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Can the Bills Make a Deadline Trade? Cap Space Breakdown, Bye Week Injuries & Week 7 Preview | The Morning Charge · The Morning Charge

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Mafia! It's Wednesday, October 21st. This is the
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  Speaker 1: Morning Charge, your daily 10-minute or less Buffalo Bills news hit.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Aaron Quinn, here with Colin Ritchie, bringing you everything
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  Speaker 1: you need to know before you start your day. Let's
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  Speaker 1: get right into it. Mark your calendars. The 2026 NFL
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  Speaker 1: trade deadline is set for Tuesday, November 10th at 4 p.m. Eastern. Remember,
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  Speaker 1: in 2024, the NFL approved pushing back the deadline to
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday after Week 9. The extra week gives front offices
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  Speaker 1: across the league, and specifically Brandon Bean, one more real
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  Speaker 1: game of evaluation to decide if they're buyers, sellers, or
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  Speaker 1: they're going to stay in Pat. Now, if you feel
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  Speaker 1: like the NFL trade deadline has gotten crazy over the
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  Speaker 1: last few years, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you.
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  Speaker 1: The midseason market in the NFL used to be completely dead.
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  Speaker 1: A decade ago, you'd maybe see two to three moves league-wide.
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  Speaker 1: That has completely flipped. Last year set a modern record
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  Speaker 1: with 22. 12 players changed teams on deadline date alone.
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  Speaker 1: Expect a rumor mill to heat up over the next
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  Speaker 1: three weeks and a peak in the final days. Here's
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  Speaker 1: the timing that you need to keep an eye on.
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  Speaker 1: About 30% of trades happen over the next two weeks
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  Speaker 1: during the pre-deadline buildup, as contenders try to get in
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  Speaker 1: early and get players to learn their playbooks. But 40%
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  Speaker 1: of all in-season moves happened in the final 72-hour window
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  Speaker 1: leading up to Tuesday at 4 p.m. That's when the
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  Speaker 1: leverage spikes, prices settle, and sellers finally pull the trigger
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  Speaker 1: on deals. So where do the bills fit in all this?
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  Speaker 1: Can Brandon Beaton actually afford to make a move? The
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  Speaker 1: short answer is yes, absolutely. Right now, SpotTrack has the
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  Speaker 1: bills at $ 4. 5 million of active salary cap. Now, you
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  Speaker 1: might hear $ 4. 5 million and think, that's not enough to
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  Speaker 1: do much. but remember how the trade deadline actually works.
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  Speaker 1: In season, you get pro rating. When you trade for
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  Speaker 1: a player in week 9, you inherit the remaining base
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  Speaker 1: salary for the rest of the season, roughly 50% of
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  Speaker 1: their full contract. That means, with $ 4. 5 million in room today,
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  Speaker 1: the Bills can absorb a player with about $ 9 million
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  Speaker 1: in salary for his base salary without making a single
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  Speaker 1: roster move or contract tweak. Cap room is only half
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  Speaker 1: the equation. You also need some draft currency to make
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  Speaker 1: this trade. The Bills have all their original picks from
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  Speaker 1: rounds 1-7 this year. Midseason trades rarely cost a first
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  Speaker 1: round pick anymore, unless you're acquiring an elite star with
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  Speaker 1: multiple years of team control. Most deadline deals get done
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  Speaker 1: on day 3 sweet spot, 4-6 rounders, where Bean has
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  Speaker 1: plenty of ammunition to add defensive help without gutting the
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  Speaker 1: future drafts.
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  Speaker 2: Injury Update We won't see an injury report from the
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  Speaker 2: Bills for some time, but the team has two weeks
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  Speaker 2: to get healthy for their Week 8 matchup against the Ravens.
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  Speaker 2: Here are some injuries to monitor going into the bye week.
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  Speaker 2: Rookie defensive tackle Zane Durant is currently eligible to return
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  Speaker 2: from IR after being placed on injured reserve as part
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  Speaker 2: of the team's roster cuts back on August 30th. He
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  Speaker 2: was seen working off to the side with an athletic
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  Speaker 2: trainer last week as he begins his return from a
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  Speaker 2: neck injury. DB Jordan Hancock is also eligible to return
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  Speaker 2: from IR after missing four games due to a hamstring injury.
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  Speaker 2: Wide receiver DJ Moore has been battling a shoulder injury
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  Speaker 2: since Week 2, but practiced in a limited fashion last Friday.
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  Speaker 2: He was questionable to play against the Raiders, but ultimately
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  Speaker 2: sat out, making it much more likely he will make
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  Speaker 2: his return after the bye. Defensive tackle Ed Oliver followed
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  Speaker 2: the same pattern as Moore, listed as a DNP on
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday and Thursday's practices, but practiced in a limited fashion
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  Speaker 2: on Friday and was questionable for Sunday's game. Like Moore,
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  Speaker 2: Oliver sat out as well, but it could be a
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  Speaker 2: good sign that he's closer to returning from his knee
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  Speaker 2: injury that's kept him sidelined the last two weeks. Dee Alford,
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  Speaker 2: Joshua Palmer, and TJ Sanders were also all questionable for
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  Speaker 2: Sunday's game against the Raiders, but were active and did play,
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  Speaker 2: meaning they should be in the clear barring any setbacks
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  Speaker 2: during the bye. Bradley Chubb and Dalton Kincaid were both
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  Speaker 2: questionable to return with rib injuries on Sunday, but both
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  Speaker 2: did return. Still, it wouldn't be a surprise to see
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  Speaker 2: either of them on the injury report next week. Week
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  Speaker 2: 7 Preview While the Bills don't play in Week 7,
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  Speaker 2: there are still a handful of games to keep an
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  Speaker 2: eye on next weekend. Thursday Night Football is one of
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  Speaker 2: those games, as the New England Patriots take on the
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  Speaker 2: Chicago Bears at 8-15. The Patriots are only half a
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  Speaker 2: game back on Buffalo with their 4-2 record and head-to-head
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  Speaker 2: win over the Bills. Then on Sunday, the 4-2 Steelers
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  Speaker 2: play at 9.30 a.m. in France against the New Orleans Saints.
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  Speaker 2: In the 1 o'clock window, an AFC East matchup between
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  Speaker 2: the winless Dolphins and 2-4 Jets rounds out Buffalo's division.
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  Speaker 2: The matchup of the afternoon, though, probably comes in the
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  Speaker 2: AFC North when the 4-2 Ravens host the 3-2 Bengals.
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  Speaker 2: The Cleveland Browns also search for their fifth win of
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  Speaker 2: the season against the 1-5 Titans. The 2-4 Colts have
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  Speaker 2: a tough draw against the undefeated 5-0 Vikings. After starting
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  Speaker 2: the year 0-4, the Texans have won two in a
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  Speaker 2: row and look to continue their win streak against the
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  Speaker 2: 3-2-1 Giants. In the late window, the 4-2 Broncos will
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  Speaker 2: look for their fifth win against the 2-4 Cardinals, while
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  Speaker 2: the 3-3 Raiders look to bounce back from their loss
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  Speaker 2: to the Bills with a tilt against the struggling 2-4 Rams.
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  Speaker 2: Then on Sunday Night Football, the undefeated Chiefs will try
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  Speaker 2: to stay perfect against the 3-3 Seahawks.
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  Speaker 1: As you know, the Bills are officially on their bye
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  Speaker 1: right now, so just like the team taking time to
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  Speaker 1: recharge and recalibrate, we're going to take a brief maintenance
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  Speaker 1: always do. Otherwise, our show schedule will pick up right
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  Speaker 1: where we left off next week when player press conferences
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