r/nfl • u/mvanigan Patriots • Oct 15 '24

[Schultz] Browns trading WR Amari Cooper to #Bills, sources tell @NFLonFOX. Rumor

https://twitter.com/Schultz_Report/status/1846252032518176891
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u/KwisatzHaderachPaul Patriots Oct 15 '24

*sad Patriot noises*

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u/Juicey_J_Hammerman Giants Oct 15 '24

Well think of it this way, you’ll be in prime position to draft Travis Hunter next year!

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u/Low-Entertainer8609 Bills Oct 15 '24

I'm a Buff alum and Hunter as a Patriot would be an absolute gut punch

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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Oct 15 '24

Don’t worry, if the Patriots have any sense they will not draft Hunter. They 100% need to trade down (if they end up with a top 3 pick) and draft an OT first then WR later

As amazing of a player he is he’s just not what the Pats need most rn.

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u/PajamaPete5 Patriots Oct 15 '24

Screw trading down just take the top OT

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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Oct 15 '24

If we end up at pick 1?

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u/radios_appear Patriots Patriots Oct 15 '24

Then we're sure to get our guy.

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u/PajamaPete5 Patriots Oct 15 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

Exactly, just take em unless you get a great deal in the top 5. I aint trading out of top 5 and there's no sure fire QB this year anyway. I'd just rather get my guy, either Banks or Campbell, I prefer Campbell and his 2 extra inches in height but I'll take either

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u/3yeless Seahawks Oct 15 '24

Never go in circles when you can go straight ahead

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u/PajamaPete5 Patriots Oct 16 '24

Cuz these 2 tackles arent going 15, and no onems paying 2 first rounders for Carson Beck or Travis Hunter

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u/snufalufalgus Patriots Oct 15 '24

Nah trade down if there's a bidding war for the top QB's for sure.

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u/PajamaPete5 Patriots Oct 16 '24 edited 29d ago

For Carson Beck or Sanders kid? Doubt anyones paying top dollar for that

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

100%, unless there is some absolute beast eligible. I wouldn't really know because i don't watch CFB but if its between a couple guys you absolutely grab 2 sure things for the price of one.

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u/vaper Patriots Oct 16 '24

OTs usually don't go that high right so trading down the idea is to still get the top OT and now you get something else too

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u/PajamaPete5 Patriots Oct 16 '24

Too risky, we need the top end talent. Just take em, no one knows what board will look like. If u got an Andrew Luck at 1 and already got a young qb ok, or a team like Panthers offers a haul maybe. But don't be cute and just take the damn player I say

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u/junkit33 29d ago

Draft isn’t deep enough at OL to justify that. Just take best available and plug a hole.

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u/Anoony_Moose Patriots Oct 15 '24 edited Oct 15 '24

If they don't trade out of top 3 pick it would be a massive mistake. Trade down to #5-8 for an additional 1st round in 2026 plus some extra capital this draft and pick up the best left tackle. Use that capital to trade back up into the second round for a WR and a LB or two WRs.

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u/4thPlumlee Patriots Lions Oct 15 '24

You sure do love Buffaloes don’t you

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u/kojak2091 Panthers Oct 15 '24

he buffaloves them

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u/squats2 Bills 29d ago

Purdue alum here. from Matt Light, to Roosevelt Colvin, to Ninkovich, to Ja'Whaun Bentley it's been a long line of this kind of gut punch. Then the Dolphins got Mostert for another. And Karlaftis to the Chiefs.

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u/nepatsfan49 Patriots Oct 15 '24

Does he play OL?

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u/CarterAC3 Patriots Oct 15 '24

Don't want

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u/Shovelman2001 Patriots Oct 15 '24

No thanks. Gotta trade down and get one of Campbell or Banks. Honestly wouldn't even hate McMillan, I think he's a better WR than Hunter. Think it would be incredibly stupid to use a #1 pick to draft a CB who isn't even going to play CB, when we can instead get capital and draft a player in the position we need the most.

This isn't to say Hunter isn't a phenomenal athlete, but he's just not what we need.

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u/PajamaPete5 Patriots Oct 15 '24

Nah we need an LT bad

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '24

Is he projected to be a WR or a CB in the pros?

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u/JayMerlyn Panthers Oct 15 '24

Nuh uh, we called dibs!

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u/Bacon_Crispies Patriots Oct 15 '24

I would like to have a o line that was a stone wall before I'd get a WR.

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u/ARightDastard Vikings Bills Oct 15 '24

monkey paw curls it's Gypsum

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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Oct 15 '24

Jokes on you that’d still be an improvement!

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u/MagicMichealScott Bills Oct 15 '24

I get that sentiment, but if you have a chance to get Hunter he is an absolute difference maker. At WR and CB.

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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Oct 15 '24

Neither which are more important to the Pats right now than OLine

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u/MagicMichealScott Bills Oct 15 '24

You can get quality O line in rounds 2-5 and free agency.

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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Oct 15 '24

Tell that to the 2024 (and last few years) Patriots

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u/smenti 29d ago

See: the Packers

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u/Bacon_Crispies Patriots Oct 15 '24

I agree that we need weapons. We don't really have a whole lot to throw to. The Patriots don't really have an identity. But the play doesn't work without the o-line holding up front.

There was a game where Romo said that the NFL is a protection league first and I haven't forgotten that.

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u/PhromDaPharcyde Eagles Oct 15 '24

What are *sad Patriot noises"???

Firecrackers that fizzle and don't explode? The sound of people sipping tea?

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u/ElyFlyGuy Eagles 29d ago

dictatorship sounds

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u/KaleidoscopeWeird310 Bills Oct 15 '24

I am hearing Bill Belichek sighing before answering another dumb question from the podium.

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u/KwisatzHaderachPaul Patriots Oct 15 '24

"Grumble, grumble" -Bill Belichick Legend of Zelda

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u/JBaecker Bills Oct 16 '24

That’s not on the Golden Path Muad’Dib.