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  • LNel24 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bills
Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Brennan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Brennan Jackson
DE-EDGE Washington State
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Bills.

Nobody had Tykee Smith this high, and it is not close. The Bills reached 26 spots to get him at pick 134.

On value alone, Braswell makes the weekend a net positive. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker.

Offensive lineman was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In No. 28 they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Chris Braswell slipping to the 60th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick128 Rnd4 Tyler Davis
A quiet steal in Round 4, Pick 28: Tyler Davis for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick134 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
Value said wait; Tykee Smith in pick No. 134 says they were not listening. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick144 Rnd5 Sataoa Laumea
Sataoa Laumea at pick 144 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick160 Rnd5 Jacob Cowing
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jacob Cowing at the 160th pick is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Brennan Jackson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Brennan Jackson at Round 5, Pick 27. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.