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Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Stutsman should have been long gone. The Bills pounced, and earned a B.

Call it larceny. Danny Stutsman sat on the board until the Round 4 slot, and the Bills did not need to be asked twice. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They punted on offensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
They read the board right and Walter Nolen was the payoff at the 30th pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick56 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
Fair-plus on JT Tuimoloau, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick62 Rnd2 Jalen Royals
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalen Royals. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick108 Rnd4 Danny Stutsman
They robbed the room for Danny Stutsman here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick131 Rnd4 Tory Horton
Tory Horton at No. 131 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick171 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick175 Rnd5 Ollie Gordon II
The board had Ollie Gordon II higher than the 175th overall pick, and the running back fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
No edge and no loss on Jaylen Reed in pick 179; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick206 Rnd6 Nazir Stackhouse
Nazir Stackhouse at pick 206 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick208 Rnd6 Kyle Williams
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 208, where Kyle Williams graded well above the range. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.