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There is? Can you explain?

Might as well drop all talk of the draft on here then.

In that case it's recency bias that would make this move an actual possibility. The Panthers very well could be looking at themselves as a rebuilding franchise and could view shedding their commitment to McCaffery and acquiring draft capital as progress towards that rebuild.

Not lengthy, just concentrated over the last 2 seasons. Seems like everyone's forgotten he was injury free for his first 3 years in the NFL.

Well that's an interesting proposal. Possibly a little more feasible. But I don't think McBeane will trade Edmunds. They really like him. If it were Edmunds, I actually think that could almost be a player for player swap.

Interesting statement from Brandon Beane a couple years ago:

You think giving them Beasley (this is basically a contract swap) and throwing in a 3rd and a 5th is "paying thru the nose?" Seriously? So what would you give?

That would be stupid. He'd be a hybrid slot WR/RB, obviously So you mean straight up 1st for him? Or players and that? He's been injured the last 2 years... he's not netting what the Vikings got when we traded for Diggs. And he shouldn't

Why can't we get the next Superstar AND McCaffery? It's not like we don't have 9 draft picks and potentially 1 or 2 compensatory picks coming. Beane and his scouting department can still find the next superstar in the mid to later rounds (Kamara, AB, Tyreek Hill, Diggs, etc.) while acquiring an established superstar... when healthy.

Read the article... this proposal was by a guy who gets paid to examine NFL contracts not some Joe Schmo or some Florida Bills Fanatic. Don't know if this is a joke, but it would require a trade. He was healthy and uninjured 3 out of his 5 years in the NFL

So you're okay keeping a slot WR who's turned into peanut brittle at his age rather than exchanging him for a much younger but much more dynamic weapon? And hell... why not 10 touches a game? That's more than what Beasley gets? It's more than what Diggs, Davis or Knox gets, too. I went back and looked and had to double check, but McCaffery was injury free his first 3 years in the NFL and only actually got the injury bug the last 2 years, unlike a guy like Saquan Barkley or Dalvin Cook who are injured every year. Yes, this would be a bit of a roll of the dice, but given our strapped Cap, we might find it worthwhile gambling on an Elite 25 year old NFL talent.

McCaffery is 25 years old. He's younger than Joe Burrow. He's also an even swap in terms of CAP hit if we traded Beasley. There's risk involved, but McCaffery basically had to shoulder the whole Panther team and he's just not built for it. In Buffalo he'd be playing with an Elite playmaker at QB and an Elite WR and could be a complimentary but dangerous weapon on our offense. I will be okay with what Beane does, but where is our guaranteed playmaker on the field in the draft? That's exactly what McCaffery is if he's healthy and on the field.

He'd be less than a $7M cap hit this upcoming season. And it's funny because I know you're attempting to be sarcastic with the rest of what you're saying... but you aren't pulling it off very well. Yes McCaffery is an often injured running back... because he's not built to be an every down RB. Making him a hybrid RB/slot WR makes a ton of sense and saves him from a lot of big hits. I hope you can at least acknowledge that when he's on the field and healthy he's one of the best weapons in the NFL. Beasley's contract would make it almost an even exchange. Would you trade McCaffery for Beasley straight up? That's kinda a rhetorical question because you'd be a moron if you wouldn't... so how much extra draft capital becomes acceptable?

https://heavy.com/sports/buffalo-bills/cole-beasley-christian-mccaffrey-trade/amp/ I gotta be honest, I really like this. We all know the Carolina pipeline is real and with Beane there helping to draft him and Dorsey in Carolina his rookie year this gets even more realistic. The proposal (by Spotrac) is to trade Beasley and a 3rd & 5th round pick for McCaffery as he takes the role he's theoretically better suited for as a slot WR. Of course he'd be able to play more of the hybrid WR/RB role that kinda took over the league last year and we know he'd be effective if he can stay healthy... and we all know that's a big if. And as for what we could afford, it'd basically be an even trade in terms of what we owe Beas and what we'd owe McCaffery. I completely acknowledge this would be a gamble because the guy just can't stay healthy, but turning him into a slot WR has gotta help with that a bit. The best ability is availability and McCaffery has been unavailable so much, but I actually this might be the reason the Panthers would be willing to part with him. And when he is on the field, he's one of the best players in the NFL. I know we have a thread asking about players that might push us over the hump and I was gonna put this in there, but I think this very specific proposal for this player would be intriguing. I like this idea better than trading for Saquan as RB1.

But they didn't. And the fact that they were close road games that could've went either way is even more of an indication of our need for home field advantage...

Except McDermott’s Bills are 3-0 at home in the playoffs and 0-4 on the road.

I don't think we'll get Darnold... but he had 222 rushing yards and 5 rushing TDs last season

Backup QB kinda matters... especially for Josh's style of play. I don't think he gets injured, but most would say his style of play makes him more likely to get injured. So among all the positions the Bills absolutely have to fill with multiple players, I see only 2: QB & CB

Lost in the offseason discussion seems to be that we now only have 1 QB on our roster: Josh Allen Beane's approach last offseason to bring Trubisky in makes me doubt we'll let a 5th round drafted rookie QB be 1 snap away from getting under center, which means one of our FA acquisitions this offseason is going to be a vet FA QB... which costs money. PLUS one of our draft picks is likely going to be a QB because... well... we only have Josh... and unlike the Matrix... there CANNOT be only one... QB... on an NFL roster

How exactly can a case be made that Burrow is the best QB in the AFC? I don't even think that's a reasonable argument in any way. Mahomes and Allen are really the only 2 QBs you can make an argument for with Herbert a bit behind them. I'm SO glad the Bengals didn't win the Super Bowl!!! This "Is Joe Burrow the best QB in the NFL" narrative would have been so annoying. Dude had a defense that played lights out in the playoffs and one of the NFL's best RBs while he throws 5 TDs, 2 INTs and is sacked 19 times. Ridiculous.

Not yet, but if he stays with Josh Allen and the Bills for most of the rest of his career, I think he will be.

Man... the offseason really sucks.

Jesus. You people are ridiculous.

Not at all. The NFL is more exciting than it ever was... as proven throughout the playoffs and Super Bowl and especially in the Bills game in the divisional round. Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, and Joe Buffow are some of the most exciting QBs to watch in decades... the NFL is in good hands. I just wish we could come out on the winning end of these important games.