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Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Kai Kroeger Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kai Kroeger
P South Carolina
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Bills reached some 74 spots for Kai Kroeger, and value like that does not grow back.

Getting Shough where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. On the needs board they went 7 of 9, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Omarion Hampton
In the Round 1 slot they get a featured back at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Trey Amos in Round 2, Pick 24 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick62 Rnd2 Deone Walker
Deone Walker at pick 62 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick109 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips in slot 109 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick132 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at pick No. 132 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick169 Rnd5 Chase Lundt
By-the-book stuff, Chase Lundt at the 169th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick170 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They paid a round early for Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick No. 170, more than the board wanted. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough at Round 5, Pick 35 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick177 Rnd6 Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey in slot 177 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick206 Rnd6 Kai Kroeger
They talked themselves into Kai Kroeger at pick 206, and the board did not agree. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.