jasong111779'S MOCK DRAFT

Jason Bills

  • jasong111779 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bills
Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Caedan Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (BUF)
Caedan Wallace
OT Penn State
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (BUF)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Draft Picks Received
Caedan Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Caedan Wallace
OT Penn State
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYJ)
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Draft Picks Traded
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DET)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BAL)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Players Gained
Head Shot
Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu
OT
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Jonathan Greenard
EDGE
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Derwin James Jr.
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Steven Nelson
CB
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA+
The Bills let Dixon fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Bills watched Johnny Dixon slide 57 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A-.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. Every board in the league had Jefferson lower, and that gap is the story.

In the end it comes back to Brian Thomas Jr., and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In the 28th pick they get a matchup problem out wide. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Sedrick Van Pran
Sedrick Van Pran at slot 60 is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jaylin Simpson
They liked Jaylin Simpson enough to skip the value, taking him in the 128th overall pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
They talked themselves into Jordan Jefferson at pick No. 163, and the board did not agree. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick200 Rnd6 Ryan Flournoy
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ryan Flournoy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick230 Rnd7 Caedan Wallace
They read the board right and Caedan Wallace was the payoff at No. 230. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick248 Rnd7 Johnny Dixon
They robbed the room for Johnny Dixon here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick257 Rnd7 Kimani Vidal
Kimani Vidal in pick 257 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.