Bills Trade for Cooper Kupp? Inside Wild Scenario
The Buffalo Bills have a Super Bowl-level roster heading into 2023, and adding new pieces isn't exactly necessary. But with strange rumors surrounding Stefon Diggs, what's the harm in adding another elite receiver?
FanSided recently released a list of five trades the Bills can make to become Super Bowl favorites this season, and one of the most prominent names listed was Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp.
"The Rams are an older team and their Super Bowl window is probably closing, if not already closed. If the Rams decide in the season that this isn't going to be their year, they have two players that would generate a lot of interest and the Buffalo Bills should be interested in both," FanSided writes.
While the outlet insinuates a trade for Aaron Donald could be in play, we've already covered that hypothetical scenario. So, let's key in on Kupp.
"The first is wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who was only able to play nine games after dealing with injuries last season," FanSided concluded. "However, the year prior to that he led the league in receptions (145), receiving yards (1,947), and receiving touchdowns (16)."
The addition of the veteran wideout would almost assuredly give Buffalo the most dangerous offense in football if it wasn't already. Kupp finished third in MVP voting in that 2021 season, en route to winning a ring and Super Bowl MVP.
His 6,329 receiving yards in six seasons is also nuts. The 30-year-old has plenty of football left in him, and lining up Kupp and Diggs in the same offense would just be unfair to everyone else.
However, this remains another wild offseason trade idea that has no reported traction as of now.
But there is the age factor with Kupp. Coming off a season that saw him limited due to injury and already with a history of a torn ACL, there's no guarantee that he'll be able to stay healthy this season. Should the Rams experience another slide down the standings, it's not the craziest scenario to imagine them trading their star receiver while his value is still high and go into rebuild mode since the rest of their core is also aging.
It's hard to rule out anything in the craziness that is the NFL. But for now, it's best to dampen expectations on a wild scenario that would take a ton of falling dominoes to actually come to fruition.
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