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    2025 Edition Trade Deadline Deals

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    My wife asked me to bring tomatoes cos she was going to cook pasta for dinner. 

    I came back and told her the organic roma tomatoes were $7/lb so I checked them out but didn't pick them up. 

    "Okay but I didn't need the organic, vine ripened, roma tomatoes. I could make great pizza with the regular tomatoes because I am a great cook and can use decent tomatoes as long as they are not rotten or spoilt which is all I have . The regular ones were only  $5/lb" 

     

    But I said they were only worth $4.75/lb so I didn't buy them either and came away empty handed. 

     

    Guess who is going to bed after eating only a small portion of pasta? I could call it food but it didn't have any taste and I went to bed unsatisfied. 

    Trade Deadline has come and gone

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    16 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

     

    . It seems that Beane gets involved in a lot of these discussions but is never willing to cross his own line. Just once I'd like him to cross it.

    Yes. Exactly my point. 

    It is like never enjoying the steaks and nice vacations during your youth and earning years because you want to save every penny for retirement 

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    13 minutes ago, Success said:

     

    Shaheed is another WR3.  He was really hyped here - but we have a roster full of WR3's.

     

    If we were looking for a #1 WR. We would have liked one but we didn't need one. We did need a field stretcher and boundary guy. He fit the bill. 

    13 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    Shaheed would have cost the Bills like a 3rd and 6th probably (or something like that). The 4th and 5th wouldn’t have been quite enough. That’s a move that I probably would have made as well but it isn’t a no brainer. 

    At the trade deadline , these deals are often overpaid by the buyer. So yes, a tad expensive but wouldn't mortgage our 2026 draft 

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    30 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    There’s always a deal to be had but does it make sense? We don’t know what they were offering on Wilson or Waddle or Olave. If the Dolphins said, 2 1’s for Waddle would you do it? That’s too rich for me. I would have for Wilson but apparently they didn’t want to deal with division teams (guessing that was the Pats too).

     

    The Bills are one of the best few teams in football. The only contenders that improved today are Seattle, Philly and Indy. It’s not like the elite teams all improved while the Bills stayed still.
     

    I’ve been pounding the table to “make a move” as much as anyone. There wasn’t one that moved the needle.

    We have a current need and are one WR short to firmly be in SB contention (I am not sold on the idea that we already are). 

    Waddle , Wilson etc may have been expensive and not worth multiple firsts. 

    But, Shaheed was traded. Worst case we would have had to over-,bid by a little to get him. Saints would have traded outside the conference so no concern on their part. What stopped Beane from acquiring him ? This slavish adherence to "value"?

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    Trade Deadline has come and gone

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    40 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

    I know that the Bills were active and that’s what I ask of them. Don’t be too arrogant to think that you’re good enough in a spot where you clearly suck. They made the calls and tried to make deals. It takes 2 to tango and you have to be smart. I’m not going to hold this deadline against Beane. Now, it may blow up in his face if they fall short of the Super Bowl but he did try. 

    Do or do not, there is no try - Yoda

     

     

     

    (I see others in this thread preemptively bashing those who are unhappy like me)

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    11/2/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Chiefs 4:30pm Post Game Thread

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    Posted · Edited by Fan in Chicago

    One aspect I haven't seen discussed much is the use of no huddle at appropriate times. It was fantastic and something our O had been loathe to try except in scramble drill situations. 

    We have had the required pieces to be successful at least since last year - experienced and savvy QB, versatile RB, good OL and TEs to block if necessary. We saw how it threw off the Chiefs and we could keep marching down the field. 

    I don't want us to do it for long stretches but it should be used when the opposing D is on it's heels, looking tired or if we are looking for the killer TD. Making judicious use of the no huddle will also unsettle opposing DCs cos they won't know when it's coming. 

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