The Buffalo Bills did not have interesting in adding wide receiver Sammy Watkins, according to general manager Brandon Beane in a bit of an abrasive way.
Bleacher Report published a head-turning article on Watkins on Tuesday morning. In that piece, there’s a slight mention of a possible reunion between the two sides, sprinkled in between a story that is a winding tale about Watkins and his beliefs in entities, energy forces of good and evil nature and even teleportation.
The B/R article was authored by Tyler Dunne, formerly of the Buffalo News. The Bills’ radio show on WGR-550 radio chatted with Dunne after the article was published on Tuesday and another shocking idea came out of that more definitively: Could the Bills have really had interest in bringing Watkins back? Per Watkins via Dunne, yes.
But now Beane via the same station, in a very bold set of words, that Watkins saying the Bills talked to him is “100 percent false” and then some:
Brandon Beane: "That's 100% false. We never spoke to Sammy Watkins or any of his representation about trading for him. Secondly, we never discussed him with anyone in our building that matters. End of discussion." https://t.co/vfjFnSEcOj
— Sal Capaccio 🏈 (@SalSports) May 12, 2020
Up and down, left and right and all around with Watkins on Tuesday. Beane sounded very strongly in this written reply, but what do we really know? Watkins ended up re-signing with the Chiefs this offseason, but Beane felt he needed to voice this anyway. Perhaps he thought the Bills needed to reaffirm that Stefon Diggs was their first choice? But Watkins also was under contract with the Chiefs for the 2020 season already, so perhaps there was some sort of tampering aspect Beane was afraid of coming the Bills’ way.
Regardless, things probably worked out well for both sides in what eventually happened. The Bills got the more consistent and proven option in Diggs, while Watkins goes back to defend a Super Bowl title on a restructured one-year deal.
For what it’s worth, Beane was only a few months in his current role when he decided to send Watkins and a late-round pick to the Rams for cornerback EJ Gaines and a second-round pick.
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