Poll - Would you trade our 2025 1st round pick to move up in this draft to get a top WR

[SoTier]

17 hours ago, H2o said:

If I trade our 1st next year it would have to be for MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze.None of them will make it to 17 or 18. 

 

Absolutely agree.  At the Bills' talent level, they need players who will make significant impact even as rookies.    MHJ, Nabers and Odunze are the guys most likely to be studs from the get-go.  They are significantly better than the rest of a very deep WR class where potential good WRs are likely to be available even in the second round.  If a team can't move up high enough to get one of the very top guys, what's the point of spending next year's first when sitting tight or trading up only a couple of spots can yield a WR of about the same caliber of any other WR they could get at #17 or #18?

[ganesh]

18 hours ago, H2o said:

If I trade our 1st next year it would have to be for MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze.None of them will make it to 17 or 18. 

The draft always surprises you.  

 

DK Metcalf was a sure fire  1st Round pick in the 1st half of the round...and yet he fell down to the 2nd half of the 2nd round.  You never know who will fall.

[mushypeaches]

You only trade a future first-round pick to move up for one position - and it isn't WR

[PBF81]

At this point Beane's been at this for 6 years of drafts.  The only reason why we've had an above-average WR corps on our team is because of Diggs, and Beane paid top-shelf money for Diggs.  

 

At this point in the game he needs to own the situation as such.  He's got at least a mild cap issue, of which Diggs, whom many say is finished as a #1, is a significant part of, particularly if he is finished.  

 

We haven't drafted anything but a top #3 WR on Beane's watch, and that's Davis whom few like.  

 

Who knows who's driving the bus on final-say for our drafts, but at this point, get it done or find someone that can.  

 

 

[Alphadawg7]

IMHO...Absolutely not in this draft.  

 

You said top 5 WR, I know who 4 of them are...MHJ, Nabers, Odunze, Thomas...but who is 5?  That is a highly debatable 5th guy...is it Mitchell who has off the chart traits, but for some reason the on field production doesn't match?  Is it Worthy who runs fast but is built like a stick figure at 6'1 and 165 pounds who most question can even be a WR1 at the next level or is better suited for a WR2 role.  Is it Leggette who some don't even have ranked in the top 10 who has high upside but also probably the lowest floor?  

 

See that is the issue...if you are talking about a first round pick, it needs to be for a slam dunk elite prospect, and that really comes down to MHJ, Nabers, and Odunze...maybe Thomas.  But Thomas should be able to be had for less than a first round pick type move up too and is possible could still get to us at 28 without a trade up.

 

Honestly, after the top 4 guys, the rest get muddled together from 5-11 and are more about how different people see each one.  Really the top 10 WR's in this draft all have legit WR1 potential and would have cases for the first round in several other drafts, and probably 2-4 of them will also be first rounders this draft.  That next group is in no particular order:  Mitchell, Worthy, McConkey, Leggette, Coleman, Franklin, Pearsall.  

 

How anyone ranks that group will vary greatly person to person...and the fact remains that most of those guys will be on the board at 28 not requiring us to spend a first round pick to go get.  To give up a first to get one would be worse than doing it get Sammy Watkins as we are not even getting the top WR prospect, we are using a future first to get at best the 5th best WR prospect who may be the 8th best WR prospect on someone elses board.

 

So unless we are getting one of the big 3, its an awful trade.  And even if we do get one of the big 3, it still makes no sense when so many very good prospects remain, not to mention all the talent that will come out of this draft on day 2 and 3.  

 

 

[Don Otreply]

There is essentially no need to do so, we can get an acceptable WR at 28 in this draft, 

[Neo]

10 hours ago, Sweats said:

The only player i would throw draft picks on is MHJ......if that's out of the realm of possibility, then you just let it go and let the draft come to you.

 

 

Interesting take on Harrison and Nabors.

