MASSIVE Bills Trade Update... This is HUGE

Well, the trade rumors are swirling once again, and this one is a perfect trade that the Bills absolutely need to make. It's no secret, the Buffalo Bills defense is laughably bad. There's no denying that. Specifically, the Bills secondary is terrible, and that was proven once again in Monday night's win against the Rams. The Bills need an improvement in this secondary desperately, And wouldn't you know it, there is one player out there on a very bad team that should be on the trade block for the Bills to go out and get. So today, we'll be taking a look at what this trade is and what it would entail for the Buffalo Bills. So, welcoming everybody to Bills Digest, I'm Ben Volker, and here at Bills Digest, we've got you covered with all things related to the Buffalo Bills. So, if you don't want us to think, you already know what to do. Go ahead, hit subscribe so that you can stay up to date on all Bills content just like this. And I don't know about you guys, but me personally, I'm still coming down off of the high that was Monday night's win against the Los Angeles Rams. It was crazy. There was ups, there was downs. I thought we were going to lose for sure. And then the Greg Rousseau blocked field goal changed everything. it was amazing but there is one massive elephant in the room following this win that of course is the Bills defense who once again had another stinker giving up 30 plus points once again yes it was not a great night for the defense specifically the Bills secondary but despite all that I'm still very happy with this win I'm still very excited and if you are as well leave the go bills in the comments to let me know. Speaking of the comments, I asked you guys prior to Monday's game to leave some predictions for what you thought this game was going to look like and what was going to happen. And I was rereading the comments today and I've got to shout out Light of Truth here because they pretty much absolutely nailed it outside of the final score. They did say the final score was going to be 45 to 28. Not quite the blowout they predicted, but let's look at the rest of what they said josh allen will break out his superman cape certainly a check mark there james will cook yes he did have that very costly fumble but it didn't it didn't burn them in the end and he had a great great night despite that and finally the defense will sack matthew stafford two to three times and for several turnovers didn't quite hit the mark on the turnover one there but matthew stafford was sacked once officially but there was another big sack by TJ Sanders or TJ Parker excuse me to uh prevent a two-point conversion so I'm going to count that one as well so that's two sacks on Matthew Stafford in this game so shout out to you light of truth you certainly lived up to your username there and we're going to talk about this mock trade in just a second but first I gotta let you guys know that today's video is sponsored by Kalshi and on Kalshi you're trading directly against other users not the house like traditional sports books you're buying yes or no contracts on the outcome of events across sports politics or even the weather for example right now on Kalshi there is one that we absolutely are going to be looking at it of course is the mvp race which josh allen obviously vaulted himself back into this week i don't think he was ever out of the mvp race but after two lackluster weeks there was starting the the buzz was starting to die down now he's up there with guys like brock purdy and patrick mahomes at the start of the season you remember he was up there with guys like lamar jackson Joe Burrow, Caleb Williams, they are all gone. 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He does these speculations every week, and I really, really like how this one looks for the Bills obviously you can see there the Bills would get Dante Jackson a cornerback from the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for a 2027 uh for a 2027 fifth round pick and let's let's talk about this what would this look like this is what Christopher Knox had to say he said teams may not be eager to make a move for Jackson until he's clearly healthy but he's a player worth targeting before November 10th there is no question about that if you are the Buffalo Bills and you have seen how this defense has looked so far this year because like I said they've been getting burnt all season long I know currently Dante Jackson is dealing with a hamstring injury that the Chargers are considering week to week so maybe now is not the right time to pull the trigger but if this is not considered a serious injury the Bills absolutely have to make this trade I do not care what I do not care uh about this injury and if it lingers long term as long as he's back and playing sometime soon if you're the Bills I think you got to make this trade and there's another reason for that because let's take a look at uh Dante Jackson's contract here um because he is playing on the last year of this contract. It expires in 2027, so this would just be a rental for the Bills to further help make their Super Bowl push and finally bring a Lombardi trophy to Buffalo. Obviously, the Bills, I think, need to make this trade. Let's go ahead here, take a look at what Dante Jackson did in the 2025 season. Now, these obviously are not eye-popping stats from Dante Jackson, but they certainly leave a lot to be encouraged by if you are a Bills fan. Four interceptions, 24 tackles in 17 games. He started in 15 of those. I think that the Bills would be downright crazy if they don't try to make a pursuit for Dante Jackson, and obviously that is because of the main headline of the day. The Bills have a real need at this corner back position. That is no question because look at just just look at these stats from Puka Nacua this last game here uh we'll go ahead and pull them up i mean 17 receptions 138 yards and a receiving touchdown and it didn't stop at Puka Nacua Davante Adams did the same thing in the red zone like we knew he was going to do tyler higby it seemed like was always open 10 yards down the field for matthew Stafford to go to. It seemed like the only time that a receiver that was targeted did not make the completion was if Matthew Stafford made a bad throw. It was never on our defense. I mean, they just pretty much did whatever they wanted to, especially Puka Nacua, who was always open, always unguarded, and it is a miracle that they survived this stat line. But how does this fit look for the Bills, look the Bills coverage the secondary is is obviously way way under scrutiny the breakdowns have been very costly we can go back all the way to week one with that one uh specifically in that Patriots game though it absolutely costed them and that's their only loss on the year the injuries to uh Christian Benford look Benford hasn't been great he's been way better than Maxwell Hairston and CB there's no denying that but a veteran addition it would add competition but yes of course it is not a guarantee immediate fix that is just going to slap a band-aid on the secondary and make everything better there's no way there's no way it would do that but of course it would certainly help but why Dante Jackson we look at we looked at his stats a little bit earlier but let's go ahead look at this upside here by him this is also from Christopher Knox. He wrote that Jackson, he started 15 games for the Chargers last season and allowed an opposing passer rating of only 56.8 in coverage. That is pretty spectacular. Go ahead and take a look at what the Bills' corners have done in coverage this year. I know I think Hairston's got like a 70 passer rating, which is kind of shocking it's not higher. I know CB is over a hundred and, uh, they need help. There's no, no denying that whatsoever, but there are a few risks that come with Dante Jackson. Of course, we mentioned the health concern. Um, obviously his coverage results were not consistently strong. This was, it was kind of a little bit more scattered throughout the 2025 season and that hamstring injury week to week. so it the timing of everything and the medical is going to be crucial in making this trade happen but what did what conditions do the Bills need to meet in order to make this trade this is what we're looking at here Jackson he has to be healthy enough that he can contribute soon I'm looking at by at least after the bye week eight if they're making this trade he has to be healthy by week eight obviously you have to always consider the remaining cap uh charge and the roster fit of course but they cannot overpay for Dante Jackson I know they need a cornerback desperately but they cannot overpay and mortgage their entire future on this guy uh a fifth round pick I do think is about accurate for what you should expect for Dante Jackson maybe a fourth round pick I would be a little bit hesitant to say that but by no means anywhere higher than a fourth round pick absolutely not but i want to hear from you guys what do you think about this trade do you think yes the Bills should trade for Dante Jackson do you think no that this is not going to help us and the only way that this cornerback room is going to be is going to get better is by just performing better i don't think so i've been saying i've been saying this since the start of the video yes yes yes for me on this Dante Jackson trade if you agree leave a like and let me know and let me know in the comments what you guys think as well uh that's all we got time for here on Bills Digest today we will have a ton of more coverage leading up to this Raiders game so stick around for that keep it right here on Bills Digest as always thanks for watching and of course go Bills