The Bills Trade Plans Just LEAKED...

Buffalo Bills trade plans just leaked as it has been revealed what they are actively shopping for right now in the open market. Albert Breer and Jonathan Jones both have reported that Buffalo is making calls on corners and safeties. The trade deadline is this Tuesday at four o'clock Eastern and Brandon Bean told the AP that he is going to be as aggressive as ever. And now we're getting more updates about names that are linked to the Buffalo Bills as ESPN ESPN drew up a trade, sending Jesse Bates to Buffalo. And their trade board also has Budda Baker as a name on it too, and names just two teams that are a perfect fit, and one of them being the Buffalo Bills. And there's also one name constantly being thrown around right now as he's playing on a team that's just 1-7 and he's currently leading the NFL in interceptions. But given the team's current cap situation, as well as who's actually out there on the open market, it is becoming more and more clear the names that have a real shot of being Buffalo Bills after this trade deadline. And the call started before CJ Gardner-Johnson was even gone. Jones reported Buffalo was already looking for a defensive back. Breer wrote that Buffalo is still looking to add a piece on the defensive side of the ball, specifically at corner and safety. And Bean told the AP that if they make one move, it's likely to be on defense. His answer started with, yeah, I think probably. Jones went on to say that Bean is at least dabbling in the market for secondary help, and it's becoming more and more clear that he is not a GM right now that's trying to stand still. Sports really start to escalate after they actually cut CJGJ. Obviously, he had 6 starts, 26 tackles, an interception, and then ended up being released by the Bills. Of course, there was a lot of speculation about whether or not he was cut due to the spitting suspension and everything that came along with that, but ESPN's Cameron Wolfe reported that it was more about his rather than the suspension. And this makes sense because, you know, they do need help. Through six games, the defense gave up 15 passing touchdowns, the most for a Bills team that early in the season since 2005. And through seven games, it's 254.7 passing yards a game, and that counts a Ravens game where Baltimore was down to its third quarterback. That's 30th in the NFL against the pass for the best team in the AFC. And on third down, they can't get off the field. The Rams converted 7 of 14 on them, and the Raiders went 7 of 12. And this is a 6-1 team that is sitting at the top of the AFC right now. You do not want to have these problems going into January, February. Like, these are things that need to be fixed. The window is right now for this Bills squad. And Jim Leonard, their own coordinator, admitted that he has a long to-do list right now. Behind Cole Bishop, it's Damar Hamlin with 22 tackles and Jordan Hancock, whose practice window just opened. Corner spot is thinner than people think right now. Taron Johnson played nickel here for eight years. So who's out there right now? We'll start with one of the bigger names. Jesse Bates, a pro bowler in 2023, and three times a second-team All-Pro. He's 29 years old, he plays every down for Atlanta, and he has 45 tackles and an interception this year. The Falcons right now sit at 3-5, and they have over $109 million in cap space for 2027, which is the most in the league. He's in the last year of his deal, and it's exactly why ESPN thinks this is going to work. Seth Walder's offer is a 2027 third-round pick, and a 2028 sixth. If Bates walks for them in March, Walder thinks Buffalo could get a fourth round compensatory pick back in 2028. Walder's logic is Atlanta has so much money to spend next spring, it probably wouldn't get a comp pick for him anyway, so Buffalo would. But here's the problem people are bringing up with this trade. If Buffalo gets him after Monday's game, they still owe him $6.5 million of his salary. That's almost double their room, so Atlanta would have to eat money. Jonathan Jones says the Falcons would need to keep some salary in order to get a Bates deal done. And ESPN's Dan Graziano doesn't think they're even trying to trade him. In his words, it would take a huge offer. Then the next guy on the list is Bud Baker. Seven straight Pro Bowls and three and a half sacks this year from safety. ESPN ranks him as the ninth most likely player to move and gives him a 35% chance. Jeremy Fowler says Baker is still on his radar, but calls him a Cardinals lifer who would be hard to trade. He'd cost $7.6 million for the rest of this season and almost $18 million next year. Adam Schefter said on the Pat McAfee show that this guy has been such a stud and I don't know that Bud Baker is going to get traded. Baker has said himself that he would like to stay in Arizona. I'd love to see Baker out there in a Bills uniform, but of course it would be tough to actually make it happen. Then the name that's been brought up in pretty well every mock trade is Derwin James. He's currently at $9.2 million on this year's cap, and the Chargers have just told teams that Mack, Herbert, and McConkey are not moving. So obviously James is not named on that list, which has juiced up the rumor mill about a trade coming. But despite their horrible start, LA is not acting like a seller right now, and given the injury history and the age, it's exactly the kind of move that Bean usually stays away from. But obviously, you can't quiet all the rumors as the fit is interesting. A lot of people are bringing up. Ben did a really nice deep dive on that video yesterday, so definitely check that out. But just from the high overview, all the big names feel like they're going to be too expensive or difficult for the Bills to actually make a trade, except for one. And I teased him earlier, but Amani Hooker from Tennessee. He has five interceptions right now, which is the most in the NFL. Out of 10 possible trade targets, the Athletic ranked him as number one in terms of fit for this Buffalo Bills defense. One game this season, he did have three interceptions and quarterbacks throwing at him have a 60.2 passer rating per Bleacher Report. He has 51 tackles a season, which is the same as Buda Baker for about $3 million less a year. Robert Sala came out and said, That he is playing at a Pro Bowl level, elite level, and he texted him that he could break the single season interception record for a safety. And here's why Bean would