Klondike'S MOCK DRAFT
  1. Home
  2. Simulator

Big D Boom

  • Klondike DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bills
Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (BUF)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (BUF)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (NYG)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (NYG)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Bills.

Some picks age like wine; KeAndre Lambert-Smith at the Round 5 slot will need to, sitting 42 spots clear of his grade. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

With quarterback, running back and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. That Nolen pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen is a better player than No. 34 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick56 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston at slot 56 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick62 Rnd2 Darien Porter
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Darien Porter adds a cornerback and leaves quarterback, running back and other spots untouched.
Pick99 Rnd3 Joshua Farmer
Joshua Farmer at the 99th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick109 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Value with a capital V on Kevin Winston Jr. in pick No. 109, a genuine coup. The roster fit checks out.
Pick132 Rnd4 Cody Simon
Cody Simon in Round 4, Pick 30 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick154 Rnd5 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
A wild overpay on KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the 154th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick169 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A conviction pick on Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 169 that the board grades a round light. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick170 Rnd5 Clay Webb
Clay Webb in the Round 5 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jalen McLeod
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jalen McLeod this early at No. 173. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick177 Rnd6 Tyler Cooper
They reached into another round for Tyler Cooper, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick206 Rnd6 Cam Jackson
Cam Jackson in pick No. 206 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.