Who is your favorite Bills free agent acquisition/trade of all time?

[Haslett_Stomp]

Biscuit.  Got a great LB for an injury-prone RB.

[Whkfc]

https://www.nfl.com/news/indianapolis-colts-trade-jerry-hughes-to-buffalo-bills-0ap1000000165264

[947]

I'll never forget the excitement I felt when we signed Paup, it was like Christmas morning. Had a similar feeling when we signed TKO. Then the same with Diggs.

 

I had tempered excitement with the TO & Mario Williams signings.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

6 minutes ago, Like A Mofo said:

Underrated trade: Jerry Hughes

 

Especially because the compensation was essentially nothing.  Bennetts trade compensation was considerable.  

[sunshynman]

If we didn't acquire Bennet, Bruce wouldn't have been able to be as effective as he was. And we wouldn't have gone to 4 SB's in a row. I love the Diggs trade. And if we go to the SB this year and win because of that trade, then it takes over as #1.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Cole Beasley

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

1 minute ago, Haslett_Stomp said:

Biscuit.  Got a great LB for an injury-prone RB.

 

and 2 1sts and another 2nd.  

[billybrew1]

Lofton.

[TheMightyMaxio]

There's some good names (& big names) to choose from but shoot...as far as underrated...laying the foundation signings...Hyde and Poyer were amazing additions in turning this thing around. Williams, Spikes, Paup, Larry Centers, Speilman, TO, Stroud were all good signings but they were established names. The 2 safeties were quiet, no hype, under the radar signings...or maybe I'm remembering wrong.

[Big Turk]

Bennett...Kelly said halfway through his first game against the Broncos he was being triple teamed because he was wrecking them that day

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, BigdaddyinOrlando said:

Cornelius Bennett!

and a close second Bruce Paup

 

Winner!  /thread

[Mango]

2 hours ago, HOUSE said:

You really can't put it into words how gigantic his neck is. I imagine it has to be smaller since he is retired and off the juice. 

[BillsShredder83]

Mario is the first name that came to mind.  im 32 and that was the first real big player we acquired (FA).  one of those guys i thought we had no shot at as usual. i remember where i worked and sitting at my desk reading what.......... 65pages? LOL!  He immediately was the biggest player on the field and so fun to watch in matchups.  that last year really rubbed me the wrong way, but in hindsight that was as equally rexs fault as it was mario.  came during a really hard week in my life too, so it sticks out as a nice distraction.

[Mcdermott]

You guys are so young.

 

Jack Kemp and Cookie weren’t bad free agent pickups.

Biscuit was best trade but Leonard Smith is a little underrated.

 

Like someone said, Bobby Moore a/k/a Ahmad Rashad was a tremendous trade but was ruined by letting him go so soon over about $25K.

 

Robert James probably best UDFA.

[Kwai San]

Biscuit is by far and away #1

Diggs is #1A creeping up too #1

 

[Buftex]

58 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

zero impact.

Well...he produced, like he was supposed to.  If you are judging individual impact by team success...then sadly, nobody mentioned in this thread had that kind of impact.  He was never the reason those teams didn't win.

Edited November 12, 2020 by Buftex

[I'm Spartacus]

Not sure if it was a trade or free agent - but my favorite was Frank Lewis from the Steelers

[cage]

Trade:  Biscuit / Diggs / Hughes

Waiver Claim:  Tasker

UDFA:  Fred Jackson / Pat Williams

FA:  Spikes / Paup / Christie

[DasNootz]

2 hours ago, Wadhams said:

Chris Spielman. Even though he wasn't here very long I always liked his drive. Bryce Paup is a close second

I still have both jerseys from the 90s and wear them to the stadium proudly.

[Marv Levy]

James Lofton. Someone already said it but that would be my pick. He put the Bills over the top in the SuperBowl years (even though they didn't win it all, dammit!!)