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cm mock draft Apr 18

  • cwm2 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (BUF)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Luke Elzinga Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Luke Elzinga
P Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Bills: B-.

The Luke Lachey pick is the one that will follow the Bills into the fall. They took him 35 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They banked enough surplus on Horton to cover a lot of smaller sins. That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 7 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In pick 30 they get a load in the middle, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jack Sawyer. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick62 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick109 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
They let Kevin Winston Jr. come to them and pounced at pick No. 109. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick132 Rnd4 Tory Horton
Tory Horton in the 132nd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick169 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 169 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick170 Rnd5 Raheim Sanders
They jumped the gun on Raheim Sanders, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The roster fit checks out.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at slot 173 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick177 Rnd6 Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey at the 177th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick206 Rnd6 Luke Elzinga
They liked Luke Elzinga enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 206. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.