Trade: [CAR/BUF] Kelvin Benjamin for 2018 3rd and 7th round picks

[TheAngryHank]

Even if he is a rental i can live with it.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

He's not. They have him for another year.

 

[Evincar]

Looks like a give-up move on the surface but obviously they weren't too big on re-signing him. I don't blame them, have you seen the free agent WR contracts lately? Benjamin was probably going to cost them $12 million a year to renew, and I'd pass on that too.

Its still weird for a potential playoff team (in a wide open NFC) to trade away a productive player.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Looks like a give-up move on the surface but obviously they weren't too big on re-signing him. I don't blame them, have you seen the free agent WR contracts lately? Benjamin was probably going to cost them $12 million a year to renew, and I'd pass on that too.

he seems kind of lazy so i'd be hesitant to give him a long-term deal but that defense is stacked and in it's prime now. who knows how many good years cam has left. they had him under contract for this year and next.

 

[Canada4Gold]

what? I'm not very knowledgeable on the transaction side of the NFL but this makes no sense to me, it's not like we're deep at WR, and the return is almost nothing, and we're in a playoff spot as of right now. This just seems stupid.

 

[SnS]

Please someone tell me why this went down.

 

[TheAngryHank]

If they have Benjamin another year with Clay? Those are two people hard to contain.

 

[What the Faulk]

Please someone tell me why this went down.

Oh no

 

[Gene Parmesan]

If they have Benjamin another year with Clay? Those are two people hard to contain.

Lol no Benjamin is easy to contain. If the Bills really wanted to improve they should have acquired T.Y. Hilton.

 

[HisIceness]

Is Jerricho Cotchery planning to suit up again? This makes no sense.

 

[Evincar]

Lol no Benjamin is easy to contain. If the Bills really wanted to improve they should have acquired T.Y. Hilton.

Probably had to cough up at least a 1st rounder for Hilton so getting KB for cheap is the smarter move.

 

[SnS]

Oh no

God help us.

 

[TNT87]

Another surprising trade.

 

[Tuggy]

Don't understand.

 

[Roboturner913]

Don't understand.

Benjamin is hurt a lot and isn't all that great when he's healthy. The only thing really surprising about it is that they did it now instead of a year from now. He's not a guy I'd be all that thrilled about hitching my wagon to as a #1 WR. He's also not a guy who's going to make the difference between them making the playoffs and not making it.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Probably had to cough up at least a 1st rounder for Hilton so getting KB for cheap is the smarter move.

They screwed up by trading Watkins.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Bills still have 5 picks in the first three rounds so it looks even better.

 

[What the Faulk]

Benjamin is hurt a lot and isn't all that great when he's healthy. The only thing really surprising about it is that they did it now instead of a year from now. He's not a guy I'd be all that thrilled about hitching my wagon to as a #1 WR. He's also not a guy who's going to make the difference between them making the playoffs and not making it.

I mean, I don't disagree with most of this or the other criticisms of Benjamin said in this thread, but again, it's not like there's anyone knocking the door down for playing time. Funchess is the same player (and cheaper), but Shepard is a poor man's Ted Ginn, Samuel is still getting acclimated, Olsen is still going to miss two more games, Dickson probably won't do much more than he has been when he returns, and Kaelin Clay is a special teamer at best. And you're a playoff team. Why get rid of him for a draft pick? If he walks, you probably still get a high compensatory pick for him.

 

[rangerssharks414]

I don't get this at all, especially in a very winnable division.

 

[Dubi Doo]

They screwed up by trading Watkins.

You're cray, cray. If someone offers a second round pick and a good starting corner back for one year of Watkins you do that deal 10 out of 10 times. Benjamin has been a hell of a lot more productive than Watkins this year.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

For the Bills, this is a no brainer. They needed anther weapon and if they drafted one in the third round chances are he wouldn't be as good as Benjamin, so to flip that third rounder for Benjamin makes a ton of sense. And it's not like they have to worry about a bad contract either.

 

[What the Faulk]

You're cray, cray. If someone offers a second round pick and a good starting corner back for one year of Watkins you do that deal 10 out of 10 times. Benjamin has been a hell of a lot more productive than Watkins this year.

Watkins has faced probably 4 of the top 5 secondaries (or at least shadow corners) in Arizona, Jacksonville, Seattle, and Washington. Benjamin has faced uh...Slay and Lattimore, and I'm not sure he was shadowed either game. He's a fine player, but he isn't explosive and he doesn't attack the ball or use his size nearly enough. He may as well be 6'0''.



I still don't agree with it, but Funchess does do better as the X and they desperately needed someone to stretch the field. I just wish they found a different way to make this happen. It's a lot to put on Samuel who's basically not proven anything so far but being injury prone and an inability to catch pitches.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Will he play thursday?

 

[Evincar]

You dont need to release or trade someone to free up snaps for other players. Dumb article.

 

[What the Faulk]

You dont need to release or trade someone to free up snaps for other players. Dumb article.

No shit it's dumb. But it's the reasoning given by the GM, not speculation. Scroll up.