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Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Bills for McLaughlin: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Seth McLaughlin slide, and the Bills were the ones holding the card at pick No. 206. Highway robbery. The bottom line is a respectable B.

The Bills indulged a want in Williams while a need in edge rusher and quarterback stayed open. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Derrick Harmon
In the Round 1 slot they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
The board fumbled Malaki Starks all the way to pick No. 56, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick62 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
They did well to land Azareye'h Thomas in Round 2, Pick 30, just ahead of his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick109 Rnd4 Tai Felton
A slide stopped in the 109th overall pick, with Tai Felton worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick132 Rnd4 Nohl Williams
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Nohl Williams at cornerback with edge rusher and quarterback open.
Pick169 Rnd5 Trevor Etienne
A running back of that caliber at pick 169 is the definition of value, full stop. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick170 Rnd5 Mitchell Evans
They will replay Mitchell Evans at the 170th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick173 Rnd5 Quincy Riley
Quincy Riley in No. 173 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jack Kiser. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick206 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
Seth McLaughlin in Round 6, Pick 30 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.