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    Rumor: Bills trying aggressively to move up for a WR in round one

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    2 hours ago, freddyjj said:

    Huh?   Amari Cooper went for a 4th.  

    He also had a cap hit that’s $7m/year higher, and he’ll be 30 years old in June. 
     

    I’ll concede I’m not an expert on the compensation, but I imagine it won’t come cheap to get the Bears to part with their #1 receiver from a year ago — a guy who had 950 more yards than their next closest WR. 

    Rumor: Bills trying aggressively to move up for a WR in round one

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    My long-shot prediction: Bills trade for DJ Moore. Cost is pick #28 and a mix of later/future picks. Maybe a player (Spencer Brown?)
     

    Bills get a proven WR to replace Diggs at a modest $16M cap number for the next two years. Maybe they extend him two years, since he just turned 27 last week. The Bills avoid a roll of the dice on a receiver at 28. They also potentially keep their #2 pick in the deal. If Brown is part of the package they get an RT in the second to compete with Lael Collins. Then we get a WR in the 4th and everything else is depth. 


    The Bears, who have only a few picks, stockpile picks and use #28 to nab the 5th or 6th best WR to be their new #2 WR alongside Odunze or Nabers. Brown would also fill a need for them. They end up with two cost-controlled receivers on 5-year rookie deals to go with their cost-controlled QB, freeing them up for big swings in free agency in 2025.

     

    Feasible?

    Gimme Five draft contest - WR edition- WIN REAL BILLS $$

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    Marvin Harrison Jr.,    Ohio State - Cardinals

    Rome Odunze,          Washington - Bills

    Ladd McConkey,             Georgia - Panthers

    Brian Thomas Jr.,                  LSU - Bengals

    Xavier Worthy                      Texas- Chiefs

     

                                 Bonus Bills pick - Odunze

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    interesting piece in Washington Post about likely movement of vet WRs

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    9 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:

    I don't think the Bills dumped a big contract to sign up for another. Probably looking to get cheaper at the position.

    I hate when people say this. It’s reductive. 
     

    There’s a massive difference between paying big money to a 30-year-old Stefon Diggs who underperformed and paying big money to a 26-year-old Aiyuk who has improved every year and is easily in his prime. 
     

    I’m not saying the $25m-$30m/year would be easy to swallow, but let’s not pretend Diggs’ salary and value is an apples-to-apples comparison with Aiyuk at a similar salary.

     

    Nobody wants a car payment after you’ve just finished paying off your car, but I’d rather have a new Maserati than a used Mercedes. 

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    And we're on to.. Aiyuk?

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    I’d trade this year’s #2, #4, and a #6 for him. It’ll take more than just a 2nd rounder for SF to part ways…they just witnessed what Diggs traded for, and they know whoever trades for Aiyuk is doing a long-term deal and getting years of production out of him. 
     

    Then I can package my #1 with whatever I need to from this year’s remaining picks or next year’s picks to move up a few spots (if needed) for another WR. That gives me two studs for the next few years after I extend Aiyuk (structure it so the cap hit starts next year). 
     

    Whatever picks I have left this year give me depth, and next year I still have capital to get an Edge or whatever else becomes our top need. 

    Bills sign Mack Hollins

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    19 hours ago, Solomon Grundy said:

    Would you take DK Metcalf? Because he was considered to be only a deep/go route type before the draft. I'm considering Legette at 28 more and more. He's shown he can be a deep threat, contested catch guy and a RAC guy. Keon Coleman is my #2 at 28. Mike Williams type of receiver

    I don’t dislike Legette, but I have some concerns. Body type, downfield, contested catches, etc. are intriguing. But limited career production and some inconsistency/drops. I’d like him more as a 2nd rounder. 

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    Bills sign Mack Hollins

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    9 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

     

    When teams doubled Diggs it was often out of a two high look with the Safety to Diggs side of the field. Kincaid and Shakir working deep over the middle of the field will do more to get Diggs one vs one than a wr on the opposite side of the field... 

     

    I have high hopes for drafting a wr early that can turn into a future 1a receiver. I think we have a future 1b right now in Kincaid, and I hopeful he can close to that potential this year or next. 

    Agree with these points. Although I’ll add that I don’t want my #2 WR receiver to be purely a straight-line-speed/go routes guy. I want him to be a separator. With hands, ideally. Someone who can run a full route tree…maybe even some of those deep middle routes you mentioned. A unicorn, I know, but it got to where Gave was only useful on a deep go. Splashy? Sure. But give me a guy who requires a DB to make decisions. Ideally, poor decisions. 

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    Bills sign Mack Hollins

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    17 minutes ago, Motorin' said:

     

    Realistically the #2 receiver in terms of production will be Kincaid. It would be great if the rookie is #3. But that could very well be Shakir.

     

    Then there's Cook and Knox. So that's a top 6 pass catchers being Diggs, Kincaid, Shakir, Rookie 1, Cook, Knox. 

     

    Kincaid should have close to 100 catches and 1000 yards this year... Imo, they need to find a way to get Kincaid, Diggs and Shakir on the field at the same time frequently. And that might mean a focus on tight formations. 

    The need for a #2 is less about catching the balls that currently go to Kincaid, Shakir, Cook, etc., and more about having a dangerous enough weapon opposite Diggs to prevent defenses from focusing so heavily on him.

     

    If a #2 receiver reduces the production of Kincaid and Shakir, I don’t care as long as it INCREASES the production of Diggs. I I’m not saying I need 1,700 yards from Diggs — I’m saying I need a set of weapons so stacked that somebody on the defense is seriously compromised. 

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    John Murphy update

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    I’m just grateful we don’t have that schmo who does color commentary for the Bengals. I listened to a Bengals broadcast during a long drive home…possibly the worst radio broadcaster I’ve heard in my life. Bungled calls, relentless cliches, dated references…just brutal to hear. Nice guy, but sounded like an old-timer who should have been put out to pasture a decade or more ago. 

    Who will you root for - Miami or KC?

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    Y’all realize we wouldn’t play Miami if they beat the Chiefs, right? The lowest  remaining see plays the highest remaining seed, so the Bills would play the winner of the 4/5 if we beat the Steelers, while the #6 Dolphins would play the Ravens. 
     

    I want the Chiefs. In Buffalo. 

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