 

 

 

 

 

[Kirby Jackson]

4 hours ago, mushypeaches said:

You only trade a future first-round pick to move up for one position - and it isn't WR

That’s an antiquated way of thinking. The salary cap has changed that. With WRs now getting $30M annually, you can no longer afford to pay a top QB AND top WR. You need to get elite WRs on rookie deals (especially with the 5th year option). Pass rushers are similar too. You NOW do trade future 1sts for elite players at those positions (see Anderson, Will).

[RobbRiddick]

only for Ricky Williams

[Kaenon]

What are your thoughts on trading up for a WR in this draft?

2024 is supposed to be loaded.

Like in 2014.

 

2014 Bills trade #9 (2014) and 2015 1st and 4th to move up to #4 to take Sammy Watkins.

2014 remaining class

#7 - Mike Evans

#12 - OBJ

#20 - Brandin Cooks

#28 - Kelvin Benjamin

#39 - Marquise Lee

#42 - Jordan Matthews

#45 - Paul Richardson

#53 - Davante Adams

#56 - Cody Latimore

#61 - Allen Robinson 

#63 - Jarvis Landry

 

Stacked 2 rounds there.

I think 2024 will yield similar results.

Value throughout the 2nd, even if we don't hit round 1. 

[Brand J]

Seems like this is the 3rd or 4th thread covering this topic. There’s not even threads on other positions really, its all WR, WR, WR.

[Kaenon]

Just now, Brand J said:

Seems like this is the 3rd or 4th thread covering this topic. There’s not even threads on other positions really, its all WR, WR, WR.

My guy is Johnny Newton.

But, I will admit it's hard to stay away from all the WR train talk!

[Brand J]

Just on the front page of the board, we have:

 

We are set at WR. Maybe we’ll grab one in Round 6

 

After yesterday who is your WR pick at 28?

 

Poll: Would you trade our 2025 1st round pick to move up in this draft to get a top WR?

 

Is drafting Diggs replacement a priority in this draft? 

 

Marvin Harrison Junior wants to be a Bill

 

2024 WR Draft Class

 

And now yours: Trading up for a WR?

 

Talk about WR fatigue! Let’s hear about some of these other positions. How does Chop Robinson compare to Micah Parsons or Dwight Freeney for example?

[FireChans]

Wait, we traded up for Sammy Watkins?

[BillsFanForever19]

How many threads do we need about this?

[Kaenon]

6 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

How many threads do we need about this?

I mean Beane said today on Pat MacAfee's show we'd take 11 WRs, so I'd say 11 threads!

😂

[78thealltimegreat]

Absolutely not unless one of the Big 3 receivers somehow fell past 10 the Bills are at the phase where they need the picks to backfill what they lose in free agency and the more picks the merrier 

[K D]

2 words: Sammy Flat Earth Watkins

[BarleyNY]

On 3/25/2024 at 7:38 PM, H2o said:

If I trade our 1st next year it would have to be for MHJ, Nabers, or Odunze.None of them will make it to 17 or 18. 

/thread

 

I’d happily do it for one of them - especially MJH or Nabors - but not for anyone else. 

[Low Positive]

10 hours ago, Kaenon said:

What are your thoughts on trading up for a WR in this draft?

2024 is supposed to be loaded.

Like in 2014.

 

2014 Bills trade #9 (2014) and 2015 1st and 4th to move up to #4 to take Sammy Watkins.

2014 remaining class

#7 - Mike Evans

#12 - OBJ

#20 - Brandin Cooks

#28 - Kelvin Benjamin

#39 - Marquise Lee

#42 - Jordan Matthews

#45 - Paul Richardson

#53 - Davante Adams

#56 - Cody Latimore

#61 - Allen Robinson 

#63 - Jarvis Landry

 

Stacked 2 rounds there.

I think 2024 will yield similar results.

Value throughout the 2nd, even if we don't hit round 1. 

I could use that same list to make my argument, which is that there will be busts in this years “stacked” WR class.  That’s a list of 12 players, of which only three turned out to be #1 WRs. And the best one was picked at 53.