Per Yardbarker, Aiyuk may want out of SF

[BillsWest]

They went on to say one option would be a trade to Buffalo for Diggs.  One disgruntled wr for another.  Though Diggs is 5 years older and has double the salary.

[FireChans]

The Aiyuk saga in SF has been very strange. There was a weird period where he was getting benched a few years back and there was whispers about him getting moved because of problems with him and Shanny. That’s quieted down in the last 2 years and his production has exploded as their number one-ish WR. 
 

 I could see him being moved, but I don’t think it would be for Diggs, especially as Diggs is an unwilling blocker. He has enough production to warrant a first rounder as a starting point in negotiations, I could see them retaining Jennings and jettisoning Aiyuk.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

I don't see a scenario where trading diggs makes sense and doesn't just open up a massive hole.  No compensation offered will do anything to move the needle.  The offers will be things like 4th and 5th round picks.  I don't want that.  

 

Improving WR2 should help a lot.  Need more speed, and ideally someone with more route running chops.  Brady never really got it working with Diggs oddly enough, but I'm willing to bet he has a plan since they hired him.  

 

WR1 - Diggs

WR2 - ??? - Ideally a rookie with some wheels and hands

WR3 - Shakir

WR4 - ??? - Vet who can play inside and out

WR5 - Harty i guess - totally open to moving him but maybe they just lower the cap hit and keep him as a returner

WR6 - Shorter or a rookie who outplays him

[Buffalo_Stampede]

He’ll end up in the AFC on a team we’re competing against.

[BBFL]

Guy wants all the targets and with that comes #1 money. Can’t just move Diggs or his contract to pay a guy the same if not more. Certainly can’t pay them both. Aiyuk, as good as he is/can be, is a pipe dream. 

[BarleyNY]

3 minutes ago, BillsWest said:

They went on to say one option would be a trade to Buffalo for Diggs.  One disgruntled wr for another.  Though Diggs is 5 years older and has double the salary.

Diggs has a CAP HIT that is about twice that of Aiyuk, but their salaries are much closer. Aiyuk is set to play on his 5th year option of $14.1M. Diggs has a salary (plus roster and w/o bonuses) of $19.0M. Those are the cap hits that would travel to a new team. Also if SF trades Aiyuk his new team will have already negotiated an extension.

[TheFunPolice]

Aiyuk+Diggs= Von Miller type money/cap hit

 

That's depressing, because I would much rather have the 2 WR than a DE who can't play anymore 

 

 

[Freddie's Dead]

[SoonerBillsFan]

I would take him here in a heartbeat.

[Solomon Grundy]

1 hour ago, BillsWest said:

They went on to say one option would be a trade to Buffalo for Diggs.  One disgruntled wr for another.  Though Diggs is 5 years older and has double the salary.

Everyone wants to trade away Josh Allen's go to guy. 🤷

[Steptide]

I don't wanna get any vet wr's to use as our number 1. Any vet we sign should be wr 3 Imo. I wanna draft young studs. I don't wanna keep trying re treads. 

[MJS]

Diggs isn't tradeable.

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

1 hour ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

I don't see a scenario where trading diggs makes sense and doesn't just open up a massive hole.  No compensation offered will do anything to move the needle.  The offers will be things like 4th and 5th round picks.  I don't want that.  

 

Improving WR2 should help a lot.  Need more speed, and ideally someone with more route running chops.  Brady never really got it working with Diggs oddly enough, but I'm willing to bet he has a plan since they hired him.  

 

WR1 - Diggs

WR2 - ??? - Ideally a rookie with some wheels and hands

WR3 - Shakir

WR4 - ??? - Vet who can play inside and out

WR5 - Harty i guess - totally open to moving him but maybe they just lower the cap hit and keep him as a returner

WR6 - Shorter or a rookie who outplays him

Agree with this, except we don't know if the vet or the rookie is WR2 or WR4 yet. Could go either way. 

[EasternOHBillsFan]

31 minutes ago, Solomon Grundy said:

Everyone wants to trade away Josh Allen's go to guy. 🤷

 

His go to guy is now Kincaid, FYI... the numbers bear that out since Brady took over.

[Mark Vader]

Sounds like Aiyuk values himself more than he's really worth. Is he that good?

[Sestak4ever]

2 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

He’ll end up in the AFC on a team we’re competing against.

Probably KC. They will look for a number 1 wr this offseason.

[Sweats]

No way does any team want Diggs with that attitude and contract baggage.

[H2o]

Financially, we cannot trade Diggs. The only way would be if he added like 3 void years to his contract so we could spread out the cap hit. And I don't know if that's even legal by NFL rules, to add void years to a contract without adding anything else. It's not gonna happen. I think Aiyuk, if traded, will end up in Houston, New England, or maybe Tennessee. 

[FireChans]

45 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

Sounds like Aiyuk values himself more than he's really worth. Is he that good?

Yes, he is.

[Shaw66]

2 hours ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

 

WR1 - Diggs

WR2 - ??? - Ideally a rookie with some wheels and hands

WR3 - Shakir

WR4 - ??? - Vet who can play inside and out

WR5 - Harty i guess - totally open to moving him but maybe they just lower the cap hit and keep him as a returner

WR6 - Shorter or a rookie who outplays him

I think this list demonstrates that the receiver issue is quite manageable, so long as we assume Diggs will return to form.  Personally, I think Diggs was dealing with undisclosed, or underdisclosed, injuries, and he'll be back.  If that's true, they just need a quality #2, and they can fill in the #4 spot easily enough.  

 

The success of the passing game depends much more on what Brady does than some major overhauls of the wideout room.