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1 hour ago, turftoe said:

Why was Minnesota so eager to trade him? Time will tell.

Desperate to free up salary cap space, a strong WR draft class, and a rocky relationship between him and Cousins is my guess.  It made sense for both teams and the compensation was fair.  I'm sure Beane did his homework as far as Digg's attitude goes.  

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1 hour ago, SDS said:


I guess it is up to Josh to throw it somewhere in his catch radius. Not a slam dunk.

 

Thats a concern for me too. No excuses for a massive leap in the passing game this year. But that’s a wait and see/cross that bridge when I get to it sort of problem. We should be excited and expect a huge leap in production when we line up with Diggs, Brown, and Beasley. 

 

If mot it seems like we are still in a great spot cap and/or draft wise to make some moves in FA or the draft in regards to resigning Josh, trading up, or picking up a guy if there is one available. 

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2 hours ago, Niagara Dude said:

Beane got fleeced,  first off Cardinals were trying to get rid of Johnson and ended up get a top 3 NFL receiver,  the bar was set and Beane got taken to the cleaners

So the “ bar “ was an historically bad trade by an incompetent GM/ HC in O’ Brien. Got it. 

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I keep going back to that Baltimore game when they played a cover 1 or cover 0. Josh threw a post to Brown that was well covered and Brown didn’t run the best route. 
Try that again this year but with Diggs on our team. Bet you don’t. 
How much is that worth

 

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Hate giving up a 1st (Bills desperately need a couple edge rushers). Also, Diggs had issues with cousins. How is he going to get along with Allen, who tends to (on the rare occasion), have some accuracy issues?

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50 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Duke isn't making the team. I'de like to see a mid round WR added. Like 3rd or 4th round.

 

Terrible assumption. Foster is gonna be gone.  McKenzie wasnt offered a deal. Williams is not gonna get cut for Nick Easley or Ray Ray McCloud. Here is what its gonna look like:

 

Diggs

Brown
Beas

Roberts

Williams

Unknown Rookie

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44 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said:

 

Here’s why it shouldn’t be sticker shock ....because we had extra picks this year. We still have a 2,3,4,5,and two 6s left this year, so basically almost a full draft with a proven guy replacing our #1 pick. Let everyone in the first round take QBs and WRs now so we can have some solid BPA DE,CB,DT,OT, OLB or RB. 

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2 hours ago, JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS said:

btw this move shows the FO thinks we can take it to the house this year, no more rebuilding via the draft.

 

we have arrived.

Yes. And, also... josh, no excuses. You are who you are by year 3. Are you the Bills franchise QB?

 

I hope so. Love that kid 

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40 minutes ago, BruceVilanch said:

It's amazing to me how much people value picks past rd3, it is one thing if we were in full rebuild mode and we had space for young guys to make the team, i know this is rare territory for a lot of posters on here but we are in a win now superbowl or bust window and Diggs helps us now. Good teams don't have a lot of guys make the team past the first couple of rounds, I am more than happy giving up our #1 for a player like him, we can pick up the "big WR" in the draft. Great way to end the day, Go bills!

 

PS: WASH YOUR HANDS!

I think it's because Beane has been great at hitting on mid to late rounders. They have actually been kinda valuable. We're not used to that

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2 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Highly doubt Williams makes the roster as a 4th or 5th WR due to his lack of special teams. But he's not worth talking about now anyway.

To be fair that list was inaccurate.

 

11 minutes ago, StHustle said:

 

Terrible assumption. Foster is gonna be gone.  McKenzie wasnt offered a deal. Williams is not gonna get cut for Nick Easley or Ray Ray McCloud. Here is what its gonna look like:

 

Diggs

Brown
Beas

McKenzie

Roberts

Williams

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1 hour ago, Cal said:

I don't know. I dont think he fits Josh's skill set. Diggs is just a better version of John Brown. I would of liked a bigger guy that can go over middle. Diggs is a good deep threat but Josh isn't the best deep ball thrower. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Diggs does go between the numbers too.  He does everything.

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15 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

Yes. And, also... josh, no excuses. You are who you are by year 3. Are you the Bills franchise QB?

 

I hope so. Love that kid 

 

Heard a stat today that when Cooper is off the field Dak's percentage is 54-58% with him it's 68%.  It's critical to give a young QB viable WR's.  I believe Allen now has the legitimate help he needs and will show huge improvement.

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8 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Wonder if we still draft a WR  in this draft?

I’d probably add one more but the pressure is off. They needed a 1 which is the hard one to add. They did that. I’m thinking:

Diggs

Smoke

Beasley

________
Foster 

Duke

 

(Roberts KR/PR)

 

Nice Group!! Maybe you see a “McKenzie type” in the mid rounds (or any quality WR that slips)

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2 hours ago, Bangarang said:

I hate how much we gave up. Literally hate it.

The team is now far past the point where 7 or more drafted rookies can be incorporated into the active and practice rosters next season... I thought that the Bills would be using extra picks to move around in the draft... but they used them to get a legitimate established offensive star.  I'm OK with that.

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5 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I’d probably add one more but the pressure is off. They needed a 1 which is the hard one to add. They did that. I’m thinking:

Diggs

Smoke

Beasley

________
Foster 

Duke

 

(Roberts KR/PR)

 

Nice Group!! Maybe you see a “McKenzie type” in the mid rounds (or any quality WR that slips)

 

my concern is about how Diggs  reacts if the offense isnt to his liking here either, i expect us to be better but we haven't lit the world on fire either.

 

 

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2 hours ago, MiltonWaddams said:

Wow!!!!! I like this if Josh gets his deep ball right. The current top three are not big, but get Brown or Diggs over the top and they can burn.


I don’t get it.  Diggs is very similar to Brown.  In one of the best drafts for WRs, they trade their 1st round pick for a copy of what they had?  
 

I suppose signing Devin Funchess to a huge contract is next, to get the big WR.

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36 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

if this wasnt McBeane i would be pissed. There is a million WRs in this draft and we trade all that for a guy who is pretty good and they wanted more than a first is ridiculous.

 

 


he’s only “pretty good?” ?

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2 hours ago, Bangarang said:

I hate how much we gave up. Literally hate it.

 

They had 9 picks prior to the trade. They now have a proven 26 year old commodity on a good contract in Diggs (minus their #1 which was possibly going for the 4th or 5th best WR prospect in this class at 22) and still have 7 picks to either use, move up and down the board, or spin off for future picks. The #4 next year may be recouped in the form of a comp pick(s) or via a trade(s) of players slated for cuts like last year.

 

Diggs + 7 picks in 2020 > 9 picks in 2020

 

This take is an overreaction on your part, IMO.

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Just now, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

i wouldn't consider him great, so that makes him pretty good. Hopefully McDermott can get more out of him and buy in.

 

 

He’s been elite since high school bro. There are posts in this very thread citing metrics that suggest he was a top 5 WR last year, even with the turbulence with Cousins and the coaching staff early in the year. Do some homework.

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Just now, JoPoy88 said:

He’s been elite since high school bro. There are posts in this very thread citing metrics that suggest he was a top 5 WR last year, even with the turbulence with Cousins and the coaching staff early in the year. Do some homework.

 

Hope you're right , he better check his attitude, we shall see.

 

 

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