SI Article on Trades That Should Happen (a few Bills ones)

[Buffalo716]

12 minutes ago, finn said:

I'd trade both Epenesa and Knox for Jonas Sanker, the Saints CB who knocked down one Allen pass then intercepted his next one after sprinting across the field. He was amazing, especially for a rookie. 

He definitely played great 

 

But nobody's trading a rookie who's looking that good lol it makes no sense 

Edited Wednesday at 11:06 PM by Buffalo716

[Mike in Horseheads]

7 minutes ago, Pete said:

I’m sure no coach told Ray to lose weight and get faster.  Why would Ray think that was a good idea?  Ray should have gotten thicker.  He had his role, now we could use a bigger back.  Bad move Ray 

You'd think by week 4 the dietician would have him fattened back up if they wanted him to be

[VW82]

Bills are more likely to extend Knox than trade him. 

[FLFan]

1 hour ago, RyanC883 said:

https://www.si.com/nfl/one-trade-every-nfl-team-should-make-before-the-2025-deadline

 

Interesting article.  On the Bills front, this article would have us acquiring CB Alontae Taylor from the Saints for a 4th, and WR Jakobi Meyers from Vegas for a 4th (although it also has Meyers goign to Arizona for a 4th).  It has us trading Dawson Knox to, of all places, Carolina for a 5th.  

 

I know nothing about Taylor, but we need CB help, and Meyers would add some boundry juice to the WR room.  Don't like losing Knox, but if it clears cap space that's fine.  Otherwise I see little reason for the move.  

 

Thoughts?

 

Other players on the move in this article I'd like to see the Bills go after include: 

 

--DT Simmons; DE Hendrickson; and RB Kamara or Pollard. 

 

I think we need to strengthen the interior DL, add a CB, and a backup RB at the deadline.  WR would be nice, but as we are scroing 30+ a game, not sure how necessary at this juncture.  

 

 

There was a time when I would have loved Jacobi Meyers on the Bills but we are well past that time.  The Bills have solved their slot WR problem, in spades, and there is no is no role for Jacobi on this team.  The Bills like their depth at CB a great deal more than average fans do.  It would have to be a significant upgrade to White for this to make sense  and that simply is not the case.  Trading Knox for a 5th is an idiotic idea.  

[Sojourner]

41 minutes ago, FLFan said:

There was a time when I would have loved Jacobi Meyers on the Bills but we are well past that time.  The Bills have solved their slot WR problem, in spades, and there is no is no role for Jacobi on this team.  The Bills like their depth at CB a great deal more than average fans do.  It would have to be a significant upgrade to White for this to make sense  and that simply is not the case.  Trading Knox for a 5th is an idiotic idea.  

Meyers is an enigma and might prove how bad the coaching staff in Vegas has been. 

Not advocating to acquire him but there is this tidbit:

 

I was reading up on him for fantasy football and he lines up in the slot around 35% of the time last season… yet his usage there was pretty low. Only 39 (20%) of his targets were seen from that alignment. 
 

Id say the stats and production dictate he’s a versatile receiver who sees more production as a boundary guy. 
 

Interestingly enough, I believe half of his touchdowns came from the slot, so there is that. The other side of the coin was that he only scored 4.

 

[RunTheBall]

WTF was Davis thinking dropping all that weight in the off season without discussing it with the team? He’s done. I don’t expect him to be on the team next year barring some miraculous come back. The guy was the perfect compliment to Cook but obviously wasn’t satisfied with his role and now isn’t getting any snaps. We need a viable RB2 and if it can’t be Johnson I’d waive/trade Davis and bring Frank Gore Jr up for a try.

 

Knox isn’t going anywhere. The team loves him, Josh loves him, Beane loves him. He’s going to get extended at a lower AAV

 

If Simmons were on the block I’d trade half the D-line to get him. I doubt it’s possible but that guy is a game wrecker.

 

[TFBillsfan]

I’d run to the phone if we could get Jeffrey Simmons for a 2nd round pick!

[Maine-iac]

Taylor has had some decent seasons.  Last year was not one of them.  I could see maybe a fourth if the coaches really thought they could coach him up.  I'd much rather bring back Zy Alexander.  As Far as Meyers, unless you thought he'd unseat Palmer I don't see the point of using a draft pick on him.  I wouldn't mind poaching Nash off Atlanta's practice squad to play big slot behind Shakir.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylAl01.htm#all_adv_defense

[Sojourner]

7 minutes ago, Maine-iac said:

Taylor has had some decent seasons.  Last year was not one of them.  I could see maybe a fourth if the coaches really thought they could coach him up.  I'd much rather bring back Zy Alexander.  As Far as Meyers, unless you thought he'd unseat Palmer I don't see the point of using a draft pick on him.  I wouldn't mind poaching Nash off Atlanta's practice squad to play big slot behind Shakir.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylAl01.htm#all_adv_defense

Quite surprised no one picked up Alexander. For the fact he played a game, what? 2 days after being signed and wasn’t down right awful for his first ever time on a pro field was something that should have weight. 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

2 hours ago, ***** said:

I think with Hairston and strong we are fine at CB.  Hendrickson is interesting, when Burrow went down, Bengals season ended.  Hendrickson is on a one year deal where they can’t franchise him I believe.  So, what’s he worth? Could the bengals eat some salary as part of the deal?  Just some thoughts that came to me. 

