The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Kingsley Suamataia, pick No. 89, roughly 28 picks past where he belonged. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.
They are betting Bills proves the room right and everyone else wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.26
· Pick 26
· Dallas Turner
· LB-EDGE
· rank 14
In the 26th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Ja'Tavion Sanders
· TE
· rank 36
Ja'Tavion Sanders at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
· CB
· rank 35
The board fumbled Ennis Rakestraw Jr. all the way to the 58th pick, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Jaden Hicks
· S
· rank 85
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 25 with a little surplus value in Jaden Hicks. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.26
· Pick 89
· Kingsley Suamataia
· OT
· rank 61
Kingsley Suamataia in pick No. 89 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Trey Benson
· RB
· rank 87
Trey Benson at pick 91 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Matt Goncalves
· OT
· rank 114
Matt Goncalves slipping to No. 126 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Jordan Travis
· QB
· rank 172
Jordan Travis in slot 169 is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Garret Greenfield
· OT
· rank 216
Garret Greenfield at No. 202 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Keaton Bills
· OG
· rank 240
A real head-scratcher, Keaton Bills in the 219th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· JD Bertrand
· LB
· rank 221
JD Bertrand in the 245th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Josh Proctor
· S
· rank 243
Nice patience on Josh Proctor, who had no business lasting to pick No. 255. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.