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The Buffalo Bills obviously had an issue at wide receiver last season, and attempted to go out and fix that by trading for DJ Moore.
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With one of the league’s elite quarterbacks in Josh Allen, the expectation is to have a team good enough to win a Super Bowl around him. That urgency led to a potential trade with the Chicago Bears.
However, not everyone believes the move was worth it, including ESPN’s Seth Walder, who recently broke down the deal.
“You can understand how the Bills got to this point,” he wrote. “They have an all-world quarterback but have failed to surround him with enough receiving talent and wanted to rectify that issue. Ultimately, I think the Bills’ instinct at wide receiver is correct. But to pay real draft capital for the right to take on what is likely an overpriced contract and add extra guarantees is far from optimal.”
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At the end of the day, contracts are what they are in the NFL. If the Bills didn’t trade for Moore, another team in the NFL likely would’ve and given up similar draft capital.
The Bills believe he can take them over the top, and until we see whether it was the right decision, it’s tough to grade just yet.
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