The Buffalo Bills acquired Kelvin Benjamin in a trade with the Carolina Panthers just before the NFL’s trade deadline on Tuesday afternoon.
While many in the media were just shocked that the NFL trade deadline was a functioning deadline like other leagues like the NBA and NHL, many in Carolina weren’t happy that the Panthers traded away a top target for quarterback Cam Newton, especially since tight end Greg Olsen is still injured.
Panthers players tweeted their displeasure about the move, while Bills running back LeSean McCoy was pumped to get some help for quarterback Tyrod Taylor. But Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, who is a big fan of the Carolina Panthers, didn’t like the trade one bit.
He commented about it on Twitter on Tuesday, calling it “madness” and asking for help understanding what the team is doing.
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“Please help me understand this madness,” Curry wrote on Tuesday, quote retweeting an attempt to explain the trade from the Panthers’ perspective.
From the Bills side of things it’s a move that makes a ton of sense. Buffalo has been extremely shorthanded at wideout this season, trading away Sammy Watkins and acquiring Jordan Matthews, who was immediately injured. Benjamin becomes the team’s best wideout almost right away, and it shows the team has more faith in Taylor under center than it previously had.
With Buffalo at 5-2 and with perhaps their best chance to end a 17-year playoff drought since 2011, it looks like the team is actually going for it in a relatively weak AFC this season. The Panthers, meanwhile, feel they can do without the 6-foot-5 receiver. It’s entirely possible that’s true, but Curry and many other Panthers fans are going to need some convincing over the next few weeks.
