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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (DET)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Players Gained
Head Shot
Amik Robertson
CB
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Grand theft in the 171st pick: the Bills steal Nelson and grade out a B+.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Bills watched Jack Nelson slide 41 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In slot 30 they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick56 Rnd2 Deone Walker
A reach for Deone Walker in Round 2, Pick 24; a little patience would have been rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick62 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts slipping to pick 62 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick108 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Steal is underselling it; Tez Johnson at No. 108 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick131 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
Somehow Cam Skattebo was still sitting there in the 131st overall pick, and they pounced on premier running back value. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
They will replay Jack Nelson at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick179 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
The board had cheaper options than JJ Pegues at the 179th pick, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at pick No. 206 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick208 Rnd6 Hayden Conner
They paid sticker price for Hayden Conner in pick 208, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.