Unsourced rumor mill: Some Chiefs believe Allen has long wanted to play with (Hollywood) Brown

[Nephilim17]

Not sure he's a bona fide number 1 guy but he does have speed.

Is speed on the boundary with our WR room enough even if a guy's never had number 1 production? 

[SCBills]

Hollywood Brown, while a risk - a year removed now from his injury, is probably a better bet than bringing back Amari Cooper if we're being honest.

 

I like Cooper if we didn't have Keon Coleman, but we need a speed guy/deep threat on the outside.

 

I wouldn't hate it if we brought back the same Offense, re-signed Hollins/Johnson and then swapped out Cooper for Brown.   Then focus the rest of FA/Draft on loading up this Defense.

 

My biggest worry about Brown is that 2/5ths of our WR room would be Brown/Samuel and that's a lot of injury history there.  May want to carry 6 WR's and draft a speed guy too.

[YoloinOhio]

11 hours ago, Brand J said:

Under our pass happy offensive coordinator, sure, Gabe Davis cashed in. Under Joe Brady? Buffalo is where WRs go to put up underwhelming numbers 😅

Brady was also limited to the personnel that he had and utilized schemes to win games. If he had a WR who could legit separate and win vertically, he would factor that in to his game plan 

 

I think the article sounds a little weird and don’t see the connection of Josh to Brown but would not be against signing him as it is an underwhelming WR draft class 

Edited 3 hours ago by YoloinOhio

[TheBeaneBandit]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Hollywood Brown, while a risk - a year removed now from his injury, is probably a better bet than bringing back Amari Cooper if we're being honest.

 

I like Cooper if we didn't have Keon Coleman, but we need a speed guy/deep threat on the outside.

 

I wouldn't hate it if we brought back the same Offense, re-signed Hollins/Johnson and then swapped out Cooper for Brown.   Then focus the rest of FA/Draft on loading up this Defense.

 

My biggest worry about Brown is that 2/5ths of our WR room would be Brown/Samuel and that's a lot of injury history there.  May want to carry 6 WR's and draft a speed guy too.

I like that plan and support you😆

[ExWNYer]

1 hour ago, quincy said:

Super Bowl buzz: Latest on NFL free agency, draft, coaches - Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano

 

 

Looks like KC wants to keep him but some "people with the Chiefs" believe that Josh has "long wanted to play with Brown".

 

Some extra buzz for Brown has been created. ESPN screenshot is below.

 

 

 

Are these the same "people with the Chiefs" who thought that Kermit & Co. were just going to show up at the Super Bowl and 'three-peat'?

[MJS]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

We have 3 WRs on the roster and zero that can definitely start outside. We aren't in a position to say "no thanks" to any possible legit option.

And yet, I said it.

[Bruffalo]

This is basically getting another John Brown isn’t it?  I think it’s a good idea, and I see a role to be filled.

[Warriorspikes51]

I guess I can be talked into it....I'm just not really sold on him being impactful / able to stay healthy 

he's played 25 games over the past 3 seasons.... 

[KOKBILLS]

13 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

You really think they'd re-sign Hollins

 

Sure hope Hollins comes back.

Outside of some insane deal coming his way from outside, I cannot imagine a world where Mack does not re-sign. To say he was an integral piece to the 2024 puzzle may be an understatement... He did a lot, and he did it with his own brand of style that the fan base obviously loved. 

[Warriorspikes51]

Shakir

Coleman

Samuel

 

Hollins needs to be re-signed. His toughness, nasty, humor, love for his teammates and somewhat clutch is a great combo 

Cooper, I'd be good with re-signing depending on cost...although if they believe an upgrade is possible, cool 

I don't see Hollywood Brown as an upgrade to Amari Cooper 


 

Edited 2 hours ago by Warriorspikes51

[K D]

First Kincaid, then Coleman, and now Brown. Josh apparently has terrible taste in receivers

[balln]

13 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

If Samuel is even relatively healthy this season, it's a wash and I'm sticking with Curtis one last year. I think we will resign Hollins to a 2/ 8M kinda contract. And I think we draft another wr somewhere in the first 3 picks.  I'm giving Coleman & Kincaid one more year to prove themselves. No doubt we extend Shakir.  I want no part of this Hollywood. 

