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Early April

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Draft Selections
KC Concepcion Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BUF)
KC Concepcion
WR Texas A&M
Domonique Orange Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BUF)
Domonique Orange
DT Iowa State
Kaleb Elarms-Orr Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kaleb Elarms-Orr
LB TCU
Bryce Boettcher Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (BUF)
Bryce Boettcher
LB Oregon
Keagen Trost Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (BUF)
Keagen Trost
OT Missouri
Andre Fuller Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (BUF)
Andre Fuller
CB Toledo
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (BUF)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Bills torched the value chart for Andre Fuller, taking him 53 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.

The Caldwell pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with linebacker chief among the fixes.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 KC Concepcion
In the Round 1 slot they get a weapon on the perimeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick91 Rnd3 Domonique Orange
A quiet steal in pick 91: Domonique Orange for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kaleb Elarms-Orr
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Kaleb Elarms-Orr well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick165 Rnd5 Bryce Boettcher
Bryce Boettcher at pick No. 165 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick168 Rnd5 Keagen Trost
They paid a round early for Keagen Trost in slot 168, more than the board wanted. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick182 Rnd6 Andre Fuller
They reached a country mile for Andre Fuller at the 182nd pick, and the board is aghast. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jeff Caldwell
They barely believed it either: Jeff Caldwell still on the board at the 220th pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.