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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BUF)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Kalel Mullings Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kalel Mullings
RB Michigan
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (BUF)
Collin Oliver
LB-EDGE Oklahoma State
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (BUF)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Draft Picks Received
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (CIN)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Baron Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CIN)
Tyler Baron
DE-EDGE Miami
Players Gained
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Kamren Curl
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Justin Rogers
DL
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueC NeedB+ TradesA FutureB
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bills: B.

The Bills clearly saw something nobody else did in Collin Oliver, taking him 112 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. The bottom line is a respectable B.

They banked enough surplus on Moore to cover a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up.

The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss. They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the 29th pick they get a difference-maker at receiver, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch at No. 61 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick108 Rnd4 Zane Durant
Zane Durant at pick 108 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick130 Rnd4 Kalel Mullings
Kalel Mullings in the Round 4 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick152 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at slot 152 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick169 Rnd5 Rod Moore
Somehow Rod Moore was still sitting there in pick No. 169, and they pounced on premier safety value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick172 Rnd5 Tonka Hemingway
Value said wait; Tonka Hemingway in pick No. 172 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick176 Rnd6 Collin Oliver
Collin Oliver in pick 176 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick204 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
No edge and no loss on Seth McLaughlin in the 204th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick207 Rnd6 DJ Campbell
They paid sticker price for DJ Campbell in Round 6, Pick 32, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.