What was the worst Bills’ trade of all time?

[Domdab99]

1 hour ago, ecgetty said:

Bob Chandler for Phil Vilapiano

 

lol that was the first time I felt the "Billsy" thing.  Bob Chandler was my favorite Bills player  when I was a kid. I was like, "Nooooooooooooooo!!"

[Tcali]

the list is nearly endless...........but rob johnson trade,,,darryl lamonica trade,jp losman.............EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ move up...

 

startling bad decisons for a startlingly poor franchise.

 

Lou,Knox,Polian......the rest were garbage

[reddogblitz]

1 hour ago, Tcali said:

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ move up...

 

Actually we traded down for EJ and took Woods with the pick we got in the trade down.

[Estelle Getty]

Getting absolutely nothing for future hall of famer Lynch.  And I believe we somehow inexplicably turned down a higher draft pick from the saints for good measure.  They must have woken Buddy after midnight.  

[cba fan]

33 minutes ago, reddogblitz said:

 

Actually we traded down for EJ and took Woods with the pick we got in the trade down.

Thank you for remembering.

 

Using the fallacy of those saying Bills spent 3 first rounders for Sam Watkins as my motivation. People keep wanting to say Bills wasted a first round pick on EJ when in reality he was less than a 1st round pick because they traded back and received more picks for doing that resulting in Eric Wood. 

7 minutes ago, Estelle Getty said:

Getting absolutely nothing for future hall of famer Lynch.  And I believe we somehow inexplicably turned down a higher draft pick from the saints for good measure.  They must have woken Buddy after midnight.  

And the Pack was mad they did not get wind of this also.

Edited April 22, 2018 by cba fan

[oldmanfan]

For us old folks the Lamonica trade will never be beat as far as the worst

[nucci]

13 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

For us old folks the Lamonica trade will never be beat as far as the worst

was going to say Lamonica trade...it has to be the worst one ever

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

8 hours ago, Sky Diver said:

When we traded for Johnson we already had Flutie on the roster.

 

Flutie was trash 

[Chandler#81]

‘67, Daryl Lamonica for Tom Flores and Art Powell. We weren’t heard from again til ‘74.

[The Crowing Rooster]

4 hours ago, Estelle Getty said:

Getting absolutely nothing for future hall of famer Lynch.  And I believe we somehow inexplicably turned down a higher draft pick from the saints for good measure.  They must have woken Buddy after midnight.  

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Buddy was so obsolete as GM they should have had a display for him at the Smithsonian in the dinosaur section for him.   

[Sky Diver]

22 minutes ago, joesixpack said:

 

Flutie was trash 

 

His 70% winning percentage says you’re wrong.

Edited April 22, 2018 by Sky Diver

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 minutes ago, The Monk said:

Buddy was so obsolete as GM they should have had a display for him at the Smithsonian in the dinosaur section for him.   

'Cornpone' Nix is how I'll always remember him.  His pressers finish second to Coach Stephenson's "the team showed a lot of character today" gems.

 

[ehfeuh57]

4 hours ago, cba fan said:

...People keep wanting to say Bills wasted a first round pick on EJ when in reality he was less than a 1st round pick because they traded back and received more picks for doing that resulting in Eric Wood. 

 

except for that Eric Wood was already on our team for 4 years

Edited April 22, 2018 by DrDare

[biggerdaddynj]

8 hours ago, kdiggz said:

All of them after Polian. The only good trade I can think of is Kiko for Shady

Which GM made that trade and played a pivotal role (though not officially GM)  in the Sheppard for Hughes trade?

[BuffaloRush]

Trading a first for Rob John or those picks for Sammy Watkins probably was the worst deal. But for me, the most frustrating deal was the trade of Marshawn Lynch.  He has established himself as a pretty decent RB in Buffalo, but because Buddy Nix was such a bad GM he traded him a 4th and 6th round pick.  I remember at the time thinking at the time it was a bad deal for us, and in hindsight it was a horrible deal.  Terrible GM. Thanks Buddy

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

15 minutes ago, Sky Diver said:

 

His 70% winning percentage says your wrong.

 

His 70% winning percentage is a gift of the all time best bills defense. But carry on your crusade for the midget.

[BuffaloRush]

3 minutes ago, biggerdaddynj said:

Which GM made that trade and played a pivotal role (though not officially GM)  in the Sheppard for Hughes trade?

 

Buddy Nix made that trade

[Sky Diver]

Just now, BuffaloRush said:

Trading a first for Rob John or those picks for Sammy Watkins probably was the worst deal. But for me, the most frustrating deal was the trade of Marshawn Lynch.  He has established himself as a pretty decent RB in Buffalo, but because Buddy Nix was such a bad GM he traded him a 4th and 6th round pick.  I remember at the time thinking at the time it was a bad deal for us, and in hindsight it was a horrible deal.  Terrible GM. Thanks Buddy

 

I recall that Lynch was overweight and sluggish and really didn’t want to be here.

[Charles Romes]

8 hours ago, The 9 Isles said:

Trading away Marshon Lynch

trading away Jason Peters

Trading up For TJ Graham (instead of Russell Wilson)

Trading up for JP Losman

 

I have to agree with Lynch and the whole idea of "upgrading" Lynch with Spiller and spending a high first round pick to do it.  When he was here I thought Lynch was a complete near generational back.  All of the yards he was getting here were completely on his own.  His negative yardage plays were minimal and he also had soft hands.  Few RBs ran harder in the history of the league.  He could elude tacklers and also run over people.  He proved himself to be a hall of fame player after he departed.  

 

You could also throw in trading Jason Peters for a low first into the mix.   He also went on to have a hall of fame career after his departure. 

[26CornerBlitz]

23 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

‘67, Daryl Lamonica for Tom Flores and Art Powell. We weren’t heard from again til ‘74.

 

Easily the worst.