2022 Buffalo Bills Draft Review Grade

by steve

Before the long boring offseason starts lets review the Bills 2022 NFL Draft performance. 

First, the picks:

Round 1. 23 Kaiir Elam CB Florida 

Round 2. 63 James Cook RB Georgia 

Round 3. 89 Terrel Bernard LB Baylor 

Round 5. 148 Khalil Shakir WR Boise State

Round 6. 180 Matt Araiza P SD State

Round 6. 185 Christian Benford CB Villanova 

Round 6. 209 Luke Tenuta OT Va Tech

Round 7. 231 Baylon Spector LB Clemson

Brandon Beane did a bit of everything in the draft. They traded up in the first, they traded back twice in the second and even drafted a punter with the first pick of the 6th round.

Somewhat surprisingly they drafted 8 players, 3 on offense, 4 on defense and the punt god.

Allegedly the receiver is a steal, the 3rd round LB is a tweener that seems to fit McDerr's style and the second corner might move to safety. Out of my 7 Bills needs heading into the draft, Beaner took 5 of the 7 I wanted.

The runningback Cook has pedigree and seems to be a playmaker in the passing game. Plus he wasnt a first round pick. Actually the Bills got multiple extra picks moving back twice and still got him. He seems like he will complement Singletary and Moss. I like it even if he only averaged 8 touches a game last year. 

Elam fills a big need if he can start. The punter is a punter. Not sure about Shakir. He seems to be a gadget guy that will replace McKenzie eventually but isnt a big outside guy.

I wanted a big splash and to dump Tremaine Edmunds. Didnt happen. Beane didnt trade any big picks from future years and got a bunch of bodies. Not bad

Grade:

B-