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Draft Selections
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BUF)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
Josh Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Josh Proctor
S Ohio State
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (BUF)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (BUF)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bills: B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Bills reached some 40 spots for Blake Fisher, and value like that does not grow back. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hardy. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Troy Franklin
A tidy little value on Troy Franklin in pick No. 28, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick60 Rnd2 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher at the Round 2 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick99 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at the 99th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick129 Rnd4 Max Melton
Max Melton in slot 129 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick159 Rnd5 Cedric Johnson
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cedric Johnson. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick162 Rnd5 Josh Proctor
Josh Proctor in Round 5, Pick 26 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick197 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
No drama and no debate, JD Bertrand went about where he belonged in the Round 6 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick202 Rnd6 Isaiah Williams
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 202 with a little surplus value in Isaiah Williams. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick206 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Nice patience on Christian Jones, who had no business lasting to slot 206. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick246 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
Steal is underselling it; Daequan Hardy at Round 7, Pick 26 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.