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  • cwm2 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Bills
Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Sai'vion Jones Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Sai'vion Jones
DE-EDGE LSU
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Luke Elzinga Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Luke Elzinga
P Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

Some picks age like wine; Sai'vion Jones at slot 109 will need to, sitting 33 spots clear of his grade. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Grant. They left with linebacker solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In pick No. 30 they get an anchor for the defensive front at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
By-the-book stuff, Jayden Higgins at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick62 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston at pick 62 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick109 Rnd4 Sai'vion Jones
Value said wait; Sai'vion Jones in the 109th pick says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick132 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at Round 4, Pick 30 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick169 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They jumped the gun on Dont'e Thornton Jr., taking him earlier than his grade liked. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick170 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
A reach for JJ Pegues in No. 170; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
A straight-up fair deal on Jack Nelson at the 173rd overall pick, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jack Kiser. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick206 Rnd6 Luke Elzinga
Luke Elzinga at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.