Buffalo trades for Amari Cooper! (for a 3rd rnd pick and a late round swap)

[MikePJ76]

4 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

You think the browns are getting a big time player in the third? The browns draft history is here

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/draft.htm

Now look at what Beane has done in the third.

 

Dewayne Carter

Dorian Williams

Terrel Bernard

Spencer Brown

 

 

pretty good players.  Hopefully Cooper is great and will make me forget it cost us 3rd.

[GunnerBill]

Love it. He was my #1 target of the realistic options all factors considered. 

 

This isn't like trading for Stef Diggs in 2020 but it has the potential to transform this offense all the same.

[jcamm1966]

27 minutes ago, appoo said:

Am I allowed to take credit for this consistently calling for him after seeing MVS for exactly 1 game

 

Me Too check the tape

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

Just now, Ethan in Cleveland said:

And 30 million in dead cap 

 

Look at it like a 30m cap hit for cooper?  does that make it better?  

[No_Matter_What]

26 minutes ago, US Egg said:

NO MORE WR THREADS!

Absolutely this.

 

I love that Beane made this move early so we don't need fifty more threads about WRs we might possibly target.

[NoName]

1 minute ago, DrPJax said:

We gave a 2025 third , swapped and got a 2025 6 th , gave them a 2025 7 th , 800 k salary cap hit for a guy with 1200 yards last year.  So only gave one pick, swapped a sixth we get if theirs which will be high, for our 7 th in 2025 .Macafee and butler on their saw it as a big steal fir hard worker , no problem guy who butler on macafee said is a legit #1 , not quite as good as raider wr , but this is a great trade. Really needed. Hope Brady gets it figured out quickly. 
 

Huh????

[Ethan in Cleveland]

1 minute ago, NoName said:

Are you sure Hollis is the one going to the bench?

Has to be MVS. Hollis is still a capable blocker and is worth being WR#5

[eball]

16 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Yes I was fine for allowing this group to get better each week and maybe grabbing another younger wr off a team with multiple years left on his deal.  

 

I hate everything about this trade.  That third round pick missing is going to sting big time in april.

Ok, we get it after three or four posts. Mikey Pajamas doesn’t like the trade. Got it, dude. 
 

[Doc Brown]

1 minute ago, MikePJ76 said:

Now look at what Beane has done in the third.

 

Dewayne Carter

Dorian Williams

Terrel Bernard

Spencer Brown

 

 

pretty good players.  Hopefully Cooper is great and will make me forget it cost us 3rd.

We could get a 3rd round comp pick for Cooper.  Unlikely but possible.

[akm0404]

Makes a lot of sense as he's about the only piece we can afford.  Obviously that's why he commands such high draft compensation for a half year rental.

 

So all that seems fine, but honestly Cooper's attitude/outward expression puts me off about him.  Always looks disinterested and lazy/loafing.  Obviously he's been a producer, but something about his body language bugs me.

 

Hope it works, kind of surprised we're looking to add in what was clearly a lost season to get out of cap hell and unburden ourselves from Diggs/Miller.  This doesn't hurt that per se, but it's a bit of a mixed message.

[Coach Tuesday]

11 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

I can't remember the last time a hypothetical move widely talked out amongst the fanbase actually happened. This is crazy.

 

Takeo Spikes

[MikePJ76]

2 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Not as much because we have the extra second from Minnesota. It was always going to cost a bit more in draft capital because the Browns already paid him. 

that is a fair point and the prescence of the Chiefs needing help also probably plays a part.

 

i just hate trading any picks in those first three rounds.

 

For all I know Beane will turn one of the 2's into two 3's next year or a 3 and a 4 or something which would be fine.

Edited 17 hours ago by MikePJ76

[Ethan in Cleveland]

1 minute ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:

 

Look at it like a 30m cap hit for cooper?  does that make it better?  

No but it's water under the bridge now

 

All pressure switches to McD and Brady now. Beane has given them the tools for deep playoff run. 

[mannc]

17 minutes ago, TheBrownBear said:

Josh Allen isn't going to be in his prime forever.  Giving up a third rounder isn't the end of the world.  And there are potentially expendable assets that we can trade to recoup it down the line. 

Aren't we due to collect a third-round comp pick this year anyway, due Gabe Davis and some of the other guys we let walk? 

[YoloinOhio]

6 minutes ago, Sabres 2025 said:

Amari Cooper is exactly what the Bills needed. They needed a guy that helps them jump from and AFC East winning team to a potential Super Bowl winning team. He will be a major difference maker in the playoffs.  

 

Go Bills.

He’s also a WR that other teams actually need to game plan for 

[Blank Stare]

LFG!!!! Love this move!
 

Thank you Beane for stepping up and not hanging Josh out to dry any longer. Completely remakes the offense. Incredible!

[NoName]

Amari cooper is a big name but I don’t really know his game.  Can someone tell us what kind of player are we getting? His strengths and weaknesses?

[co_springs_billsfan]

1 minute ago, No_Matter_What said:

Absolutely this.

 

I love that Beane made this move early so we don't need fifty more threads about WRs we might possibly target.

I think we need a thread: Did Beane miss a chance to double dip trade at WR?????

[HansLanda]

Just now, akm0404 said:

Makes a lot of sense as he's about the only piece we can afford.  Obviously that's why he commands such high draft compensation for a half year rental.

 

So all that seems fine, but honestly Cooper's attitude/outward expression puts me off about him.  Always looks disinterested and lazy/loafing.  Obviously he's been a producer, but something about his body language bugs me.

 

Hope it works, kind of surprised we're looking to add in what was clearly a lost season to get out of cap hell and unburden ourselves from Diggs/Miller.  This doesn't hurt that per se, but it's a bit of a mixed message.

 

this we no really nothing about aside from body language...but I will give him some grace since he played in Cleveland. 

[One Buffalo]