The Buffalo Bills may not have made any trades at the 2025 NFL trade deadline, but you can’t say that general manager Brandon Beane didn’t try.
In fact, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Bills attempted to land two star players from within the AFC East.
In a report on Sunday morning, Pelissero said that the Bills offered the Miami Dolphins, their opponent this week, a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 1st-round pick for Waddle.
Miami rejected the offer as they did not want to deal Waddle, a No. 1 receiver, within the division. In-division trades are rare, but the Dolphins are years away from competing in the AFC East. Those picks, bundled with their own, could have helped Miami land a franchise QB in the next year or two and potentially close the massive gap that they face within the division.
Pelissero went on to report that the Bills also made an offer on Quinnen Williams.
The Jets may have simply said no to the Bills, but Buffalo would have had trouble matching the haul that New York received for the defensive tackle. Williams was ultimately sent to the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas sent their 2027 1st-round pick, a 2026 2nd-round pick and defensive tackle Mazi Smith to the Jets in exchange for the All-Pro defensive tackle.
Beane, following the deadline, told the media that he went home as angry as any Bills Mafia member for their inability to get a deal done.
“Believe me, I went home as mad as any other fan,” Beane said. “I wanted to do things. I’m always wanting to do things to make this team better.”
He also stated that the Dolphins and Jets didn’t show much interest in trading with him.
“Unfortunately, it takes two to tango and we tried on quite a few,” he said. “A lot (of what we heard was) we’re not moving them and we ran into a couple teams in our division who were trading, (but we) couldn’t get a lot of interest there.”
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