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4-16-24

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Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jalyx Hunt
DE-EDGE Houston Christian
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Hunter Nourzad Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Hunter Nourzad
C Penn State
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick No. 160: the Bills steal Thrash and grade out a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jamari Thrash, the 160th pick, roughly 30 picks past where he belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They are betting Mustapha proves the room right and everyone else wrong. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In the 28th pick they get a weapon on the perimeter, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick60 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at pick No. 60 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at pick 128 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jalyx Hunt
A big swing on Jalyx Hunt at the Round 4 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
Pick144 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Malik Mustapha well ahead of where he belonged. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick160 Rnd5 Jamari Thrash
They robbed the room for Jamari Thrash here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick163 Rnd5 Hunter Nourzad
A reasonable price with a little left over, Hunter Nourzad in the 163rd overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick189 Rnd6 M.J. Devonshire
A straight-up fair deal on M.J. Devonshire at Round 6, Pick 14, value and slot in agreement. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick200 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
Value said wait; Gabe Hall in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick204 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
Nothing to complain about; Joe Milton III went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick248 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Trey Taylor. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.