House'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (BUF)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (JAX)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (WSH)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (JAX)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (JAX)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Addison West Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Addison West
OG Western Michigan
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (MIN)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Players traded away
Head Shot
James Cook
RB
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Bills lost the trade table, and the C+ tells the story.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Bills spent the 132nd overall pick on Kyle Williams, a name the board had a full 39 spots lower. A mixed bag that lands at C+.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. On value alone, Hampton makes the weekend a net positive. Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In the 30th pick they get a two-high chess piece, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton in pick No. 56 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick61 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
A reach for Maxwell Hairston in the Round 2 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick62 Rnd2 Deone Walker
They reached into another round for Deone Walker, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick107 Rnd4 Sebastian Castro
Sebastian Castro in the 107th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick132 Rnd4 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams in No. 132 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
A premium they did not need to pay, JJ Pegues a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.