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Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Tommi Hill Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tommi Hill
CB Nebraska
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Ethan Downs Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (BUF)
Ethan Downs
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Bills.

Some picks age like wine; Ethan Downs at slot 208 will need to, sitting 59 spots clear of his grade. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The King value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In No. 30 they get a rangy last line of defense, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins in pick 56 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
Azareye'h Thomas at the 62nd pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick108 Rnd4 Isaiah Bond
The board fumbled Isaiah Bond all the way to the 108th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick131 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at slot 131 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick171 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Darius Alexander in the Round 5 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick175 Rnd5 Tommi Hill
They robbed the room for Tommi Hill here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick179 Rnd6 Kobe King
Steal is underselling it; Kobe King at the 179th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick206 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They will replay Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick No. 206 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick208 Rnd6 Ethan Downs
They talked themselves into Ethan Downs at the Round 6 slot, and the board did not agree. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.