His Bills roster had circled Kentucky defensive tackle Deone Walker with their pick in the fourth round. With a tackle-needy Jets also needing a player, though, the Bills would have to make a trade-up to acquire the 6-7, 344-pound phenom.

It doesn’t mean the Bills are fully formed, nor does it mean they can’t be better in certain areas than they were in 2024. Clearly, the way they approached free agency and the draft, no one at One Bills Drive was satisfied with the way the defense performed last year and so fortifications have been made.

Their focus on that side of the ball made it easy for Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon to summarize their draft with just one word. He did this for all 32 teams, while choosing the word “defensive” for the Bills.