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Bills do not pick up Watkins 5 year option. Shots fired


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The Bills will decline Sammy Watkins' fifth-year team option for 2018.

Unbelievable. This is perhaps the only thing that could have made the Bills' trade up in the 2014 draft even more disastrous. The Bills are clearly petrified of Watkins suffering another injury and guaranteeing himself a massive payday for 2018 — option years are guaranteed for injury only — but they've backed themselves into a corner if Watkins has a monster 2017, something certainly not outside the realm of possibility for a massively-talented wideout who has yet to turn 24. The franchise tag costs more than the option. In a league placing an ever-increasing premium on high-end receiving talent, the Bills are playing fire with theirs. The Bills maybe shouldn't be letting someone who was a defensive coordinator just five months ago run their front office.
 
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31 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

Sadly this isn't the NBA where you do change of scenery trades. 

One can dream, but you are right.  I am a KB fan, but I do wonder at this point if he will fulfill his potential here.  Same with Watkins, who could be a better fit in our offense going forward anyway.

Doubt it would happen, but I would be OK with trading KB for Watkins and even a 6th/7th.

And the extra weight definitely makes him injury-prone.  Kris Jenkins immediately comes to mind.  He never got his weight under control here

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