RJR_1775'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (BUF)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (BUF)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Joey Slackman Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Joey Slackman
DL Florida
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bills: B-.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Eric Gentry at Round 6, Pick 27 is 115 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Emmanwori.

They went 6 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
Nice patience on Nick Emmanwori, who had no business lasting to the 30th overall pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick56 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins in pick 56 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick62 Rnd2 Darien Porter
They paid a round early for Darien Porter in slot 62, more than the board wanted. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick107 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills in the 107th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick130 Rnd4 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dont'e Thornton Jr.. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick169 Rnd5 Elijah Arroyo
They paid up for Elijah Arroyo at the Round 5 slot when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick172 Rnd5 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier at pick No. 172 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick175 Rnd5 Clay Webb
Clay Webb at the 175th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick202 Rnd6 Eric Gentry
A big swing on Eric Gentry at Round 6, Pick 27, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick204 Rnd6 Joey Slackman
They reached into another round for Joey Slackman, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.