DK Metcalf traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers

[Doc Brown]

11 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said:

That offense scored 30 points a game.  The offense isn’t the issue.  The defense is the issue (this is a recording).

They were 10th in yards per game.  Turnovers will regress to the mean on both sides and there's no way our o-line is staying that healthy all year again.

[bearstobills]

1 hour ago, Jerboski said:

Guess you forgot the AJ brown trade as well 

shocker 

And I'm guessing you forgot that the Chiefs traded away their superstar to remain financially responsible and a well rounded team...and guess what...they won 2 more titles without him.

[bearstobills]

1 hour ago, Jerboski said:

Guess you forgot the AJ brown trade as well 

shocker 

I'm happy to admit that superstar hunting can be effective.  It can also be disastrous.

Can you admit that not paying 30 million a year and a 2nd round draft pick for a guy who hasn't gone over a 1000 yds in 3 of his 6 seasons and doesn't run routes well might be good business?

[Thrivefourfive]

4 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said:

Beane's cheap! 😉

Yeah.. what’s McDermott’s contract?? Better be peanuts like in the old days. 

[Doc Brown]

5 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

The CONTENDER and WARM weathered Pittsburgh. Gotcha

Pittsburgh, PA is actually quite nice this time of year.

 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

10 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Wow. 
 

I am surprised this is the destination. No QB, cold weather, must be all about the Benjamins 

must be?

 

pure example of a player that cares not where he plays or who he plays with, just pay me ridiculous money and I'm there.

Edited yesterday at 10:41 AM by DaBillsFanSince1973

[Coach Tuesday]

This is why they need to be using their premium draft picks on premium positions.  This is what those guys cost when you when to go shopping for them at the mall.  I can live with not paying DK $33m/year.  It is inexcusable to me that they only drafted one WR in 2024’s receiver-heavy draft.  Do Better, Brandon.

Edited yesterday at 12:08 PM by Coach Tuesday

[BillsShredder83]

12 hours ago, gonzo1105 said:

Here comes the massive panic already. He’s a good WR but hardly the player everyone makes him out to be. 33 million AAV with no QB and whiny ass George Pickens on the other side , this is going to blow up in Pittsburghs face 

Almost certain they ship bitchens out. Im one to say i don't mind some diva for high end performance but the dude is unbearable 

[Mr. WEO]

Steelers have become the Browns with more playoff appearances.  Who's running that whacked out franchise?

37 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

This is why they need to be using their premium draft picks on premium positions.  This is what those guys cost when you when to go shopping for them at the mall.  I can live with not paying DK $33m/year.  It is inexcusable to me that they only drafted one WR in 2024’s receiver-heavy draft.  Do Better, Brandon.

 

he's suddenly going to be able to evaluate top WR draft prospects?  It's been how many years he's been at this?

[GASabresIUFan]

7 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

They were 10th in yards per game.  Turnovers will regress to the mean on both sides and there's no way our o-line is staying that healthy all year again.

The OL has stayed heathy the last 2 years and has significant young talented depth.  The team was 2nd in TDs and our style of offense is designed to limit turnovers.  
 

No one is saying don’t improve the WR group, but the defense is why this team lost in the playoffs the last 2 years.  We are desperate for help on the DL, at CB and S.  This is where Beane will and should be concentrating his cap spending.  
 

Defense still wins championships, just ask Philly and KC.

[Dillenger4]

This wreaks of a new QB like Stafford or Rodgers. I can also imagine a Daniel Jones trade to pitt LOL.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

8 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

They were 10th in yards per game.  Turnovers will regress to the mean on both sides and there's no way our o-line is staying that healthy all year again.

 

6th in yards per play, and 6th in first downs.  28th in number of offensive plays run. 

[Jerboski]

7 hours ago, bearstobills said:

I'm happy to admit that superstar hunting can be effective.  It can also be disastrous.

