The Bills were high bidders for Waddle, tried acquiring Williams

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

We had a deal for Waddle and then ***** Beane insisted they take Coleman too as comp. Dolphins then said no way we want to play him Sunday>

Edited 2 hours ago by D. L. Hot-Flamethrower

[jkeerie]

5 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Even more reason to give the Dolphins the 26 pick 

I agree...unless I misunderstood him.  He seemed to be trying to make the opposite point.  At any rate, the 2026 class is supposed to be strong at the LB position which we need.

[Turk71]

The Super Bowl hopeful Bills went into the season with a pathetically weak wr room. It's not as if a great wr went down with injury...these guys were expecting a SB year with a bottom of the barrel wr room. They're just clueless while they waste another year of Allen's prime.  

Edited 2 hours ago by Turk71

[HappyDays]

46 minutes ago, bmur66 said:

Giving up a 2026 1st round pick is an admission that you suck at drafting.

 

Most GMs suck at drafting. Giving up a 1st round pick for an established starter is just correctly recognizing that 1st round picks are not as valuable as they're made out to be. I guess Beane hasn't figured that out though. He keeps drawing a line in the sand instead of doing whatever's necessary to win a championship.

[Coach Tuesday]

3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Most GMs suck at drafting. Giving up a 1st round pick for an established starter is just correctly recognizing that 1st round picks are not as valuable as they're made out to be. I guess Beane hasn't figured that out though. He keeps drawing a line in the sand instead of doing whatever's necessary to win a championship.

At some point you keep doing that you turn into Doug Morrone: a guy who would rather lose his way than win someone else’s way.  Beane’s stubbornness is on the verge of becoming his undoing.

[The Jokeman]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

Most GMs suck at drafting. Giving up a 1st round pick for an established starter is just correctly recognizing that 1st round picks are not as valuable as they're made out to be. I guess Beane hasn't figured that out though. He keeps drawing a line in the sand instead of doing whatever's necessary to win a championship.

Cuz Beane didn't offer the Dolphins a 1st Rounder for Waddle oh wait he did.

[HappyDays]

1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:

Cuz Beane didn't offer the Dolphins a 1st Rounder for Waddle oh wait he did.

 

Yes and he drew his line over 2026 vs 2027. He had to win the trade on his exact terms or no deal, and now we are wasting another year of Allen's prime.

[LEBills]

4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Yes and he drew his line over 2026 vs 2027. He had to win the trade on his exact terms or no deal, and now we are wasting another year of Allen's prime.

I know you heard rumors that they were trying to get Calvin Ridley, have you heard that he drew a hard line on the 2026 first?

 

The whole thing is pretty vague. As much as I think Beane stinks, these reports really don’t seem very clear that that line was drawn.

[SCBills]

Just now, HappyDays said:

 

Yes and he drew his line over 2026 vs 2027. He had to win the trade on his exact terms or no deal, and now we are wasting another year of Allen's prime.

I honestly want him gone over this.  
 

He refused to get Allen a WR2 when we had Diggs, post Beasley, and now he refuses to do much of anything, at all, at WR. 
 

As a result, Allen looks mentally and physically spent.  The entire reason Beane is still a GM in this league, looks like he’s lost, frustrated and beat up. 
 

And how he’s handled WR this year, from the arrogant WGR outburst to the report he’s the reason why Waddle is not in this team.  His refusal to go from a ‘27 1st to a ‘26 1st. 
 

I’ll tell you this… McDermott and Allen looked like two guys who thought they were getting help at the deadline only to be left empty handed. 

[Draconator]

On 11/9/2025 at 8:42 AM, milfandcookies said:

Story is not true. Beane has friends in the media to drop “he’s trying” for him

Your takes are making me wanting to drop acid. Forget drinking alcohol! 

[The Jokeman]

15 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Yes and he drew his line over 2026 vs 2027. He had to win the trade on his exact terms or no deal, and now we are wasting another year of Allen's prime.

Kinda like Veach did with the Jets and Breece Hall but I know he's a better GM. I love you feel were wasting a year with Allen but still be in playoffs started today.

