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REPORT: Steelers trading Antonio Brown to Bills! - Per Ian Rapoport (Hold up....maybe, maybe not....) EDIT: DEAL NOT HAPPENING PER BRANDON BEANE - UPDATE: Traded to Raiders


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2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

I'll say this I believe Ian Rapoport is a good journalist. I don't think he would go out on a limb based on what one dodgy source has told him. If he is still saying "all signs pointing to Brown being a Bill" he has got more than one source telling him that OR his one source is very much "horse's mouth".

 

That doesn't mean it will happen.... as a former journalist I know the perils of fast changing situations. But at the point Rapoport broke the story it was based on more than rumour and summation. He just isn't that kind of reporter.

 

For what it's worth, nfl.com is doubling down on his report.  It's still the lead story on their site.

 

Very weird.

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41 minutes ago, TheTruthHurts said:

We need talent at WR for sure, but he demands the ball. Allen would have to be ready now to be a franchise QB. The Bills would have to give AB 150+ targets. It's just not who they are. If that's what they plan on being next year then I understand. I just don't see Allen throwing it around like that next year. 

 

 

 

 

Ever recall Andre Reed complaining he doesn't get the ball enough?

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4 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

I'll say this I believe Ian Rapoport is a good journalist. I don't think he would go out on a limb based on what one dodgy source has told him. If he is still saying "all signs pointing to Brown being a Bill" he has got more than one source telling him that OR his one source is very much "horse's mouth".

 

That doesn't mean it will happen.... as a former journalist I know the perils of fast changing situations. But at the point Rapoport broke the story it was based on more than rumour and summation. He just isn't that kind of reporter.

Yet someone as prominent as Schfter shoots it down

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1 hour ago, machine gun kelly said:

I thought this was just internet crap, but just heard while walking the dog on NFR, they are even reporting it.  I’m not saying I believe the rumor, but never McD would even consider it.  So much for getting some stud OL in free agency.  AB if true will eat up too much cap.  I don’t want him, but Beane doesn’t have me on speed dial.

 

There’s no denying he is one of the top 3 WR’s in the league, but I just don’t see McD being able to reign AB in and shut up to the media.  

If it happens we arent giving him 80 mil a year. We will still have plenty of money to sign other players. 

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2 minutes ago, BillsFan17 said:

Yet someone as prominent as Schfter shoots it down

 

Indeed and our own Jon Wawrow poured cold water on it too. There could be a number of reasons for that.... but Rapoport is not just spitballing. He thinks this is happening. He isn't just doing 2+2=5. It isn't his style.

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3 minutes ago, eball said:

 

For what it's worth, nfl.com is doubling down on his report.  It's still the lead story on their site.

 

Very weird.

It's not really all that weird for ESPN to go out of their way to dismiss something potentially positive about the Bills.  

 

If he does end up here it will be painted in a negative light.

If the deal doesn't happen they'll joke about Buffalo and call the team that gets him brilliant.

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I hate the move if it ends up being true. Hate it even more if they gave up their 1. 

Didnt want them to add “that guy” this early in Allen’s career. You know the guy, the one who demands the ball and ruins joshs ability to read the field cause he’s gonna look in his direction first every single play. Hard to argue against adding one of the few elite receiver talents in the game. Nonetheless this could be the biggest move in bills history. Very ballsy if Beane did make the trade 

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4 minutes ago, PIZ said:

 

 

 

 

What comment did he delete?

2 minutes ago, SACTOBILLSFAN said:

The idiots in here calling AB a cancer obviously have zero grasp on the Pittsburgh situation. Bills fans are goddamn worst. 

 

They're pretty bad, about as bad as Pittsburghs.

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6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Indeed and our own Jon Wawrow poured cold water on it too. There could be a number of reasons for that.... but Rapoport is not just spitballing. He thinks this is happening. He isn't just doing 2+2=5. It isn't his style.

Wawrow isn't a factor for me. Schfter is.  Schfter has far more at steak shooting it down than Wawrow.

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Just now, Buffalo30 said:

What kind of compensation do you have to give up to get perhaps the best receiver in the NFL?  Hoping it's not multiple firsts but look what Oakland got for Mack...

I have never said it since he’s been here but if Beane gave multiple firsts for a receiver who HAD to be traded he should be fired instantly 

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7 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Indeed and our own Jon Wawrow poured cold water on it too. There could be a number of reasons for that.... but Rapoport is not just spitballing. He thinks this is happening. He isn't just doing 2+2=5. It isn't his style.

 

At this point, Rapoport has to be hoping and praying that he is right. He's definitely going the 'live by the sword, die by the sword' route on this one.

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2 minutes ago, billsbackto81 said:

Fake news!

 

I'm assuming.

 

There was that one and the liking of the Josh Allen comment.

 

Are you or anyone else listening to wgr? Rapaport says the deal is going through according to Ross tucker

 

Edit never mind. I either just misunderstood them or they mischaracterize the tweet. Wasn't as big of news as I thought it was.

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19 minutes ago, Wayne Cubed said:

 

Were you not here for the Mario Williams trade?

 

Barefoot and pregnant might be the correct answer there

 

I was on BBMB then.  It was craziness there.  Never occurred to me there was parallel universe of craziness elsewhere, like here.  Those days were wild. 

 

This will be more quickly. 

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