Quote:Short of flying to Buffalo and holding their staff at gunpoint, there wasn't much way to "force" the Bills to divulge the information. Here's a scenario that seems entirely likely: the Bills had a hunch that the Jaguars liked Watkins, but didn't have the ammo to jump up to the second pick and weren't willing to totally gut next year's draft for it. After the Jaguars passed on Watkins, they called Cleveland to make good on a deal they'd worked out earlier for the fourth overall pick, jumping the Raiders who they had a pretty strong feeling were going to take Watkins.

 

The trade was a raw deal for the Bills imo, who will soon find out that without a competent QB throwing the ball, even a receiving corps of Randy Moss, Megatron and Jerry Rice would have a hard time making a difference. If Watkins doesn't show up in a big way and the Bills aren't still in the playoff hunt late in the year, I wouldn't be surprised to see the GM and coach gone.