Mr. WEO

With it, the Vikings got a a cheap WR who had more yards in 4 years (his first 4) with Kirk Cousins (I'll throw in another 1500+ with Sam Arnold) than Diggs had with future HOFer Josh Allen. Plus, he's still on their roster. Diggs was essentially a rental as they got rid of him before his contract was up. Now he's bouncing around the league. Also, the commonly cited figure of "3 years average career for an NFL player" includes any guy who got a single paycheck---including countless camp cuts who never would play a regular season game. A guy here for 4 seasons and is a franchise #4 all time with under 5400 yards is an indictment on this franchise's abuse of the WR position (certainly in the draft) historically.

there is only alternative reality where a Coleman replaces a Diggs. in that trade the Vikings got Jefferson and the Bills got a 4 year rental of Diggs (and huge dead cap) and Coleman, who may or may not be a really good WR2.

Trades in the weeks before the draft happen. a month before the draft, every team should have a very solid idea of how their first round board looks like. In this draft, it was loaded with 1st round talent at WR. Everyone understood this. Certainly the Vikings did—they were completely willing to offload a top veteran in his prime in order to likely pick a rookie replacement. This is overwhelmingly obvious. CLEARLY, they telegraphed, a month before the draft, “their own intentions” for the draft. you keep mentioning Ruggs. The obvious response is that Jefferson was infinitely more likely to become a superstar than Ruggs would become a convict. Had Ruggs not made that very poor decision he could have been, like Jefferson, a young star on the Bills.

The date of the trade isn’t important—-obviously the Bills would trade AFTER the draft. Lol But yes we agree Jefferson would have available for Beane to make a simple decision at 22. The rest of your post is indecipherable and otherwise not on point.

well most 1st round rookies are a gamble, but WRs are commonly gambled on. The payoff with Jefferson was immediate massive and lasting. With a lesser QB behind Center. Bills as of last year were left empty handed, nothing of significance to show for the trade—-Beane etc are still stumbling through the WR room.

This would be a great topic for a 30 for 30 type treatment…

the Eagles were locked in on the wrong guy. Then they picked him. Jefferson would have fallen into the Bills lap. Why are you struggling with this? Yes the point of this discussion is that the Bills traded away the possibility of picking Jefferson before the draft.

you're not good at this. Jefferson would have been right there for the Bills--because of the guy who was picked before Jefferson...

nice try. I said years ago Diggs was a head case and that his behavioral demise in Buffalo was predictable. It played out as if scripted...incredibly, to the surprise of many here. As for Jefferson, the Vikings weren't acting in hindsight--they knew exactly what they were doing when they traded. That draft was absolutely loaded with 1st round WR talent. Beane and his scouting team are and have been the worst WR evaluators in the NFL since he got here.

He needed Justin Jefferson

Beane sitting at the next table...

waiting for the "Get to know our new Defensive line: doping interview"..

19.2 in regular season, but caught only 29 passes. This low number allows his average to be weighted disproportionally by a few long receptions (he had 2 games with only 1 catch, but for 49 and 64 yards, respectively). Of all receivers who caught at least 32 passes last year, only 1 (Pierce, IND) averaged more than 17.3YPC. Coleman is unlikely to match that if he is targeted more.

He's an assistant locker room coach now! let it go!

Poyer tho....

it was a cheap shot. Also, absolutely targeted Shakir in September—that one was even more blatant. go watch that one again. Bad take? Not here it wasn’t at the time. Still isn’t.

where in the locker room do you put a guy who torpedoed a guy who is on his former, now current team?

Poyer as a starter didn’t impact the Bills “winning a Super Bowl”, logic dictates that him being on the PS would have even less than zero impact. Family? Poyer gave a cheap shot to Coleman last year. He’s not “family”. Guys a bum.

Packers got pantsed

Families may own teams but NFL isn’t a family business. &nbsp None of these end of career retreads are in any significant way “coaching”. They want a spot and some more real money (who can blame them?). Why mention SB wins? Zero with those 3 in their primes.

As always, he’s the last to jump on the pile… Bills need a FO that runs a business, not a charity

Beane 3 feet away from his stack of 1 year contracts...

must be the holder.....

Lol Or Fendi Onabun