Yea - Altho Samuel was disappointing this year-

 

totally going with turf toe limited him. Near the end of the year he was open A lot. Underneath / mid range with seperation and Josh just didn’t throw him the ball enough IMO. Hopefully that’s just lack of playing time with each other.

 

the bills MADE their investment with him last season. 3 year deal is no joke. You have to hope you’re right. Can’t dump him too early. I could make a stock market analogy but I’ll hold it. Otherwise you’re spinning your wheels. We need to beef up - actually get a whole new cow on D.

[streetkings01]

3 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

We have 3 WRs on the roster and zero that can definitely start outside. We aren't in a position to say "no thanks" to any possible legit option.

With all that we had one of the best offenses in the NFL, sooooooo…..

[BillsShredder83]

13 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

And our offense was the best it’s ever been. 
 

Im completely confused on what to do at WR. I would love a talented WR on a rookie contract. I’m not sure about spending big cap on one.

Our separation stats are so bad. I just don’t know if last years success is sustainable with WRs and a system that don’t create separation.

 

 

Bad draft for WR really. ughhh wish we'd went to that well again last year. rspecially knowing last year was supposed to be a special class, and this years being dog chit.... not to mention the guy would be carrying a year into the offense starting fall 2025

[KOKBILLS]

6 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:

Bad draft for WR really. ughhh wish we'd went to that well again last year. rspecially knowing last year was supposed to be a special class, and this years being dog chit.... not to mention the guy would be carrying a year into the offense starting fall 2025

 

The depth at WR is just not there this year IMHO... I think there are some good players in Days 1 and 2... But after that it looks like a wasteland to me... I think anyone saying you can wait on WR till Rd 4 is being a little too wishful this year... But we'll see...

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

What a strange thought. Why? The guy would probably love to play with 50 better WRs. Why?

[2003Contenders]

6 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Think back to last offseason. The Bills were in a tight cap situation and desperately needed help at WR. Brown was available and at a price that the Bills could afford. Allen had a lot of success with a lesser version of Hollywood Brown in John Brown. It should come as no surprise that Josh would voice to Beane & co. that we would be interested in playing with that skill set. He is/was a very good fit and affordable.

Which is exactly why I question the credibility of the quote stating that Josh "long" wanted for the Bills to sign him. The team had the choice to do that last season and opted to sign Samuel instead (the Chiefs signed Hollywood a few days AFTER the Bills signed Samuel). I would have to think that Josh's desires fit into the equation when the Bills made that decision last season.

 

Maybe Josh really did like Hollywood, but it would seem that he and the team preferred Samuel. Depending on what happens with Cooper, maybe the Bills acquire Hollywood after all -- and end up with both Samuel and Hollywood.

[Cash]

4 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

We have 3 WRs on the roster and zero that can definitely start outside. We aren't in a position to say "no thanks" to any possible legit option.

 

4 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

You know I saw Spotrac projected him to get 2 years $16M and I'm a bit perplexed by that valuation. He got just 1 year $7M last year presumably because teams wanted to make sure he could stay healthy... and he answered that question by getting injured on the first play of preseason and missing almost the entire year. So now his value has gone up? I know the WR market is bad this year but that still doesn't add up for me. I'd think another 1 year prove it deal is all he would get right now.

 

If we can get him on the MVS deal from last year, by all means sign me up.  If it's more in the ballpark of 2 year $16 million... not a fan but I'd hold my nose and root for Brown to have a career year.  (Which wouldn't be saying much, because he's been a bust to date.)