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Draft Selections
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Jalen Coker Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jalen Coker
WR Holy Cross
Frank Crum Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Frank Crum
OT Wyoming
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Tracy Jr. should have been long gone. The Bills pounced, and earned a B-.

Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Bills never addressed interior defensive lineman, and it is the kind of gap that lingers. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

Tracy Jr. at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The Thrash pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Ladd McConkey
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick60 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper is a better player than slot 60 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray at No. 128 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash at the 133rd pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick144 Rnd5 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Circle this one: Tyrone Tracy Jr. at pick 144 is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick160 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
A slide stopped in pick No. 160, with Mason McCormick worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick163 Rnd5 Cornelius Johnson
Good price on Cornelius Johnson in pick 163, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick200 Rnd6 M.J. Devonshire
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on M.J. Devonshire. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jalen Coker
Jalen Coker in slot 204 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick248 Rnd7 Frank Crum
A straight-up fair deal on Frank Crum at the 248th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.