NFL Trade Deadline 2024: Buffalo Bills GM may not be finished making deals

Brandon Beane is ready to push all of his chips into the middle of the table.
The Buffalo Bills general manager appeared on The Pat McAfee Show just one day after making a trade with the Cleveland Browns for wide receiver Amari Cooper. The five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver is expected to provide a boost to a wide receiver room that has struggled to get open consistently. Adding Cooper may be Buffalo’s biggest move ahead of the NFL trade deadline, but Beane told McAfee it may not be their only move.
According to Beane, the message for the team is that they are all in this season.
“Listen, we’re still all in,” Beane told McAfee and A.J. Hawk. “If this didn’t happen, if Cleveland was not ready to do it, we were going to continue to monitor (Cooper and the wide receiver market). We still got a few weeks for the (trade) deadline. If we feel there’s something else we need or can help us get over the top (we’ll do it). We have been all in all along… The mindset here as long as Josh Allen’s our quarterback is we’re going to try and win this thing and we’re going to do what we can every single year.”
Buffalo is projected to have 10 picks in next year’s draft after sending a third-round pick in the 2025 draft along with a seventh in the 2026 draft to the Browns for Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round pick. Looking at Buffalo’s overall roster, a move on the defensive line would make plenty of sense for the Bills. The team lacks a true difference-maker off the edge and their play at defensive tackle has been inconsistent. A move at safety is another potential option. Taylor Rapp has been a bright spot for the team, but an upgrade for Damar Hamlin is a possibility.