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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (BUF)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (BUF)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Jowon Briggs Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Jowon Briggs
DT Cincinnati
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (WSH)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bills for Schrader: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Cody Schrader slide, and the Bills were the ones holding the card at No. 204. Highway robbery.

Briggs has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Job largely done: linebacker settled and 7 of 9 of the wish list covered.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick36 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick60 Rnd2 Ricky Pearsall
Ricky Pearsall at the 60th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick78 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 14 with a little surplus value in Sedrick Van Pran. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick128 Rnd4 Chau Smith-Wade
Chau Smith-Wade at pick No. 128 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick134 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
A conviction pick on Justin Eboigbe at the 134th overall pick that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick144 Rnd5 Sione Vaki
A reach for Sione Vaki in pick 144; a little patience would have been rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick160 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
They paid up for Malik Mustapha at slot 160 when waiting would have done the job. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick163 Rnd5 Walter Rouse
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Walter Rouse. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick189 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper slipping to the 189th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick200 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent at pick No. 200 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick204 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Taking Cody Schrader in No. 204 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jowon Briggs
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jowon Briggs this early at Round 7, Pick 28. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.