Bills Sign In $57.5 Million WR After Release by Cowboys On The Ground Of…
After trading away their top wide receiver and watching their No. 2 leave in free agency, the Buffalo Bills have some work to do in rebuilding their receiving corps.
Bills general manager Brandon Beane suggested that the team could be active in free agency after the completion of this month’s NFL draft, and one writer believes a former Dallas Cowboys receiver could be a logical target.
Bleacher Report’s Matt Holder listed one free agent for each NFL team to target, suggesting the Bills look at veteran Michael Gallup after his March release from the Cowboys.
Michael Gallup Could Compete for Starting Job
Holder stressed that Gallup would not be coming to Buffalo to take over for Stefon Diggs, who had served as the team’s No. 1 receiver for the last four seasons before getting traded to the Houston Texans in a surprise move.
However, signing Gallup could help give the Bills a reliable target, Holder wrote.
“After the Stefon Diggs trade, the Bills could use some help at wide receiver,” he wrote in the April 7 story. “While Gallup won’t replace what Diggs brought to the offense, Buffalo needs to equip Josh Allen with as many weapons as possible to help replicate the four-time Pro Bowler’s production.”
Holder said that Gallup, 28, would have the chance to compete for a starting spot with the Bills. He joined the Cowboys as a third-round pick in 2018 and had a breakout season in 2019, making 66 catches for 1,107 yards and six touchdowns. But he tore his ACL in 2021, then saw a significant dip in production in each of the past two seasons. Though he signed a five-year, $57.5 million contract with the Cowboys, the team ultimately decided to release Gallup in March.
Bills Could Snag Receiver With First-Round Pick
Many writers believe the Bills, who watched No. 2 receiver Gabe Davis sign with the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency, will not wait until after the draft to start addressing their receiving corps.
The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia suggested that Beane could trade up in the first round, moving up to the No. 7 overall pick to snag LSU pass-catcher Malik Nabers.
“I continue to believe that anything, including a move like this one on draft day, is a real possibility for the Bills,” Buscaglia wrote on April 5. “[Bills general manager Brandon] Beane has long been an aggressive draft-day trader when he’s excited about a prospect and how he’d fit their system. Now, with a gaping hole for a top target at wide receiver and where the Bills are in their build, this is the type of move Beane could rationalize as one that puts them over the top for the foreseeable future.”
wide receivers, one who could help to immediately fill the void left by the departure of Diggs.
“The Bills have one of the best quarterbacks in the league in Josh Allen, a still-talented roster around him, and a pretty good idea that they’ll be pushing for the playoffs at the very least in 2024,” Buscaglia wrote. “By arming him with a young receiver with elite potential on a rookie deal for the next four years, it gives the Bills a lot of flexibility for how they spend through the duration of the receiver’s rookie deal.”
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Buffalo Bills Fans Trash Stefon Diggs After WR Likes Post Calling Bills Mafia ‘Worse Fanbase’ And ‘Bitter’
New Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs caught heat from the Buffalo Bills fanbase after recently liking a post on his X account. The veteran wide receiver was traded to the Texans by the Bills last week.
The Bills Mafia was surprised by Stefon Diggs’ trade
Most Buffalo fans were stunned by the trade. Many assumed the reports of friction between Diggs and the Bills teammates and staff were smoke. However, the costly trade proved the Bills were ready to have Diggs out of the building.
Diggs liked a post by bigsgworm that took a shot at the Billa Mafia:
“Bills lowkey got the worse fanbase y’all bitter asf in the comments,” bigsgworm wrote.
Diggs’ tone has certainly changed since he posted a thoughtful goodbye to the city.
Bills fans didn’t appreciate Diggs liking a tweet that took a shot at them. Here are the best takes on Bills fans reacting to being trashed.
The Buffalo Bills made one of the most surprising moves of the offseason thus far by trading Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans.
There were rumors that Diggs was unhappy with the way he was treated within the organization, but it didn’t seem like he was going to be dealt.
After all, he has been one of the best receivers in football throughout his career and is viewed as a massive reason for Josh Allen’s success.
Now that Diggs is gone, it appears that he is ready to let his true emotions come to the surface.
JPA Football recently highlighted a liked tweet from Diggs, a tweet that called the Bills fanbase the worst in the league.
While a liked tweet isn’t necessarily an indication of Diggs’ true feelings, he is known to have a bit of a temper when things don’t go his way.
Losing Diggs is a devastating blow to the Bills’ receiving room, even if he was unhappy with his role on the team.
Attitude aside, Diggs was Allen’s top pass-catcher, leaving this roster with a massive hole for targets.
Many expect the Bills to take a receiver in this year’s draft, hoping to find a young player that can fit in nicely alongside Josh Allen.
Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox could also see an increased workload in the passing game, even if the Bills take a first or second-round receiver in the draft.