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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (BUF)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Draft Picks Received
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Jah Joyner Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (TEN)
Jah Joyner
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Draft Picks Traded
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (HOU)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (TEN)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (HOU)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Ja'Quinden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (TEN)
Ja'Quinden Jackson
RB Arkansas
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Bills, and a B- to prove it.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Jah Joyner at No. 103 is 49 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

The Bryant pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. They punted on offensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with linebacker solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 30th overall pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals in the 56th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick58 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
Azareye'h Thomas in pick No. 58 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jah Joyner
Value said wait; Jah Joyner in slot 103 says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Pick132 Rnd4 Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel at Round 4, Pick 30 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick169 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
No drama and no debate, JJ Pegues went about where he belonged in pick 169. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
They paid sticker price for Jay Higgins in pick No. 177, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick204 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
You do not let a cornerback like Cobee Bryant reach pick 204 and blink. They did not. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.