Ya Digg?

Just curious, who were the better options at that point?

This is not to say the Ravens won’t be good, I do think they will be very good, but I think that offense will regress by a good margin. The thing that will carry them is their defense. The Bills put out the blueprint to beat them, the Titans followed that blueprint. As great a seasonal Lamar had, he still hasn’t shown he can get the ball to his wide receivers. if Josh makes the jump we are hoping he makes, the Bills are just as good if not better than the Ravens

There’s a other QB from the NFC south looking for a job and a certain team in the AFC east that didn’t draft a QB...... (and yes I know it probably won’t happen, it’s still fun to think about the dynamic of Cam and Belichick trying to get along)

I can’t believe there’s 22 pages on this guy and it seems like half of the posts are about the guy’s reaction to being picked. People are still really butt hurt over Gilmore’s reaction all those years ago and the whole “whoa is me no one wants to play in Buffalo”victim attitude. Just listen to the kid speak, watch him play, and we all know he’s going to love it here!

But it’s not even close to a fair trade. You are trading a first round pick for a second round pick. Even if you just take a look at a couple of the lists that have been posted on here, these lists are 20 guys long-that tells me there isn’t that ONE guy who the bills have to have. Plus it keeps getting mentioned that the Bills really don’t have a NEED anywhere. So again I have to disagree, not a fair deal at all

People go nuts when you give up a future first to get a first round pick, and now you want to suggest doing it for a second round pick? Let's say that the Bills make it to the AFC championship game, that means that they wouldn't pick until around the 60th pick next year. No guy who is currently left is worth sitting out the first 60 picks next year

I was just scrolling through some updated mocks and I saw a couple of them having the Bills take an OL in the second. With the amount of playmakers and edge guys out there, if the Bills took an OL in the second round I would be extremely disappointed

How would it effect our comp picks?

When you thought up this topic, what did you honestly expect the answers to be? At no point should anyone EVER feel bad when their team wins a championship

These GM’s are paid millions of dollars, have multi-million dollar scouting departments, have been talking about these guys for months and you think all of a sudden their opinion is going to change because Peter King says he is no good?! Wow, just wow

While $20 million is obviously a lot of money, why would he play for a team he doesn't want to play for and risk injury and miss out on $80-$100 million, if not more? If he signs and Jacksonville doesn't trade him and he blows out his knee or achilles then he would cost himself a ton of money

It's better than the red ones they had with the Patriot on the helmet bent over ready to, uh, receive it. If those ones weren't the worst uniforms in the league they were a very close 2nd or 3rd worst

With Diggs in the picture, it's going to be really hard for teams to keep up! Sure a team like KC has a better offense, but they don't have the defense if the Bills offense gets rolling. Bills showed last year that they have what it takes to contain Lamar as well. This article definitely has me drinking the kool-aid right now, and I love it!

I like the black on black, the throwback, white on white and white on black. Don't like the ATL on the front of the jersey though

There is a reason why Barkley was still available when the Bills picked him up, what was it, 10 or so days before he had to start a game. Everyone likes him, gets along great with Josh, he had ONE great game against the Jets, but why is this the one spot people keep fighting for to not improve? I simply cannot for the life of me wrap my head around why so many people would rather have Barkley as the back up over Cam or Flacco if those guys were willing to come here and be the back up. Or if not those two, you mean to tell me that there is not one other guy some of you would like to have here to play the most important position on the field other than Matt Barkley in the event that Allen get hurt? Again, I think he a good guy, but you are completely 1,000% lying to yourself if you feel that position can’t be upgraded

Wait, the Steelers moves up 6 spots? What exactly did they do to move up 6 spots? They didn’t upgrade any position-yes getting Big Ben back is nice, but that’s a huge jump! It has also been known he was coming back, so I’m confused...I just don’t get it

I can’t help but think if the Bills has just kept Brandon Reilly and Austin Proehl they would have never gotten into this mess, I mean there’s two #1’s right there!

So let me start this by saying I am thankful there are so many level headed people in regards to this trade. NO, the Bills did not give up too much in the trade, not at all. They didn’t even give up a ton or “pay a steep price.” Perhaps I missed it in the massive Diggs thread, but the ones who are saying the Bills gave up too much are not saying what they would have given up or where they would have drawn the line. So if you feel they gave up too much, please enlighten me on what would have been a “fair trade.” (Insert eye roll at that phrase)

So I’m confused, do the Bills have enough money to get every top free agent or do they have no money at all?

I would take him as the back up. To me it comes down to if Josh goes down, who do you have more faith in winning a couple of games-Flacco or Barkley. Personally I would have a lot more confidence in Flacco going 2-2 over a 4 game stretch with the weapons the Bills have than Barkley. Watching Barkley in the New England game for me last year was hard. Very likable guy, supports Josh, but I feel Flacco has more talent

I don’t get all of the “Hooper is the final piece” love. We complain about our own average guys getting paid, but people would have been ok with Hooper being the highest paid right end in the league? He is good, above average dare I say, but i have no problem with the Bills not giving Hooper the money that he got. Is he another weapon-yes. The all-in piece??? No way

I agree with this completely. A lot would be giving up multiple picks in the top 3 rounds, that would have been a lot. This is a back up safety, a flyer on a project wide receiver, and maybe a back up linebacker plus a first rounder for Diggs. You make that trade all the time

For a 2nd and a 5th?? So the ravens essentially got the same thing the Texans got for Hopkins!!

I understand that there is a cap so teams can only spend so much, but at no point should there ever be a limit on how much a player can make. This includes Allen-he should not take a discount. These players have a very short amount of time to maximize what they can get paid, and they should push for every dollar they can get. Teams have shown year after year that these contracts can be manipulated so you can continue to sign guys. This argument always baffles me. So you are in favor of the billionaire owner getting even more money? Obviously as fans we root for the Jersey not the player so we want them to sign for as little as possible and they should just “be happy playing a kids game.” Let these guys make as much as they can.

I always find that statement interesting as well. Why shouldn’t these guys want a raise? I honestly think that this is said a lot of times for one of 2 reasons: first, people are unreasonably jealous that these players make so much money playing a “kids” game and second because fans always back the team, not the players. Think about what happens as soon as a player leaves in Buffalo-there are million threads talking about how that player was garbage and we should all be glad they are gone. These guys should get paid as much as they can get. It’s the front office’s job to work these contracts to have all of the guys they want in the team. There are always ways to structure contracts so you stay under the cap now. But sure, the players should honor their contract but the team doesn’t need to