Bills and Chiefs prevented Patriots from getting player that could’ve helped Drake Maye’s development
In the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills made a very controversial decision. The New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs were interested in the Bills 32nd overall pick, but instead of giving it to a team in their division, they decided to give it to a team that has […]
In the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills made a very controversial decision. The New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs were interested in the Bills 32nd overall pick, but instead of giving it to a team in their division, they decided to give it to a team that has a history of knocking them out of the playoffs.
Neither option was great, but one of the teams is less of a threat to the Bills than the other team. Yet in the end, Buffalo made an ultimate decision. And one NFL Insider thinks that it has a high chance of backfiring.
"I worked for a guy named Al Davis where you weren't allowed to trade a player to the division or a player to any team on your schedule," Michael Lombardi said. "But in this case, to me, they had an opportunity to take a deal from New England.
"New England was in high speed pursuit of (Xavier) Worthy. They wanted Worthy badly. They were making calls to get that pick, and Buffalo had them on the phone. And so was Kansas City. And I think if you're Brandon Beane, you have to sit there and say, yeah, maybe Kansas City offered me a lot more, but why would I give Worthy to them, who's a weapon, who could become the next Tyreek Hill for them."
The Bills do not have a good track record against the Chiefs in the playoffs, and this past season is just the latest example. So in the eyes of the Bills and as Lombardi said, "why would I do anything to help the Chiefs?"
"Especially since I lost to them with 13 seconds and missed a 44-yard field goal to send the game into overtime," Lombardi added. "I don't understand that. I would have been more than happy to give him to the Patriots who's working on a new regime, who's got a new quarterback."
There is no telling what Worthy will become, but putting him on a team that is in more of rebuild rather than a team that has the high chance of winning another Super Bowl would be more beneficial for the Bills.
"I'm worried about today and helping the Chiefs out would be the last thing I'd want to do," Lombardi said. "That's a strange one. And that's going to come back and bite them in the a** if Worthy is as good as we think he could be. And Reid does a great job of coaching these young guys."
So it seems that having Worthy in a Patriots jersey might have been better for the Bills in the long run. But let's hope (or not for anyone besides the Bills) that Beane knew what he was doing.
