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Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills robbed the room for Lassiter. Final grade: B-.

Call it larceny. Kamari Lassiter sat on the board until slot 60, and the Bills did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. They will need Taylor to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

On the needs board they went 7 of 9, with linebacker the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In the 28th overall pick they get a difference-maker at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
The board fumbled Kamari Lassiter all the way to Round 2, Pick 28, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick128 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
Nice patience on Matt Goncalves, who had no business lasting to No. 128. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick134 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo in pick 134 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick144 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Luke McCaffrey. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick160 Rnd5 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas in pick No. 160 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick163 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
A conviction pick on Khristian Boyd at slot 163 that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.
Pick189 Rnd6 Fabien Lovett
Good price on Fabien Lovett in the Round 6 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick200 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
By-the-book stuff, Curtis Jacobs at pick 200 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
Jaylen Harrell at Round 6, Pick 29 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick248 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
Trey Taylor at No. 248 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.