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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins
DL-EDGE Georgia
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Emmanwori should have been long gone. The Bills pounced, and earned a B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Nick Emmanwori had no business being available in No. 62, and the Bills did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The cost of the Ingram-Dawkins reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on linebacker, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the linebacker spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
A quiet steal in pick 30: Kenneth Grant for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick56 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Trey Amos at the Round 2 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick62 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Taking Nick Emmanwori in Round 2, Pick 30 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick109 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
A straight-up fair deal on Joshua Farmer at slot 109, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick132 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
No edge and no loss on Rylie Mills in No. 132; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick169 Rnd5 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams in the 169th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Quincy Riley
They went early on Quincy Riley in pick No. 170, and the value did not follow. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick173 Rnd5 CJ West
A conviction pick on CJ West at the 173rd overall pick that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick177 Rnd6 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins
A reach on Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins in pick 177; the board had better options right there. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jason Marshall Jr.
They paid sticker price for Jason Marshall Jr. in the 206th pick, and that is fine. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.