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Buffalo Bills
The Bills turned the phones into found money: B.
by aechean ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 6 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Patrick Payton at the 182nd overall pick will need to, sitting 66 spots clear of his grade.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They banked enough surplus on Branch to cover a lot of smaller sins.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
Nicholas Singleton at No. 91 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They robbed the room for Zachariah Branch here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A wild overpay on Harold Perkins Jr. in slot 93, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They liked Darrell Jackson Jr. enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 3 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Bud Clark at pick 126 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value with a capital V on Davison Igbinosun in pick No. 130, a genuine coup. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A conviction pick on Zane Durant at the 165th overall pick that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A tidy bit of business in the Round 5 slot, where Kage Casey graded well above the range. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Patrick Payton at pick No. 182 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They talked themselves into Nick Barrett at No. 220, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.