You said "Saying this was a rookie mistake by a GM is in fact accurate."
It's YOUR OPINION that this was a "rookie mistake". Your opinion. Not a "fact".
As for the contention that the Bills should have kept this quiet, in the Internet world, do you really think that's possible? Had they said nothing, half the fan base would have spun up conspiracy theories, since every other media outlet was reporting the visit. Don't teams announce FA visits all the time??
And what inner workings did they give away? They didn't even mention dinner at Tempo, their lead recruitment tactic!
Lastly, I'm definitely not sure how Shady looks "incompetent". Because he used his Twitter account to reach out to a friend to try and recruit him to Buffalo? You know he wasn't negotiating the deal, right?