Is trading Milano something Bills should consider?

[Freddie's Dead]

Hmm, how should I put this?  ***** NO!!!  First of all, nobody is going to trade for a guy coming off a broken leg.  we'd get pennies on the dollar.  Second, Cookie is the best pure LB in the NFL (YEAH, I SEDDIT!!).  We give him a chance to come back.  Hopefully they don't Von him and run him out there before he's 100% ready.

[Brandon]

I don't think it's an option,  nor would it be something I'd want to do.  Milano is too good when healthy,  the cap hit for trading him before June 1st is huge,  and I doubt the trade value for a 30 year old LB is high enough to bother with,  anyway. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

1 minute ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Hmm, how should I put this?  ***** NO!!!  First of all, nobody is going to trade for a guy coming off a broken leg.  we'd get pennies on the dollar.  Second, Cookie is the best pure LB in the NFL (YEAH, I SEDDIT!!).  We give him a chance to come back.  Hopefully they don't Von him and run him out there before he's 100% ready.

If it’s just a broken leg he’ll be ready to roll very soon. Probably won’t even miss OTA.

[julian]

Milano and Bernard looked ridiculous together in the small sample size we had last year, it’s probably what I’m looking forward to seeing most besides watching 17 dismantle defenses.

 

Its a very hard no.

[LABILLBACKER]

3 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

Nope.

 

Totally ignoring the money, it still doesn't make sense. But with the massive dead money hit this would cause it makes even less.

 

Spotrac has the first potential out year as the offseason after 2025.

 

 

Exactly...Milano is our best defensive player who is probably underpaid. At the very least we keep him these next 2 seasons and pray for no injuries. 

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

In a hypothetical world, yes, someone could make an offer that would make me want to trade Milano. I think a 1st + is a decent starting point. 

 

In the real world, who the heck would be willing to trade a 1st + for Milano when he's coming off a major injury ?

 

He has a 14.8mm active cap hit this coming season and will trigger 25mm in dead cap if we trade him. We would need a huge trade return to make up for the cap hit, not to mention losing a great player. 

[warrior9]

If we can find a way to package him with Josh Allen and get some good value in return, why not? 

 

I mean, we've waiting 20 years to have a good roster and a team that can compete for a Super Bowl again. We finally have it, why not offer our best players to other teams? 

Edited March 4 by warrior9

[ngbills]

The nfl is full Of jag’s. You can throw just about any of them on the field and call it an emergence. They made the nfl fit a reason. All pro level guys is another story. You don’t get rid of all pros and replace them with jag’s. 

[LABILLBACKER]

39 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Well we didn’t have Milano or Bernard. I’ve seen Milano in the playoffs, so far he hasn’t been that impact guy. Not sure he’ll all of a sudden be that guy as he gets deeper into his 30’s. 
 

Bernard is the guy I’m hoping steps up in the playoffs because we haven’t seen him in the playoffs yet.

 

 

Other than Josh, nobody has stepped up in the playoffs. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Other than Josh, nobody has stepped up in the playoffs. 

Basically. I’ve been saying this. It’s a shame we didn’t get to see Milano and Bernard together much last year though. I had a feeling Bernard was going to go off in the playoffs.

Edited March 4 by Buffalo_Stampede

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Other than Josh, nobody has stepped up in the playoffs. 

 

There was that Gabe Davis guy a couple years ago vs the Chiefs. We should make a run at him!    😋

[nucci]

No

[Buffalo_Stampede]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

There was that Gabe Davis guy a couple years ago vs the Chiefs. We should make a run at him!    😋

He’s had a couple important games. His first playoff game also. Made some incredible catches and we might not win without him.

 

But it’s time to move on.

[Warcodered]

2 hours ago, John from Riverside said:

Tell me this is a joke

The original poster posted the silliest thing I will see all day
 

Switching to a 34 would be the second

This idea is right behind that tweet about trading Josh Allen to the Bears.

3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

No. Dodson is a free agent, Spector is a backup and I don't know we have seen enough from Williams yet to say he can definitely play. I'm actually looking forward to a year of Bernard and Milano. That feels like a playmaking combo to me. 

Healthy Bernard and Milano feels like something that should inspire fear in teams come next season they were starting to look scary good.

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

44 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

One of the best players in a beat down?

It’s a team game. Not Milano’s fault that the players around him failed and it doesn’t take away from his individual performance. 

[wppete]

Wow what a take. Horrible idea. Milano is the best player on defense hands down. 

[90sBills]

2 hours ago, mrags said:

Nope. Not to mention that nobody would want an often injured LB who’s going to be 30 at the start of the season. Don’t care how good he is, you aren’t getting a team to trade for him. At least not enough for it to be worth it on our end. 

This is the kind of contract structure that keeps Bills at a cap disadvantage. Dead money tied to aging players.

1 hour ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

One of the few legit super stars we have and u think we should trade him ? SMH. Milano would’ve been the key difference in that KC game and directly one of the reasons we lost. 

Yeah I vividly remember him giving up a TD trying to cover Kelce in the 13 sec game. If only he was available to provide an encore to that remarkable performance. 

[BADOLBILZ]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

If it’s just a broken leg he’ll be ready to roll very soon. Probably won’t even miss OTA.

 

Hmmph..........I thought Beane just said the other day that Matt Milano probably won't be ready until TC and maybe not even at the beginning of camp?

 

So to the OP...........no because:

 

1) You can't trade an injured player or/and

2) He doesn't have the trade value of an early round pick because of the injury, salary(9.2M base salary) age(30 in July) and positional value(LB's don't tend to get drafted early because the position is devalued) .

 

 

 

Edited March 4 by BADOLBILZ

[Buffalo_Stampede]

2 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

Hmmph..........I thought Beane just said the other day that Matt Milano probably won't be ready until TC and maybe not even at the beginning of camp?

 

So to the OP...........no because:

 

1) You can't trade an injured player or/and

2) He doesn't have the trade value of an early round pick because of the injury, salary(9.2M base salary) age(30 in July) and positional value(LB's don't tend to get drafted early because the position is devalued) .

 

 

 

Just being cautious with his words. A broken leg just doesn’t take that long.

[Warriorspikes51]

I'd trade 28, Milano and next year's 1st to go up and get Marvin Harrison Jr  

Other than that, no