Bills
Despite injuries piling up, the Bills didn’t come away with any moves at the trade deadline. Buffalo GM Brandon Beane expressed his frustrations that there weren’t deals to be made and said they had restructures in place with current players to facilitate those deals if needed.
“Believe me, I went home as mad as any other fan. I wanted to do things,” Beane said, via Tim Graham of The Athletic. “If it made sense, I was trying to do it. I mean, candidly, I would’ve lost money yesterday on the Bills doing a move.”
“We had a couple of conversations with our guys to give us a little bit of money to possibly get us a few more options once we realized some of them were out of play for us on Monday due to our cap. We did not do those, but we had them ready to turn in. You are allowed to do that if we were able to consummate a deal.”
Dolphins
Rumors have been flying about potential changes in Miami after a 2-7 start, including possibly benching QB Tua Tagovailoa. Despite the noise, Tagovailoa is keeping his focus on winning games, not playing for his job.
“I wouldn’t say I’m playing to keep my job,” Tagovailoa said, via Alanis Thames of the Associated Press. “I think I’m playing to help our team win every time. I think that’s the objective for every quarterback that’s playing. For every football player that’s playing as well, the objective is ‘how can I help my team win games?’ So I would say if you’re looking at it in that sense, I would say my performance needs to be better. My performance doesn’t reflect me trying to keep my job because that’s not the standard I’ve been playing [to] all these other years.”
- Dolphins DE Bradley Chubb said he spoke with interim GM Champ Kelly ahead of the trade deadline and was given an update on where things stood with him, via Barry Jackson.
- As for S Minkah Fitzpatrick, he indicated that Kelly never spoke to him. Jackson thinks this is an indication that there was never a serious trade offer for Fitzpatrick.
Jets
- Regarding the Jets’ trades of CB Sauce Gardner to the Colts and DT Quinnen Williams to the Cowboys, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated reports GM Darren Mougey started the week discussing the trade value of each player on their roster with the intent of being “ready for anything.”
- Breer notes that Mougey’s approach derives from his experience as a personnel executive with the Broncos.
- According to Breer, Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds contacted Mougey, who indicated they were prepared to listen to offers for anyone on their defense. Dodds then relayed information to GM Chris Ballard, reiterating their interest in acquiring a cornerback for Mougey.
- Regarding Williams, Breer writes that the first domino to fall was the Cowboys sending Micah Parsons to the Packers, given that Dallas decided that they were comfortable with their edge rushers and wanted to upgrade the defensive tackle spot.
- Breer reports that Dallas actually inquired about the possibility of sending Parsons to the Jets in a deal that included Williams.
- According to Breer, New York declined an initial offer from the Cowboys for Williams.
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