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4/15 Tax Draft

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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jalen Coker Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Jalen Coker
WR Holy Cross
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills robbed the room for Tracy Jr.. Final grade: B.

The Bills did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Tyrone Tracy Jr. fell into No. 200. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. On the needs board they went 3 of 9, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but linebacker.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
A tidy bit of business in pick 28, where Terrion Arnold graded well above the range. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick60 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Taking Adonai Mitchell in the 60th pick is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick128 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice in the 128th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick134 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
Braelon Allen at pick No. 134 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick144 Rnd5 Javon Foster
Javon Foster at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick160 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith in No. 160 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick at slot 163 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jacob Cowing
They robbed the room for Jacob Cowing here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick200 Rnd6 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 200 is the definition of value, full stop. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick204 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the 204th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jalen Coker
Jalen Coker in No. 248 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.