In what world are we “fine” with two rookies, one of which missed the entirety of camp and no timetable on his return?

[Maine-iac]

1 minute ago, Sojourner said:

Quite surprised no one picked up Alexander. For the fact he played a game, what? 2 days after being signed and wasn’t down right awful for his first ever time on a pro field was something that should have weight. 

There's 4 DB who I wanted in a Bills uniform.  I was really high on Amos but that didn't happen.  I was really high on Mukuba who is now starting in Philly.  The next two i wanted were Nohl Williams and Zy Alexander.  Nohl is getting significant playing time in KC and looking really good.  For some head scratching reason Alexander, as far as I know, isn't with anyone.  Like you said he was here 2 or 3 days and played one preseason game.  Looked as good in coverage as Strong did at the time and even forced a turnover.  

[FLFan]

16 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

Meyers is an enigma and might prove how bad the coaching staff in Vegas has been. 

Not advocating to acquire him but there is this tidbit:

 

I was reading up on him for fantasy football and he lines up in the slot around 35% of the time last season… yet his usage there was pretty low. Only 39 (20%) of his targets were seen from that alignment. 
 

Id say the stats and production dictate he’s a versatile receiver who sees more production as a boundary guy. 
 

Interestingly enough, I believe half of his touchdowns came from the slot, so there is that. The other side of the coin was that he only scored 4.

 

Thanks for this.  If he is getting more work on the boundary i think it speaks to the poor quality of other options they have had recently, although I have not studied this. I always liked him and thought he had a versatile skill set, despite being best suited for slot, not unlike Shakir. I would have loved him on the Bills when he left NE.  However, at this point, the Bills have better options.  

[FitzShowUsYourTitz]

2 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

https://www.si.com/nfl/one-trade-every-nfl-team-should-make-before-the-2025-deadline

 

Interesting article.  On the Bills front, this article would have us acquiring CB Alontae Taylor from the Saints for a 4th, and WR Jakobi Meyers from Vegas for a 4th (although it also has Meyers goign to Arizona for a 4th).  It has us trading Dawson Knox to, of all places, Carolina for a 5th.  

 

I know nothing about Taylor, but we need CB help, and Meyers would add some boundry juice to the WR room.  Don't like losing Knox, but if it clears cap space that's fine.  Otherwise I see little reason for the move.  

 

Thoughts?

 

Other players on the move in this article I'd like to see the Bills go after include: 

 

--DT Simmons; DE Hendrickson; and RB Kamara or Pollard. 

 

I think we need to strengthen the interior DL, add a CB, and a backup RB at the deadline.  WR would be nice, but as we are scroing 30+ a game, not sure how necessary at this juncture.  

 

 

SI is clickbait crap

Ugh

[Maine-iac]

If I wanted a big slot to play behind Shakir I'd steal Nash off Atlanta's practice squad.  Former QB with 6'3" size and enough quickness and size to be a problem out of the slot.

[Magox]

The only way the Bills trade for a CB is if they don’t believe Hairston will be able to play at a decent level this year.

 

The offense is tops in the league and the run defense is one of the worst.  We need a true quality 1 technique.   We have DE’s and WR’s that we could trade.  Maybe Epenesa or Samuelson along with a mid to late rounder should be able to net a quality run stuffing 1 technique

[NoSaint]

2 hours ago, Einstein said:

Knox is more valuable to us this year than a 5th.

Knox wouldn’t be about the pick it’d be about getting out of the contract. 

[thenorthremembers]

Grant Delpit and Chris Olave.   Make it happen Beane.

[Maine-iac]

6 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

Knox wouldn’t be about the pick it’d be about getting out of the contract. 

Trying to understand the numbers but if I got it right we'd still eat over 7 million in dead cap if we move on from Knox and we'd need another TE.  Probably resign him to a lesser contract and kick the dead money down the road into it.

[The Cincinnati Kid]

53 minutes ago, FitzShowUsYourTitz said:

SI is clickbait crap

Ugh

It was very clear that whoever wrote this glances at the league and doesn’t really know any team very well. 

[Solomon Grundy]

3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

I don't like any of those ideas for the Bills.

Would you want to acquire Jeffrey Simmons? I wouldn't want to give up a 2nd rounder, but he would definitely sure up that inside run defense