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Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueA NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Stutsman should have been long gone. The Bills pounced, and earned a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Danny Stutsman, the 179th overall pick, roughly 88 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They are betting Pegues proves the room right and everyone else wrong. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. Job largely done: linebacker settled and 6 of 9 of the wish list covered.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In the 30th pick they get a No. 1 receiver, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
You do not let a safety like Malaki Starks reach slot 56 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick62 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Circle this one: Omarion Hampton at No. 62 is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick108 Rnd4 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. in the 108th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick131 Rnd4 Darius Alexander
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darius Alexander. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick171 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
They jumped the gun on JJ Pegues, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick175 Rnd5 Jared Wilson
They barely believed it either: Jared Wilson still on the board at pick No. 175. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick179 Rnd6 Danny Stutsman
Taking Danny Stutsman in the Round 6 slot is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick206 Rnd6 Robert Spears-Jennings
They will replay Robert Spears-Jennings at slot 206 for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick208 Rnd6 Connor Colby
A offensive lineman of that caliber at No. 208 is the definition of value, full stop. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.