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Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Jaylon Hutchings Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Jaylon Hutchings
DL Texas Tech
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Bills did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Bills looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Jaylon Hutchings at the 248th overall pick regardless, 106 picks early.

Landing Thrash that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but linebacker.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In slot 28 they get a true top target at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and T.J. Tampa at the 60th pick is the proof. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick128 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick134 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Blake Fisher in pick 134. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick144 Rnd5 Fabien Lovett
Fabien Lovett in Round 5, Pick 8 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick160 Rnd5 Logan Lee
Value said wait; Logan Lee in No. 160 says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick163 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
A quiet steal in the 163rd overall pick: Luke McCaffrey for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick189 Rnd6 Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick200 Rnd6 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
A real head-scratcher, Eyabi Okie-Anoma in the 200th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick204 Rnd6 Walter Rouse
You do not let an offensive lineman like Walter Rouse reach No. 204 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jaylon Hutchings
Jaylon Hutchings at pick 248 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.