DK Metcalf traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers

[TheBeaneBandit]

So much for a stable quarterback situation....loser😂😆🤣

[Warriorspikes51]

1 minute ago, davefan66 said:

Not a great list.

 

Free agent receivers

I’d look at Courtland Sutton if he’s available

[MikePJ76]

4 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

Slayton is still the guy I want us to go after in FA.

 

Fits the mold of YAC, deep threat we need on the outside.

most importantly, he is a great locker room guy and is all about the team.

 

He is a perfect fit.  I hope they work out a 3 yer deal with him.  He can maximize the targets he gets with his speed and wont complain when he is not the main guy, which he wont be.  

 

Meanwhile, when the steelers lose 17-9 at baltimore in december I am not so sure it will be a nice locker room to be in.

[LEBills]

Just now, TheBeaneBandit said:

So much for a stable quarterback situation....loser😂😆🤣

DKs just a big believer in Justin Fields

[HappyDays]

15 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

in Beane’s defense, 5 for 150 is pretty crazy…

 

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.

[BobbyC81]

25 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Whelp there you go. The cold weather excuse is gone. We didn't make this trade because Beane didn't want to. And if our outside WRs struggle as badly as they did last year, this will be the latest example of him failing to add to the room. I really hope he has some kind of plan.

Insert Kevyn Adams’ “We will improve by internal development.”

[bearstobills]

2 minutes ago, Jerboski said:

Rinse and repeat every year 

 

go all in and give him a weapon or a defensive weapon 

 

is that really that complicated to grasp 

If rinse and repeat gets you to the AFC championship game every year, keep rinsing and keep repeating.  Btw, see Diggs, Amari Cooper, Emanuel Sanders, and draft picks like Cook, Shakir, and Kincaid for weapons.  The DK deal is a bad one and would have handcuffed the Bills on both sides of the ball for years.  But he's a star that you've heard of, so that means "going for it" in your mind.  We went for it with Von Miller.  How'd that work out for us?

[TheBeaneBandit]

1 minute 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.

Well to be fair I guarantee it won't get Pittsburgh over the hump either.... I promise you that.

[Warriorspikes51]

1 minute 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.

it’s the 5 years IMO that is unexpected.  

[Jerboski]

7 minutes ago, appoo said:

You mean like Stefon Diggs and Von Miller

Yes exactly like that 

1 minute ago, bearstobills said:

If rinse and repeat gets you to the AFC championship game every year, keep rinsing and keep repeating.  Btw, see Diggs, Amari Cooper, Emanuel Sanders, and draft picks like Cook, Shakir, and Kincaid for weapons.  The DK deal is a bad one and would have handcuffed the Bills on both sides of the ball for years.  But he's a star that you've heard of, so that means "going for it" in your mind.  We went for it with Von Miller.  How'd that work out for us?

So missing one time on Von means never again 

how’d it work out for the rams 

how’d it work out for the eagles 

howd it work out for the chiefs early on

 

thought so 

[Fetou]

Wouldn't mind the draft pick cost at all but that contract is too steep IMO. 

[BillsFan130]

2 minutes 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.

Would you say Metcalf is a great player though? If you look at his stats in his career, he averages just over 1000 yards a season.

 

I think Metcalf is a good to very good player. But pound for pound I think benford is better than him- As I think benford is a borderline top 5 corner, and Metcalf is definitely well out of the top 5 and probably isn't even top 10.

 

If you want to argue Metcalf plays more than a premium position, that's definitely fair 

[FireChans]

2 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

it’s the 5 years IMO that is unexpected.  

Which may be meaningless depending on guarantees. 

Seeing as they haven’t been reported, I doubt he got over $100M guaranteed 

[Aussie Joe]

4 minutes 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.

Re-signing Rousseau and Bernard didn’t prevent him from offering that deal to Metcalf ….

[Warriorspikes51]

2 minutes ago, FireChans said:

Which may be meaningless depending on guarantees. 

Seeing as they haven’t been reported, I doubt he got over $100M guaranteed 

fair point. It’s certainly a bit upsetting. I’ve wanted the player for years

[MikePJ76]

andrew brandt pointed out that Saquan Barkley is making 10 million less than Metcalf.

 

lol.

10 minutes 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.

Seahawks GM John Scneider decided to pay Jarran Reed and Ernest Jones over DK Metcalf.

[FireChans]

3 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

andrew brandt pointed out that Saquan Barkley is making 10 million less than Metcalf.

 

lol.

Seahawks GM John Scneider decided to pay Jarran Reed and Ernest Jones over DK Metcalf.

The Seahawks are tanking for the first overall pick I think.

[NoSaint]

12 minutes 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.

he has been a 4 quarters instead of a dollar kind of guy outside miller. 
 

you hope that situation doesn’t sour him on the huge swings you sometimes need

[bearstobills]

4 minutes ago, Jerboski said:

Yes exactly like that 

So missing one time on Von means never again 

how’d it work out for the rams 

how’d it work out for the eagles 

howd it work out for the chiefs early on

 

thought so 

I think Beane goes for it every year.  Again, we were in the AFC championship game last year.  He spent first round capital for a wide receiver and traded for a big name (who did not help) at the deadline.  Btw, Cooper was coming off a much better season than DK.  You mention the Chiefs...what big name did the sign early on that opened their championship window?  The Rams are one of the few stories (in 50 years of fandom) where I've seen that tactic actually work.  And the Eagles got Saquon.  Great move.  He didn't cost 30 million and a 2nd round draft pick.  DK is a very good player.  I don't think a great player.  And I don't believe he's the difference between the Bills and a title, especially considering that they'd have no money (and one less draft pick) to fix the defense.

[L Ron Burgundy]

11 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

most importantly, he is a great locker room guy and is all about the team.

 

Imo a great locker room guy is the very last thing we need.  We have those.  Give me talent.   Speed,  agility, and can catch.  I could not give 1/2 a single f about getting a stand up guy.