Bills trade WR Stevie Johnson to 49ers

[sb1]

Per Schefter. 2015 conditional 4th round pick.

Wow. I won't complain to see a Pats killer out of the division...

 

[sb1]

Schefter:
Filed to ESPN: 49ers trading a conditoonal 2015 4th-round pick to Buffalo for WR Stevie Johnson, per sources. Pick can become a 3rd.

 

[Uncle Rico]

What a division that NFC West is. Here's hoping they aren't too tired from beating up on each other to beat up on the Broncos.

 

[ashley]

Good trade by the niners, also glad to see him out of our division!!!!

 

[Bobs My Uncle]

Wow, Niners and Hawks (and soon to be Rams?) will be awesome to watch.

 

[jmt57]

Buffalo wanted him out due to his cap numbers ($8.5M in 2014, $8.85 in '15, and $8.95M in '16); now they just have to eat the rest of his prorated bonus ($8.475M). The Bills get virtually no cap savings with this trade this season, but they save plenty over the next two years.

The 49ers get a bargain because they're only on the hook for a $3.65M salary this year; it's a one-year rental, with an audition to see if he's worth $5.5M next year and $5.85M in 2016. That's pretty good value in exchange for a 4th round pick, in my opinion.

 

[dannydyn]

Johnson goes, Watkins comes..... it's a wash

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Johnson goes, Watkins comes..... it's a wash

Watkins can 100% be much better then that clown..we will see

 

[Rob0729]

Wow! A half dozen posts and not one person complaining that the Pats could have and should have made this trade.

Good trade for the 49ers. Good for the Pats because it makes Denver's game vs. the 49ers tougher for Denver.

 

[SalemPats]

wow for a conditional 4th. Niners went from the worst receiving corps to a strong one by giving up a 5 for Bolding and 4 for Stevie Johnson and Lloyd off the streets.

 

[Rob0729]

wow for a conditional 4th. Niners went from the worst receiving corps to a strong one by giving up a 5 for Bolding and 4 for Stevie Johnson and Lloyd off the streets.

I have a feeling Lloyd may be back on the streets next week after this trade.

 

[fumbrunner]

Crabtree, Johnson, Boldin, Lloyd, and Davis. Not a bad receiving group.

 

[sb1]

That's now more than $20M in dead cap money for the Bills

 

[Nunchucks]

Bad trade for the bills

 

[CelticPatriot]

How do the Niners keep pulling off these ridiculous trades? Surely the rest of the league's GM's aren't that stupid??

 

[dannydyn]

Wow! A half dozen posts and not one person complaining that the Pats could have and should have made this trade.

The hairy cows would have never dealt with us.

 

[dales804]

Well I'm happy to see him gone from the AFCE and off the schedule twice a year. Too bad for him he still has a pass-handicapped QB throwing him the ball. But SF does have a nice stable of weapons now.

 

[Patjew]

Good trade by the niners, also glad to see him out of our division!!!!

Hi Ashley.

 

[Brady6]

Wow, Niners and Hawks (and soon to be Rams?) will be awesome to watch.

Don't forget the Cardinals. They went 10-6 last year.

 

[Wheelman]

The only guy that I remember beating Revis consistently in a game in recent memory out of the division...great!