Can you admit that not paying 30 million a year and a 2nd round draft pick for a guy who hasn't gone over a 1000 yds in 3 of his 6 seasons and doesn't run routes well might be good business?

Maybe DK wasn’t the right or maybe he was… what I can’t understand about your logic is running it back, why does that make sense? They have tried running it back for multiple years with the same results: Sean gets outcoached by the chiefs/or nobody steps up outside of Allen really to make a clutch play.. we have seen this what three times now, so yeah I’m not an advocate of running it back because I already know what the outcome will be so do you. 
 

The goal is not to make the afc championship game, we have done that for years. It’s to actually win the Super Bowl while you have a guy like Josh Allen. I see no reason why to run it back when it hasn’t been good enough for years, you have to take chances like the eagles and rams have done 

 

the chiefs are a better coached team than you, and they draft better than you and they actually have guys who step up for Mahomes time after time in the playoffs. We don’t, so you have to do something different 

[Jerboski]

7 hours ago, bearstobills said:

And I'm guessing you forgot that the Chiefs traded away their superstar to remain financially responsible and a well rounded team...and guess what...they won 2 more titles without him.

The chiefs are not our model and shouldn’t be 

 

we don’t have a HC like they do nor do we draft as well as they do. You can’t beat the chiefs by trying to be the chiefs 

 

we have proven that more than any team in the league 

 

props to Philly for actually going for it and taking swings 

[Coach Tuesday]

47 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

he's suddenly going to be able to evaluate top WR draft prospects?  It's been how many years he's been at this?

 

Doubtful, but he's a good enough executive to self-scout and identify what his group is bad at and improve upon the process.

Edited yesterday at 01:31 PM by Coach Tuesday

[No_Matter_What]

13 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

It's $30M AAV, exactly what was reported. Nothing about the trade compensation or the money is shocking. This was the known asking price. Rousseau plus Bernard's AAV more than makes up for it. Beane chose the two solid players over the one great player. That decision is emblematic of his strategy in general and it hasn't gotten us over the hump.

This is simply not true. He chose two great players at least - Diggs and Miller.

 

And you are simplyfing things a lot but calling Bernard and especially Groot "solid" and Metcalf "great". Rousseau and Metcalf are much closer imo than you make it to be but you put them into different categories so your argument sounds better.

 

I know that you already explained your position on this more than enough so this is just me telling you that I disagree

[Andrew Son]

1 minute ago, No_Matter_What said:

 

I know that you already explained your position on this more than enough.

Understatement of the century   

[RiotAct]

11 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Yes, but no way he's worth 30 large.  Huge overpay especially with Geno throwing to him.

true ideally it would have been a more team-friendly contract 

[Einstein's Dog]

49 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said:

The OL has stayed heathy the last 2 years and has significant young talented depth.  The team was 2nd in TDs and our style of offense is designed to limit turnovers.  
 

No one is saying don’t improve the WR group, but the defense is why this team lost in the playoffs the last 2 years.  We are desperate for help on the DL, at CB and S.  This is where Beane will and should be concentrating his cap spending.  
 

Defense still wins championships, just ask Philly and KC.

Well, I'm in the bummed group of missing out on DK.  I don't prescribe to the offense v defense battle and instead look at it from acquiring a top talent.  DK was, IMO, the most doable get out of the top bunch (Garrett/Crosby/Hendrickson/DK).  You would still do the D stuff, it was/is an allocation of resources.

 

Speaking of allocation of resources, weren't you a big pay Cook proponent?  I am now thinking Cooks importance has increased.  Any WR that I hope the Bills get will be of a lower tier, more short term, and lower cost than DK - C Kupp, A Cooper, D Slayton.   Beane needs to fix this Cook situation, the offense needs him (I would have preferred having DK and being cheap on RBs, but that ship has sailed).

[Mr. WEO]

48 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

Doubtful, but he's a good enough executive to self-scout and identify what his group is bad at and improve upon the process.

 

it's bad at drafting very good WRs.  he hasn't improved on that.