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Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Braiden McGregor Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Braiden McGregor
DE-EDGE Michigan
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills robbed the room for Means. Final grade: B-.

The Bills spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Bub Means, the No. 228 name on the board, in the Round 7 slot. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

If Bortolini pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Ladd McConkey
In No. 28 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
A slide stopped in Round 2, Pick 28, with Xavier Legette worth more than the price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick128 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg at the Round 4 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick134 Rnd4 Tanor Bortolini
A real head-scratcher, Tanor Bortolini in the 134th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick144 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
Nehemiah Pritchett slipping to the 144th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick160 Rnd5 Braiden McGregor
The board had cheaper options than Braiden McGregor at slot 160, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick163 Rnd5 Beau Brade
Beau Brade in pick No. 163 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick189 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
A quiet steal in pick 189: Chau Smith-Wade for less than the market said. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick200 Rnd6 Edefuan Ulofoshio
Edefuan Ulofoshio in No. 200 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick204 Rnd6 M.J. Devonshire
M.J. Devonshire at Round 6, Pick 29 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick248 Rnd7 Bub Means
Bub Means in the 248th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.