Bills trade Sammy Watkins, Ronald Darby

Bills trade Sammy Watkins, Ronald Darby Aug 12, 2017 0:34:53 GMT

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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 12, 2017 0:34:53 GMT

Aug 12, 2017 0:16:56 GMT @nxnwrocks said:

Aug 11, 2017 23:02:17 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

Trading up for Watkins goes back to another idiot pick, EJ Manuel. Management (whoever that was back then, I've lost track) thought a great WR would make a reach pick into a good pick. Jerry Rice, Randy Moss AND Michael Irwin couldn't have helped EJ. When they traded up, everyone thought, for a minute, it was for University of Buffalo's Khalil Mack. Yeah, they could have stayed put and taken Odell. Would he have prospered out of the NYC limelight? And working with EJ instead of Eli?

No the fans aren't happy here. Bills can't compete with NE, but with Miami scuffling for a QB and the Jets wondering if they can win a game, a WC was possible. The first team defense looked real good last night.

Bills have so many bad draft picks in recent memory (eg John McCargo) but the one that sticks out for me is taking TJ Graham when Russell Wilson was still on the board.

Hindsight...

Would Russell Wilson have become Russell Wilson without Pete Carroll? You can have talent but you need the right situation. Like Odell Beckham. I think he fed off the limelight of NYC, making him a better player. There's little limelight on this end of the state.

The Bills have drafted duds, EJ and JP Loseman. But they have stayed away from some duds. Brady Quinn, Brandon Weeden, Big Jawn Football, all of whom were discussed. I'm worried that the Bills are loading up on draft picks in order to win the Sam Darnold Sweepstakes. Not by tanking (this team is still miles ahead of the Jets or the 49ers) but by banking trade chips.