson in slot 173, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick177 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant at the 177th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jordan James
They robbed the room for Jordan James here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.