Jags listening to trade calls for Brian Thomas

[transplantbillsfan]

What? Why?

 

Trade our 1st for him and consider him our 1st round pick next year like Diggs in 2020. Except he'd be much cheaper for 3 more years and younger.

 

This would be monumentally stupid for the Jags though.

[aristocrat]

Beanie should have him in the building Monday so he can play the chiefs game. 
 

[FLFan]

34 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Anyone thinking this would be AMAZING has not watched BTJ this season.  Not sure the cause of his issues this season, but buyer beware. 

A WR who is afraid to get hit?  No thanks.  I do not think that can be fixed.  

[Kirby Jackson]

Honestly, this isn’t surprising. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player’s “status” plummet so much in 6 months. As a rookie, he went 87/1282/10. 7 games into year 2, he’s on the block.🤣🤣 He’s looked disinterested, lazy and unfocused. It’s WILD how quickly this fall has been. With that being said, it’s an easy yes from me and hope to rehabilitate him. Keon and a 2?

[LEBills]

BTJ was drafted by a different GM and Coach. They are not tied to him. Even if his drop issues continue, adding him to the offense makes defenses respect the long ball again. It will be expensive but it’d be worth it

[Alphadawg7]

3 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

Beanie should have him in the building Monday TODAY so he can play the chiefs game and keep someone else from getting him first.
 

 

Fixed it for you ha

[Pecker]

Who was that Twitter guy who apparently knew all the scoop first? What does he say? 

[DCOrange]

He has legitimately been the worst WR in the NFL to receive legitimate snaps this season but I would be more than happy to hope a change in scenery gets him back on track after what he showed at LSU and as a rookie. 

 

Really confusing sophomore season so far though. I've watched every Jags game...words can't really describe how bad he's been. 

[JoshAllin]

This whole we need a wr mindset killed the bills last year and missed out on Cooper Dejean. Just plug in any wr in there at this point

[Andrew Son]

5 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Honestly, this isn’t surprising. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player’s “status” plummet so much in 6 months. As a rookie, he went 87/1282/10. 7 games into year 2, he’s on the block.🤣🤣 He’s looked disinterested, lazy and unfocused. It’s WILD how quickly this fall has been. With that being said, it’s an easy yes from me and hope to rehabilitate him. Keon and a 2?

And those were the exact concerns for him coming out of college as well.

[GoBills808]

easy decision 

[Alphadawg7]

1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Honestly, this isn’t surprising. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player’s “status” plummet so much in 6 months. As a rookie, he went 87/1282/10. 7 games into year 2, he’s on the block.🤣🤣 He’s looked disinterested, lazy and unfocused. It’s WILD how quickly this fall has been. With that being said, it’s an easy yes from me and hope to rehabilitate him. Keon and a 2?

 

While I would certainly send Keon and a 2, I think if the Jags move him they will want either more draft assets or a defensive player instead of a WR that has his own slow start and struggles this year.  

 

I would have no problem including a 1st and a player.  You are getting size, lengthy, speed, youth, and a rookie contract for 3 1/2 years.  Make this trade and make it now.  

 

You see I have never been against adding WR talent, where I have pushed back is that "heir to Diggs" has literally not been available in the draft.  But BTJ was the closest and we either didn't try to move up or were rebuffed, either way he was not an option to us but always felt like the one we missed on getting.  Truthfully, I doubt the Bills could have gotten ahead of the Jags to get in based on the teams ahead of them, who they took, and how strong those teams were in on those players.  But I also don't think we tried either given Beanes approach heading into that draft. 

 

But none of that matters now, this is a REAL shot at a real WR1 lead replacement for Diggs that we CAN afford without gutting the roster elsewhere.  GO GET HIM BEANE and pay the premium price it will likely take to get the Jags to send him to a conference rival.  

