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Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills let Ayomanor fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Elic Ayomanor had no business being available in the 109th pick, and the Bills did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

With edge rusher and quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. The cost of the Reed reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the 30th overall pick they get a wrecking ball inside, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
No drama and no debate, Azareye'h Thomas went about where he belonged in slot 56. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick62 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson in the Round 2 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick109 Rnd4 Elic Ayomanor
They will replay Elic Ayomanor at the 109th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick132 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jacob Parrish at cornerback with edge rusher and quarterback open.
Pick169 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
They paid up for JJ Pegues at Round 5, Pick 31 when waiting would have done the job. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed in pick No. 170 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It fills a real need, too.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
They took Jack Nelson at par in No. 173, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jake Briningstool
A clean, defensible pick in pick 177 with a little surplus value in Jake Briningstool. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick206 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins at the 206th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.