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Well, it's not good. The Bills are on deck! Round 1, Pick 4(from Browns) - WR Sammy Watkins E.J. Manuel was coming off an injury-riddled but thoroughly mediocre rookie season(it would turn out to be his best football by far, but I digress), and Doug Whaley was going to get him weapons, dammit! So he packaged a pair of firsts to move up four spots and snag the top wide receiver in the draft. Sounds...okay? Except this draft was loaded with receiver talent. In fact, Mike Evans would have been available at #8. As would Odell Beckham Jr. I mention them because they have inarguably had better careers(thus far) than Sammy Watkins. To be fair, Sammy Watkins has been baller, but he's also been hurt constantly. Grade: C- Round 2, Pick 44(from Rams)- OT Cyrus Kouandjio Apparently, only two of our players were drafted with draft picks we had going into the draft. Well, anyway, Cyrus Kouandjio was a big physical specimen who needed a lot of work. And that was an understatement. He basically spent his first two years on the bench, unable to push the likes of Kraig Urbik, Cyril Richardson(more on him later), Seantrel Henderson(more on him later too), and Jordan Mills Based on those two years, this selection would merit an F. However, last season, Kouandjio actually played at left tackle while Cordy Glenn was hurt, and he was surprisingly decent. Still a pretty mediocre return on a 2nd-round pick though. Grade: D+ Round 3, Pick 73- LB Preston Brown Preston Brown has been a starter pretty much from the day he became a Bill. Although this has a lot to do with an overall lack of talent at LB, he's pretty decent. Grade: B Round 4, Pick 109- CB Ross Cockrell Never really managed to crack our roster(we draft 1-2 CBs every year, it seems) and ended up getting cut. Managed to catch on with the Steelers and seems like an effective nickel corner. Hard to grade. Obviously, he never really contributed to us, but clearly he had potential. Grade: C? Round 5, Pick 153(from Rams)- G Cyril Richardson He beat out Chris Williams for a starting job. You know, that lovely guard with injury issues we inexplicably gave a semi-meaty contract to? In any case, I cannot imagine how bad Chris Williams must have been, because he never played a down for us. And Cyril Richardson was horrible. Doug Marrone eventually benched him for Kraig Urbik(who was merely below average and also inexplicably in the doghouse). Richardson was off the team within the year, and no one else touched him Grade: F  Round 7, Pick 221(from Bucs)- LB Randell Johnson Small school guy who was a good athlete. Was never healthy, didn't last long. Grade: Meh Round 7, Pick 237(from Eagles) - OT Seantrel Henderson He was a good prospect who plummeted due to character concerns(weed). He ended up starting his rookie year at RT. He was bad, but he was playing next to a bad guard and a rookie. Turns out he has Crohn's disease, which caused him to miss a ton of time. Also he's been smoking weed because it helps with his condition, but the NFL suspended him anyways. Because gently caress you, that's why. Grade:  Overall Grade: D+ A thoroughly mediocre-to-bad draft that has contributed little to the team. Sammy Watkins and Preston Brown are the only starters, but the former is hurt a lot and the latter is mediocre. Other than that, it's two depth players and garbage.
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