Cody Ford to Arizona

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

1 minute ago, eball said:

 

OJ Howard I hope.

 

Why?  Didn't he just have a TD last week?

[YoloinOhio]

 

[1bufwarfan]

Beane is playing chess, other GM's are playing checkers.....just saying!!

[BaaadThingsMan]

13 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

Good luck to Cody.

 

I hope the guy can carve out a career.

 

Good on Beane for turning cuts into assets. 

[muppy]

Great comments in the thread already. Dude will need to acclimate to HEAT ..it is  a weather and  cultural shift to a town like Phoenix which is a HUGE sprawling city with dry heat. I lived there and promptly moved as quickly as I possibly could. For he the  NFL player I wish him well. Beanie is a straight up Baller in contract deal negotiations. Mad respect for him.

Edited August 22, 2022 by muppy

[Awwufelloff]

Wow thats a lot more than I thought we would get for him. 

[Buffalo Boy]

Fifth rounder is more than fair compensation…..Beane just keeps on Beaning😍

[hemma]

Let’s hope Mantz’s injury was not too bad or we may suddenly look a bit light on the OL.

[eball]

1 minute ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

Why?  Didn't he just have a TD last week?

 

He has been very disappointing.  One TD catch against backups doesn't change that.

[BuffaloMatt]

First the Edsel, now Cody . . . . .

[That's No Moon]

Funny, I was looking at Tampa's situation this morning and wondering if there might be a deal to be made there as well.

[SoMAn]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

It's Beane's version of getting comp picks

Its draft capital. Assets. Having extra 6th round draft capital gave Beane the ability to jump ahead of other potential suitors to snag Shakir- who may turn out to be the steal of the draft. 

[Beast]

Good luck to Ford. Thank you for your service.

[Doc Brown]

Disappointing player but glad Beane put ego aside to get at least something for him. 

[BarleyNY]

12 minutes ago, 17islongenough said:

Does this mean Bobby Hart makes the 53,?

[Virgil]

I feel like Beane should issue a formal apology for not striking hold on every single pick.  Even though the current draft is looking like an end to end winner and most of the team are starters from this draft, Beane really messed up taking a projected 1st rounder in the 2nd and flipping him for a 5th instead of cutting him.  
 

We also need to make sure we are demanding the same from the teams who had to outright release bust first rounders this past month.  

[BobbyC81]

12 minutes ago, eball said:

 

Aaron Kromer turned him into a trade-able asset.

 

Doesn't forgive the original bad draft pick, but this is Beane at his best.

 

They also traded a 5th to Oakland in that 2019 draft to move up two spots to draft him, so they basically got that 5th back.

[The Wiz]

18 minutes ago, MiltonWaddams said:

But, but, but… I was told that Aaron Kromer had reformed him into a serviceable player…

Well he didn't have much trade value before so serviceable is what they were looking for. 

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

Beane turning water into wine. 

[MasterStrategist]

Still trying to figure out how we manage to keep 11 guys in the secondary, when historically it's been 9:

 

Hyde, Poyer, Tre, Taron, Dane, Elam, Benford, Neal, Johnson, Hamlin, and Lewis.  

 

I want to see us keep all 11, don't see it happening though.  With Lewis cross training at S, wonder if that points to:

1. Either promoting his trade value OR

2. Johnson (last yr on contract) or Hamlin (I think better long term than Johnson) is maybe on the move