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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (BUF)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (BUF)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jalyx Hunt
DE-EDGE Houston Christian
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Anthony Gould Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Anthony Gould
WR Oregon State
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (ATL)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (ATL)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (ATL)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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Players traded away
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Dawson Knox
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Draft Grade — Bills
Overall C
ValueB NeedB+ TradesD- FutureD-
The Bills let Gould fall and pounced. Final grade: C.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Anthony Gould got past him. The Bills do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 200. A mixed bag that lands at C.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

They left with linebacker solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

So much rides on Rome Odunze that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
Rome Odunze at Round 1, Pick 8 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick128 Rnd4 Beau Brade
By-the-book stuff, Beau Brade at the 128th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick134 Rnd4 Mekhi Wingo
Mekhi Wingo at pick No. 134 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick143 Rnd5 Javon Foster
The board fumbled Javon Foster all the way to slot 143, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick144 Rnd5 Josh Newton
You do not let a cornerback like Josh Newton reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick160 Rnd5 Jalyx Hunt
Value with a capital V on Jalyx Hunt in pick 160, a genuine coup. The roster fit checks out.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Circle this one: Jaylin Simpson at the 163rd pick is a fall that decides a draft. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick189 Rnd6 Dylan Laube
They robbed the room for Dylan Laube here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick200 Rnd6 Anthony Gould
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick204 Rnd6 Fabien Lovett
Fabien Lovett in pick 204 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick248 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
Taking Steele Chambers in pick No. 248 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.