[Governor]

29 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Yes and he drew his line over 2026 vs 2027. He had to win the trade on his exact terms or no deal, and now we are wasting another year of Allen's prime.

That is pretty nuts if true. The fire McD but keep Beane people never made any sense to me. They would both obviously have to go and I hope they start fighting soon for my entertainment.

 
 

Which one did he want to part with? Do you think it was related to his job security and future as GM?

Edited 1 hour ago by Governor

[The Jokeman]

9 minutes ago, SCBills said:

I honestly want him gone over this.  
 

He refused to get Allen a WR2 when we had Diggs, post Beasley, and now he refuses to do much of anything, at all, at WR. 
 

As a result, Allen looks mentally and physically spent.  The entire reason Beane is still a GM in this league, looks like he’s lost, frustrated and beat up. 
 

And how he’s handled WR this year, from the arrogant WGR outburst to the report he’s the reason why Waddle is not in this team.  His refusal to go from a ‘27 1st to a ‘26 1st. 
 

I’ll tell you this… McDermott and Allen looked like two guys who thought they were getting help at the deadline only to be left empty handed. 

Cuz God forbid a GM think his WR that shredded KC in 13 seconds might turn a corner, hell look at money Jacksonville gave him too. But I know Beane's a horrible GM. Maybe we should pounce on Chris Grier this off-season. 

[HappyDays]

26 minutes ago, LEBills said:

I know you heard rumors that they were trying to get Calvin Ridley, have you heard that he drew a hard line on the 2026 first?

 

No I didn't personally hear anything on Waddle, but I trust the sources of Tom Pelissero with NFL Network. I also heard something interesting from Mike Florio on PFT today. He heard that the report about no one in the division wanting to trade with Buffalo was spin put out by the organization, and that the truth is we could have traded within the division but weren't able to get it done. I don't know why Beane was so worried about losing the value of the trade. What has he got to lose?

 

20 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

Kinda like Veach did with the Jets and Breece Hall but I know he's a better GM.

 

We're talking about WRs, not RBs.

[The Jokeman]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

No I didn't personally hear anything on Waddle, but I trust the sources of Tom Pelissero with NFL Network. I also heard something interesting from Mike Florio on PFT today. He heard that the report about no one in the division wanting to trade with Buffalo was spin put out by the organization, and that the truth is we could have traded within the division but weren't able to get it done. I don't know why Beane was so worried about losing the value of the trade. What has he got to lose?

 

 

We're talking about WRs, not RBs.

I'm comparing to GMs holding their ground and not acquiring a player for pick other team demanding but yeah guess no comparison at all to those two situations. 

[HappyDays]

1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:

guess no comparison at all to those two situations. 

 

Correct. There is no comparison between WRs and RBs, nor is there any comparison between KC and Buffalo. You're just grasping for anything at this point.

[Mikie2times]

52 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Most GMs suck at drafting. Giving up a 1st round pick for an established starter is just correctly recognizing that 1st round picks are not as valuable as they're made out to be. I guess Beane hasn't figured that out though. He keeps drawing a line in the sand instead of doing whatever's necessary to win a championship.

I think it’s his background as largely a cap and administration guy. He values the rookie contract so greatly. 

[The Jokeman]

Just now, HappyDays said:

 

Correct. There is no comparison between WRs and RBs, nor is there any comparison between KC and Buffalo. You're just grasping for anything at this point.

I'm not grasping man you just want to hate in Beane because we haven't been to a Super Bowl in his era. Guess what I'd venture could say same thing of 13 other AFC GMs if not mistaken, KC had Travis Kelce and Chris Jones before Beane was in Buffalo but I know let's blame Beane for that. 

[NoSaint]

30 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

Cuz God forbid a GM think his WR that shredded KC in 13 seconds might turn a corner, hell look at money Jacksonville gave him too. But I know Beane's a horrible GM. Maybe we should pounce on Chris Grier this off-season. 

were you amped up when we got Kyle orton too?

[The Jokeman]

Just now, NoSaint said:

were you amped up when we got Kyle orton too?

Nope, rather see if EJ could have developed.