Which past receiver would you pick whose skill set this team needs most.

[Mikie2times]

It’s Lee Evan’s. Diggs already showed us what a Moulds/Reed style WR could do with Allen. Not to imply they’re the same. But bigger body types. All around great athletes. Polished. I don’t see any of the three bringing something massively different. High end number 1 style play is what all three would bring.

 

What we have never seen with Allen is a WR he can’t over throw. Evan’s was probably the only one in my lifetime who played here I felt that way about. Maybe Lofton as well, but he was a bit more aged by the time he came here. For the type of guy we saw while they played here, it’s Evan’s. Moulds would be second (my opinion). 

Edited 23 hours ago by Mikie2times

[billsfan89]

Prime Moulds would makes this a dam near unstoppable offense. Moulds would open up everything with his ability to work the mid-range game and the deep ball. He was nearly a prototypical outside WR1 and that's with mid-level QB play at best. He wasn't a massive burner but he had enough speed to get open down the field and get over the top of average speed DB's. He was such a technician with route running. Moulds was putting up 1200-1300 yard seasons somewhat consistently with Doug Flutie, Rob Johnson, and a slightly past his prime Bledsoe. 

 

Give Josh Moulds on the outside, Palmer/Keon on the other side and Shakir in the slot and watch Josh cook. 

23 minutes ago, Mikie2times said:

It’s Lee Evan’s. Diggs already showed us what a Moulds/Reed style WR could do with Allen. Not to imply they’re the same. But bigger body types. All around great athletes. Polished. I don’t see any of the three bringing something massively different. High end number 1 style play is what all three would bring.

 

What we have never seen with Allen is a WR he can’t over throw. Evan’s was probably the only one in my lifetime who played here I felt that way about. Maybe Lofton as well, but he was a bit more aged by the time he came here. For the type of guy we saw while they played here, it’s Evan’s. Moulds would be second (my opinion). 

 

I hear what you are saying. But I do think Moulds is a more physical WR than Diggs. Moulds was 2 inches taller and 35 pounds heavier than Diggs with comparable good but not great speed. That's in addition to both players being master route runners with very strong hands. I think Moulds being just a somewhat bigger version of Diggs would take that elite production Diggs was giving and make it even more consistent esp in bigger playoff games where the games tend to be more physical. 

[Alphadawg7]

15 hours ago, FireChans said:

I really long for the offseason where we don’t debate what has-been would be better on the current era Bills.

 

That said, the answer is and will forever be, Moulds.

This thread gets started like every 6 months.  
 

That being said Moulds is the answer.  
 

Evan’s would be my 2nd choice who would just go off with Allen.  

[Chandler#81]

8 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Cole Beasley. I'd love to have that type of WR on the Bills again.

We have it. His name is Shakir. Perhaps you’ve heard of him? Ya know, 2nd contract?

[GunnerBill]

Stefon Diggs.

[Mr. WEO]

9 hours ago, JP51 said:

TO was a goof for sure... but wouldn't say he was a bad teammate like Diggs. I was the original poster and I was looking at the past Bills and their careers with the Bills aka the value they brought to the Bills . BUT if I am looking at those receivers in their prime despite the team they were on I think Lofton in GB/Buffalo skipping the Raiders and TO pre Bills are the only real choices. Reed and Moulds to me would be the best in their Prime in Buffalo 

 

7 hours ago, MJS said:

I assumed it was the version of the Bills receiver that we had when they were with the team, so not TO because he wasn't in his prime here. But, each can interpret it how they will.

 

The original post didn't suggest it was a former Bill in their prime as a Bills player.  Just "which past receiver"...

[I'm Spartacus]

I would have picked Brad Lamb, but he wasn't on the list.

[The Jokeman]

31 minutes ago, I'm Spartacus said:

I would have picked Brad Lamb, but he wasn't on the list.

Brad Lamb couldn't hold Justin Armour's jock. 

[JP51]

3 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

The original post didn't suggest it was a former Bill in their prime as a Bills player.  Just "which past receiver"...

Indeed sometimes what is in my mind does not translate into words properly... ask my wife...  so I corrected it for clarity. 

[PromoTheRobot]

4 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

We have it. His name is Shakir. Perhaps you’ve heard of him? Ya know, 2nd contract?

 

In theory they are the same but in practice Beasley was a different player. Maybe it was because Allen was younger and greener as a QB when Beasley played, but he seemed to be Allen's break-glass-in-case-of-emergency guy. A WR you could count on to extend a drive.

Edited 13 hours ago by PromoTheRobot

[JP51]

22 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

In theory they are the same but in practice Beasley was a different player. Maybe it was because Allen was younger and greener as a QB when Beasley played, but he seemed to be Allen's break-glass-in-case-of-emergency guy. A WR you could count on to extend a drive.

So I am fine with the Beasley Shakir comparison as a possession guy, but I dont think there is any real argument that Shakir is way past Bease RAC especailly at the end of his career.