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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

The Bills did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Emeka Egbuka fell into pick 56. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Marshall Jr. has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They left with linebacker solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the offensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenneth Grant at Round 1, Pick 30 is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick56 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka at slot 56 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick62 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
A safety of that caliber at the 62nd pick is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick109 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Phillips. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick132 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
Circle this one: Joshua Farmer at No. 132 is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick169 Rnd5 Kyle Williams
A straight-up fair deal on Kyle Williams at pick No. 169, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick170 Rnd5 CJ West
They liked CJ West enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 5, Pick 32. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jason Marshall Jr.
They talked themselves into Jason Marshall Jr. at the Round 5 slot, and the board did not agree. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed at slot 177 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick206 Rnd6 Karene Reid
Karene Reid at pick 206 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.