House'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • House DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (BUF)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (IND)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Braiden McGregor Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (IND)
Braiden McGregor
DE-EDGE Michigan
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (IND)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Dominique Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (IND)
Dominique Hampton
S Washington
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bills: B.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Bills shredded theirs for Drake Nugent. He came off 21 spots early, and the room will hear about it. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Davis.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson in the 60th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick128 Rnd4 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at No. 128 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick134 Rnd4 Tyler Davis
They read the board right and Tyler Davis was the payoff at pick No. 134. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
A quiet steal in pick 144: Jarrian Jones for less than the market said. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick151 Rnd5 Trevor Keegan
Nothing to complain about; Trevor Keegan went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick160 Rnd5 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith in Round 5, Pick 24 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick189 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent in No. 189 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick200 Rnd6 Logan Lee
Logan Lee in the Round 6 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.