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Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tyler Batty
DE-EDGE BYU
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Bills.

The war room fell hard for Teddye Buchanan, and it showed at Round 5, Pick 35: 79 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Grant. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
Matthew Golden at pick 30 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Kenneth Grant reach the 56th overall pick and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick62 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston in pick No. 62 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick109 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
Joshua Farmer at No. 109 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick132 Rnd4 Trevor Etienne
They paid up for Trevor Etienne at Round 4, Pick 30 when waiting would have done the job. The roster fit checks out.
Pick169 Rnd5 Jaylen Reed
They reached into another round for Jaylen Reed, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick170 Rnd5 Tyler Batty
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Tyler Batty. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Teddye Buchanan
Teddye Buchanan in slot 173 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick177 Rnd6 CJ West
CJ West at the Round 6 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins at pick 206 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.