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JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
James Burnip
P Alabama
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills let Paul Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Bills one, and it paid up: Chris Paul Jr., the No. 88 name on the board, sitting there at slot 179 like a gift left on the doorstep.

The cost of the Tuimoloau reach is exactly the players who went right after him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.

Job largely done: linebacker settled and 6 of 9 of the wish list covered. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 JT Tuimoloau
In pick No. 30 they get a bendy edge with upside, though the board says they badly overpaid.
Pick56 Rnd2 Deone Walker
A reach on Deone Walker in No. 56; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick62 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at slot 62 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick108 Rnd4 Jaylin Noel
A tidy little value on Jaylin Noel in the Round 4 slot, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick131 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
Steal is underselling it; Cam Skattebo at pick 131 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick171 Rnd5 Carson Schwesinger
They will replay Carson Schwesinger at Round 5, Pick 32 for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick175 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to the 175th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
Chris Paul Jr. at the 179th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick206 Rnd6 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. at the Round 6 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Pick208 Rnd6 James Burnip
James Burnip in pick No. 208 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.