The Buffalo Bills once again couldn’t overcome the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs this season, where Patrick Mahomes took his tally to 4-0 against Josh Allen in the postseason last month with a 32-29 win at Arrowhead.
The Bills have a lack of elite quality players on their roster, with only two players making the 2025 Pro Bowl roster – and could use high-level reinforcements at multiple areas of the team.
The defense certainly benefits from the “Sean McDermott Effect” – being lead by one of the best defensive coaches in the NFL, and Josh Allen – with the help of OC, Joe Brady – has routinely managed to elevate the entire offense – particularly given his protection turned into one of the league’s best over the course of the year.
However, the pass catching situation is still very underwhelming, with Khalil Shakir having lead the team in receiving yards this past season with just 821. Shakir, tight end Dalton Kincaid and rookie Keon Coleman all have potential to excel in the NFL, but right now Buffalo needs improvement both on the perimeter and in the slot.
As if by magic, enter one of the league’s top receivers over the past half decade, whose value has depreciated due to injury setbacks, but is still capable of playing high level football aged 31.
Bills Trade Target For Sale After New Development
The Los Angeles Rams announced that former Offensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl LVI MVP, Cooper Kupp, is officially on the trade block.
Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport has named the Bills a top trade destination for the ex OPOY WR, and fortunately for Buffalo fans, has given the projected trade value of Kupp to be shockingly low – albeit with a big financial caveat: a $29 million cap hit in 2025.
Davenport believes that LA’s WR2 could be acquired for as little as a fourth and sixth round pick in this year’s draft.
“For the Bills to land Kupp,” Davenport notes, “it would take some financial machinations—with Buffalo in the red to the tune of $12.6 million, there would need to be some contracts restructured. Kupp’s could be among them. And moving from La-La Land to Western New York is quite the upheaval.
But Kupp could certainly do worse than playing with Josh Allen, and the Bills could use the help at wide receiver after yet another devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs.”
Does Cooper Kupp And The Buffalo Bills Make Sense?
And Jarrett Bailey of Sporting News believes this could be a fruitful partnership – one that could not be better suited for one another.
“This feels like a marriage made in heaven for the Super Bowl LVI MVP and Buffalo. Kupp has aged gracefully into a No. 2 option with the Rams as Puka Nacua has emerged as one of the top pass-catchers in the league, but he himself is still a reliable target who can get open on any down. A player like Kupp is exactly what the Bills need.”
The Bills currently lie around $10-12 million above the projected 2025 salary cap, depending on the source, so taking on Kupp’s $29 million cap hit this season could be problematic.
However, Ian Rapoport believes that the Rams are willing to eat some of Kupp’s salary – particularly given they have $40 million + left in cap space, even before removing some of their receiver’s salary off their books.
That would likely drive up the price of the All Pro wideout, perhaps to as much as a late second or early third rounder. But whilst the Bills have their Super Bowl window open for the duration of Allen’s career – which hopefully can last for at least another decade – the pressure is beginning to mount for the Buffalo brass; the time to strike is now!