 

I don't care if its a 1st and a 4th like Diggs, or if it is a 1st and a player like AJE...just make the trade.  This makes waayyyyy too much sense for this team right now in a year we are seeing KC revitalize and now on our tail for the 1 seed again after we just blew 2 winnable games with a stagnant offense.  Our defense at least has players now coming back that could help boost it - the offense is in the rut it is with healthy players.  You gotta make a move, this is the move to make!

[Allen2Moulds]

46 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Think I'd rather get LB Logan Wilson from the Bengals and move to a true 4-3.

We have Shaq Thomson, who has been our best performing LB this year. We also have Hoect who we can deploy in our big package formation. Can be used similar to Lorenzo.

[HappyDays]

36 minutes ago, jahnyc said:

I could be off on this, but weren't there some character concerns raised with BJT before being drafted?  I do not recall anything specifically being identified and I may be misremembering.

 

Not really character concerns, but there were questions about his physicality and effort. I'll admit I thought he was a bit overrated as a prospect for those reasons. I want my WR1 to have an edge that I just didn't see from him. So I was one that did not want us to trade up for him. After his rookie season I had already decided my pre-draft opinion was horribly embarrassingly wrong, really an all-time bad take by me, but it turns out those concerns were legitimate.

 

Based on what he showed last year I'd still trade for him without hesitation though. Even if it costs next year's 1st. I would rather bet on BTJ to work through his issues than bet on whatever LB or safety we'll inevitably draft next year. Top tier talent is worth the risk and no one ever won a championship playing it safe.

[DCOrange]

44 minutes ago, vtnatefootball11 said:

 

Came here to post this, very interesting to see this news at the same time Athletic confirmed Bills have been making calls for WR and S. BTJ has been off this year (him and Tlaw just not on the same page, couple bad drops, new scheme they arent' using him the same etc) but looked like an absolute superstar second half of last year and would be an incredible get for the Bills. Instantly the best receiver on our team and changes our entire offensive outlook. The fact we could possibly by slightly low on this guy given the awkward first few games he has had this year would be amazing. On 2nd year of a rookie deal that includes a 5th year option.  Get it done Beane!!

Couple bad drops is really selling it short. He has the lowest true catch rate in the league by a country mile. Like even Dawson Knox, who generally has had the biggest drop issues in the league since getting drafted, has never approached a number in Brian Thomas's vicinity. 

[Allen2Moulds]

For anyone bashing his poor start this year, anyone remember how Randy Moss looked as a Raider?

 

He doesn't need to come here to put up big numbers, he just needs to be able to put fear into defenses, if they want to continue to sell out with the blitz.

 

I have no doubt that if we were to trade for him, we'd be getting last year's version.

[Nihilarian]

Brian Thomas Jr. is reportedly struggling with an ongoing shoulder injury, inconsistent performance, and a high number of drops this season, which has led to a decline in his effectiveness compared to his successful rookie year. A 49.1 catch percentage rate.

 

There is a real reason as to why the Jags are ready to dump a former #1 draft pick from last season that played so well. 

 

 6 days agoThomas (shoulder) caught three of seven targets for 31 yards in Sunday's 35-7 loss to the Rams.

 

Just what the Buffalo Bills need is another injured player that fans can complain about...

[Rubes]

23 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Honestly, this isn’t surprising. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player’s “status” plummet so much in 6 months. As a rookie, he went 87/1282/10. 7 games into year 2, he’s on the block.🤣🤣 He’s looked disinterested, lazy and unfocused. It’s WILD how quickly this fall has been. With that being said, it’s an easy yes from me and hope to rehabilitate him. Keon and a 2?

 

I don't know if I've ever seen an opinion pivot so much in two sentences!

 

[Pecker]

ITS BEEN 30 minutes since i heard this news what is taking Beane so long!!!!!!!!!!!

[Process]

Yea not buying it at all. Trading him when his value is at its lowest makes zero sense. He's on a rookie contract. Keep him and hope he figures things out.