In hindsight, should we have traded for Diontae Johnson?

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

1 hour ago, FireChans said:

DJ is $10M on the books for the Panthers.

 

He was traded to Carolina (CAR) from Pittsburgh (PIT) with 2024 7th round pick (#240) for Donte Jackson and 2024 6th round pick (#178). Now, Donte may have had some value for the Stillers but he was likely going to be cut in Carolina, and he signed a restructured $6M deal with them after the trade, so he didn't have a TON of value.

 

So maybe without Jackson to dangle, could we have gotten him for a 4th or a 5th and 6th?

 

In hindsight, is that a move you wished we pulled the trigger on, knowing what we know about Diggs now?

 

I've always followed the Steelers for quite some time and consider them my 2nd team when the Bills were always out of it half way through the season and I root for them when we don't play together. Diontae Johnson had the luxury of playing with Big Ben for his first 3 seasons and by year 3 was Ben's go to WR after the AB situation. I think he would have been a big upgrade to Samuel and would have at the very least lessened the blow of losing Diggs imo. He was a model citizen with ben at QB but started getting Diggs-esque when Pickett/Trubisky/Rudolph took over as QB which is kind of understandable. Most WR's I feel have a bit of diva in them so I don't see it as a terrible thing when they blow up every now and again just not an AB type of blow up.

[NickelCity]

In what world would anyone wish we traded for Diontae Johnson? 

 

Boredom incarnate on the board. 

[Billl]

The Bills are returning 11 TD receptions.  They’ve added Curtis Samuel who caught 4.  James Cook had 4, and he’s the only returning player who had more than 2.  I don’t know that Johnson would have been the answer, but Beane had better figure something out because they’re also returning exactly 2 rushing TDs from players not named Josh Allen.

[NewEra]

No thanks

[NeverOutNick]

No

[Snappysnackcakes]

Dude. He’s Stef Light. Screw these selfish, emotionally unstable WR’s going-forward. They learned a tough lesson BUT almost made a Super Bowl with this guy. Move on. 

[Captain Hindsight]

I have been called

 

Ask me in January and I’ll let you know 

[GunnerBill]

Nope. One of the most overrated players in the league.

[billsfan714]

As someone who lives in the Pittsburgh market, hell no.

[MJS]

Doesn't he drop the ball like all the time?

[GunnerBill]

51 minutes ago, MJS said:

Doesn't he drop the ball like all the time?

 

Yes

[Pete]

You never replace a pain in the ass Diva with a bigger pain in the ass Diva

[buffblue]

Yeah. Every team needs a guy who is a malcontent, drops a ton of passes, and manages to score zero touchdowns in a 20 game span 

[thenorthremembers]

If you wanted to watch someone drop footballs, yes.

[BarleyNY]

11 hours ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:

 

I've always followed the Steelers for quite some time and consider them my 2nd team when the Bills were always out of it half way through the season and I root for them when we don't play together. Diontae Johnson had the luxury of playing with Big Ben for his first 3 seasons and by year 3 was Ben's go to WR after the AB situation. I think he would have been a big upgrade to Samuel and would have at the very least lessened the blow of losing Diggs imo. He was a model citizen with ben at QB but started getting Diggs-esque when Pickett/Trubisky/Rudolph took over as QB which is kind of understandable. Most WR's I feel have a bit of diva in them so I don't see it as a terrible thing when they blow up every now and again just not an AB type of blow up.

 

I can’t believe that Roethlisberger has only been out of the league for two seasons so far. I would’ve sworn that it’s been 4 or 5. 

 

As for Johnson, not for the $10M the Panthers are paying him. No freaking way. 

Edited April 6 by BarleyNY

[EasternOHBillsFan]

You thought GABE dropped balls and ran poor routes... that would be a disaster.

[nedboy7]

April 1st is long past my friend. 

[BillsFooteball]

4 hours ago, Pete said:

You never replace a pain in the ass Diva with a bigger pain in the ass Diva

Especially if the replacement is a huge downgrade skill wise 

[papazoid]

the guy who refused to block ?

 

NO !

[HappyDays]

I would have liked this trade better last year. This year is all about building the new core of WRs that will play with Allen in the 2nd half of his career. I'm not looking for mercenaries, I'm looking for cornerstones.