Curtis Samuel WR to Bills

[Typ0]

They pretty much made it so they can get a guy other than receiver with this move probably too in my opinion. WR isn't a big impact player grab in the draft either we are going somewhere else and looking at guys who drop.

Defense needs a lot of help ...

[cookie G]

Samuel can definitely fly.. (4.31 at the Combine back in 2017).

But he's only broken 700 yards once in his career.

Seems like a great deal of money for waiting for someone to have their breakout year.

But then, look at what Gabe Davis got.

[justasportsfan]

I guess Beane wasnt kidding when he said he wanted players that are ready to play NOW. No only does Sammuel have experience, but he has experience and had his best year under Brady .

It's Bradys offense now and McDermott is letting him have the weapons he wants.

[Forward_Lateral]

Samuel can definitely fly.. (4.31 at the Combine back in 2017).

But he's only broken 700 yards once in his career.

Seems like a great deal of money for waiting for someone to have their breakout year.

But then, look at what Gabe Davis got.

Samuel career targets: 485
Samuel career catches: 317

Career catch % : 65.4

Gabe targets: 299
Gabe catches: 163

Career % : 54.5

Diggs career catch % for reference: 68.8

Take this for what it’s worth

[Mad Max]

Samuel can definitely fly.. (4.31 at the Combine back in 2017).

But he's only broken 700 yards once in his career.

Seems like a great deal of money for waiting for someone to have their breakout year.

But then, look at what Gabe Davis got.

They may be looking at potential with his speed in our offense with Josh throwing to him considering he had nothing but bums, backups and has beens as his QBs during his entire tenure in the league to date.

We still definitely need to draft a guy 1-2 but this guy could be a great fit.

[sukie]

Don’t like this signing. 5’ 11” . I know they need a slot guy but this guy isn’t known for separating so he will play slot but IMO. They need tall dudes that can get downfield and come down with it. This guy will be in Shakir’s lane.

draft a tall dude with wheels dammit. Little clown car guys don’t work well with Josh. I will say that his hands seem better than Hardy and McKenzie and Stevenson

lots of money for carbon copies of Crowder.

[acehole]

3 years
30 M
15M Guaranteed

Replacement for Diggs not Davis me thinks.

[sukie]

Replacement for Diggs not Davis me thinks.

The ceiling must be high with the QB talent this kid was playing with.

[notacon]

Samuel career targets: 485
Samuel career catches: 317

Career catch % : 65.4

Gabe targets: 299
Gabe catches: 163

Career % : 54.5

Diggs career catch % for reference: 68.8

Take this for what it’s worth

Great summary.

There's this too...






[BuffaloBlitz83]

Curtis Samuel averaged 9.08 mph within the first second of his routes in 2023 (i.e., his "burst"), 3rd-quickest in the NFL (min. 300 routes).

Bills wide receivers averaged a 7.95 mph burst last season, 29th in the NFL (Gabe Davis: 8.25 mph; Stefon Diggs: 7.73 mph).

[sukie]

This could be Diggs replacement. NOW DRAFT THE NEXT MEGATRON

[Forward_Lateral]

Go look at Beasleys career before Buffalo.

Pretty similar to Samuel, if not less impressive

[Saratoga Slim]

This upgrades our WR options, but he’s not really a Gabe replacement. Is mostly a slot receiver and backfield weapon. To me WR is still very much a dire need for Round 1 or 2.

But if you add a top rookie option for Gabe’s role, the WR room suddenly looks pretty jacked compared to last couple years

[Canadian'eh!]

I’m surprised at the player and the money.

He’s definitely not a Diggs replacement. He’s 7 seasons in and is pretty well established as a slot guy who averages 10.5 ypc. He has not been able to use that 4.31 to take the top off with regularity.

He’s descent in the slot, but he’s not taking either of the X spots.

Meanwhile, Shakir took 69% of his snaps in the slot last year and I had assumed he won himself that job going into this year. I’m not sure why they made this signing to be honest as it had potential to stunt Shakir’s growth.

It definitely shouldn’t deter them from drafting an X reciever very early in the draft. Diggs clock is ticking and they need a guy who can be a WR1 in short order

[Novacane]

This only makes sense if they're going to try and use him outside. We have Shakir and Kincaid. Seems redundant.

[Oaf]

What does this mean for Shakir?

[POTLAND PSILBYLO]

One less WR to draft means one more pick available for a trade up.

[Bill Cody]

Agree that an outside WR is still a 1st or 2nd round draft priority.
Also agree he’s a slot guy and I like Shakir
But he’s a good player and injuries happen in the NFL.
We’re building what Hank Stram used to call “deep depth” at WR.
The money part does not bother me. The cap can always be maneuvered

[Canadian'eh!]

What does this mean for Shakir?

I can only see 2 things that make sense:

1. they think Shakir can play outside

2. They paid a fair amount of money for a 4th WR.


If they believe Samuel can play outside as WR2 or plan to demote Shakir back to the bench, this is gonna be a long year.

[Mad Max]

I can only see 2 things that make sense:

1. they think Shakir can play outside

2. They paid a fair amount of money for a 4th WR.


If they believe Samuel can play outside as WR2 or plan to demote Shakir back to the bench, this is gonna be a long year.

They could be scheming up some four wide sets.

That could create some gnarly mismatches.