1'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Kalel Mullings Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kalel Mullings
RB Michigan
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bills: B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Bills reached some 32 spots for Malachi Moore, and value like that does not grow back. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

However the rest shakes out, Brown at that price is a win they earned. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
A clean, defensible pick in Round 1, Pick 30 with a little surplus value in Jalon Walker. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick56 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
A straight-up fair deal on Maxwell Hairston at the 56th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick62 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson slipping to pick No. 62 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick109 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Value said wait; Malachi Moore in No. 109 says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick132 Rnd4 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams in the 132nd pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick169 Rnd5 Upton Stout
This one needs a full-page explanation: Upton Stout in pick 169, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Logan Brown
They barely believed it either: Logan Brown still on the board at the Round 5 slot. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kalel Mullings
Kalel Mullings at pick 173 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.