love him, because he's signed through 2028 with no guaranteed money after this year. That is three seasons and not a rental. He'd slide in next to Cole Bishop, and he can drop down and play nickel, which is exactly the spot that Taron Johnson left. The Athletics' Joe Buscaglia puts the price at a 2027 third-round pick. Buffalo right now could be getting a fourth-round compensatory pick in 2027, which makes that third a lot easier to give up. The Titans are 1-7 right now, and they've already sent Jeffrey Simmons to Chicago, so they are selling. But obviously, with any of these moves, the catch is going to be the money for the Bills, as he's currently making $4.7 million on this year's cap, and that's over the $3.6 million that they have. And it's really tight for the Bills right now, as they are carrying about $48 million in dead money in the year for players that are not on the team. The room has to come from someone, and the name being floated around is Joshua Palmer, who Sports Illustrated says is at the The top of Buffalo's trade list. As he currently has four catches all year and is nursing a hamstring injury right now. You can move on from Palmer and then hooker Fitz. But if Palmer stays, Bean needs a safety under $3.6 million. And there's a couple options to definitely look out for. Elijah Moulden from the Chargers costs about $3.2 million, plays safety and nickel and fits today. And he signed through 2027, so he's not just a rental either. As we brought up in previous videos talking about Duron James earlier in this video, The Chargers aren't... acting like sellers right now, so it might be tougher to pull him away. Cameron Bynum in Indianapolis is signed through 2028, and the Colts are 2-6 to start off this year. They already trade away Quentin Nelson and DeForest Buckner. So Bynum is another name to keep a lookout for, and Pascalia thinks a fourth round pick could do it, but Bynum actually costs more, and this year's cap, than Hooker. And one other name that's been floated around a little bit is Nick Cross out of Washington, 25 years old, has 22 tackles in four games, so he shouldn't cost that much. So those are all the floor, but the biggest hole out there on this Bills team might be the corner. On the corner side, one name that rival teams keep bringing up is Reek Woolen. He's 27, and he's a free agent after this season, and he's playing for his next contract. Jeremy Fowler said, when I talk to rival teams about which players Philly might move, Woolen's name comes up fairly often. And obviously, this feels like a little bit of a fall from grace, being Super Bowl champion, all that type of stuff, and now being on the trade list. And he's a guy with 12 interceptions and 57 pass breakups in five seasons. His base salary is just $1.26 million. So Fowler says that could help get a deal done. Slides straight into the slot that Taron Johnson left without being touching Palmer. And if we want to take a glance at the market, Dallas paid a 20-28 second and a 20-27 sixth for Joey Porter Jr. in October. It also should be noted that Porter hadn't played a snap this season when Dallas paid that price. And Christian Fulton is also being brought up as he's another corner in the last year of his deal per ESPN. But the Chiefs safety on the board and was directly linked to the Buffalo Bills by Jeremy Fowler is Justin Reed from New Orleans, as it was directly brought up that multiple teams could use safety help from Buffalo to Jacksonville. Now he's cheap for a reason. Jonathan Jones points out that there's no guaranteed money left on his deal after this year, and PFF has him as 147th out of 162 Two safeties this year. So there's a lot of names, there's a lot of options, and as we remember, Bean came up empty last season, and as he directly stated, it takes two to tango, and he tried for quite a few. And he was blunt about why. This, you know, managing an actual NFL organization is not fantasy football. There are so many ramifications and costs and draft picks and everything that goes into making a trade happen. And a reminder, this is also the GM that got that Rasul Douglas deal done with about an hour to go in 2023. And then a year after, he did the same thing with Amari Cooper. This man is not afraid to let the clock run out and do a deal right before that final buzzer sounds. We line up everyone that we brought up and discussed out there in this video against the $3.6 million that is the current room left for the Buffalo Bills. Woolen and Moulden fit, Hooker needs Palmer gone, and Bates, Baker, and James need somebody else to pay. But that's a lot of names. If I'm summing it all up, there's one name I'm really looking at if I'm the Buffalo Bills front office. Before I give my thoughts, if you want to make sure you're up to date with everything that's going on, head of the trade deadline, all of the games, the previews, all of it, make sure you guys hit that subscribe button right now. We are currently at 2,830 subs, super close to our goal of 3K, which would be a huge milestone for the channel. So hit that subscribe button down below. It's completely free, and it means the world to us. But the name I'd be most excited about, most intrigued by, is of course, Hooker. As he's that guy with the most picks out there in the NFL, he signed through 2028 in the third, and just makes sense in terms of what the Bills usually do with these types of moves. But of course, that's only happening if Palmer's on his way out of Buffalo, or they can get really crafty with the types of moves they're going to make, but Woolen does fit today. Woolen could come in and be the nickel that they lost when Taron left. He's cheap, he's 27, and he's playing for a new contract. And obviously Bates and Baker would be very cool, but those teams end up having to eat some money in order to make that happen, so I'm not holding my breath too hard out there on one of those moves. Obviously there were zero trades to the Bills last year, and Bean said that he was aggressive, but this season he's going to have to prove it. The Bulls are an absolute wagon right now, and I want this team to keep the momentum running and fill out their holes Let me know in the comments, who are you most interested in? Is it Hooker? Is it Bullen? Comment down below, H or W, and we'll read all of the comments. But obviously, there's a lot of importance coming in this game against the Minnesota Vikings, and if you want all the latest updates heading into that one, check out this video right here.