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Draft Selections
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Vernon Broughton Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Vernon Broughton
DL Texas
R.J. Mickens Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
R.J. Mickens
S Clemson
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The rest of the league had time to spare on Zeek Biggers; the Bills did not wait, grabbing him 44 spots ahead at slot 206. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

With offensive lineman and quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. For all the activity, offensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They went 7 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Mike Green
In No. 30 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston at the 56th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick62 Rnd2 Devin Neal
A wild overpay on Devin Neal in Round 2, Pick 30, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick109 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Denzel Burke adds a cornerback and leaves offensive lineman and quarterback untouched.
Pick132 Rnd4 Cody Simon
Cody Simon at pick No. 132 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick169 Rnd5 Vernon Broughton
They paid a round early for Vernon Broughton in the 169th pick, more than the board wanted. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick170 Rnd5 R.J. Mickens
R.J. Mickens at the 170th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick173 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 173rd overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick177 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
They paid up for Oronde Gadsden II at slot 177 when waiting would have done the job. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick206 Rnd6 Zeek Biggers
They reached into another round for Zeek Biggers, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.