Orchard Park, N.Y. — Houston Texans EDGE rusher Jadeveon Clowney has been on Buffalo Bills fans’ wishlist for months and it seems like the three-time Pro Bowler will be on the move in the not-so-distant future.

How much do fans want Clowney in Buffalo?

“Jadeveon Clowney trade Bills” is the third search result on Google when you type in his name.

Trade winds picked up speed again last night when The Athletic’s Michael Lombardi said that Clowney would be dealt in the next 24-48 hours.

Lombardi, a former NFL executive with plenty of sources still on the football side after transitioning into NFL media, said multiple teams are in talks with the Texans.

Could one of those teams be the Buffalo Bills?

Let’s start with the biggest obstacle in a trade for Clowney. The Texans placed the franchise tag on him back on March 4 and failed to reach a multiyear deal with him by the July 15 deadline. That means any team that trades for the pass rusher will be getting him on just a one-year deal with no guarantee he’ll sign long term.

Back in June Beane sat down for over an hour with beat reporters to discuss a host of topics. The NBA’s Toronto Raptors came up because of their gamble last season to trade for superstar Kawhi Leonard, who didn’t sign an extension after the trade and chose to simply play out the final year of his contract.

“That’s a cool scenario what Toronto did,” Beane said. “But that was a ballsy move to trade for Kawhi Leonard, knowing he was going to be a free agent.”

Beane said that the gamble paid off for the Raptors because they won a championship. Leonard left in free agency to the Los Angeles Clippers, making it a one-year rental. Clowney could do the same to any team that trades for him because it’s against NFL rules to sign a long term deal while on a franchise tag contract after the deadline passes.

In every glimpse Beane has provided into the philosophy of team building since he arrived in Buffalo, he has made it clear that he values his draft capital and fundamentally believes that great teams are built through the draft.

It’ll likely cost a high end draft pick to acquire Clowney, whose injury history reads like a horror movie fan’s greatest hits. He’s underwent a knee surgery in three of his five NFL seasons, had a lisfranc injury in 2015 and a sports hernia surgery in 2014.

But the Bills under Beane haven’t shied away from players with an injury history. The third-year GM has showed a willingness to pursue a big trade (see Antonio Brown saga) if it’s something that makes his team better.

The Texans reportedly want a wide receiver and/or offensive line help in a deal for Clowney. It just so happens that the Bills have a few potential options to make a deal work (tackle Ty Nsekhe and receiver Zay Jones come to mind - if you’re willing to part with them).

Making the Bills an even more likely trade partner is Houston’s situation at running back. Starter Lamar Miller suffered a torn ACL on Saturday in a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys. Bills running back LeSean McCoy is on the last year of his deal and could be the perfect last-minute option for the Texans, who are in the mix for the AFC title this season.

Houston coach Bill O’Brien said on Saturday that any trade has to bring value to his team.

“I think with any trade you’re always looking at the value of the trade relative to your team, your future team and also looking at basically sometimes in different trades you have to give up a little bit more to get what you want,” O’Brien said, per Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle.

How much would Beane give up to get Clowney?

My feeling is that the price tag would be too high for a player who is more likely to bolt Buffalo after this season than stick around on a multiyear deal.

Leonard’s one-year franchise-altering season isn’t lost on Beane, but he also knows it’s harder for a single player to have that kind of impact in football.

“I think (in the NBA) one guy can make a bigger impact than in our sport,” Beane said. “Maybe the quarterback you could say would make that kind of impact, but I don’t know of any other position in our game would do that.”

The Bills like what they have in EDGE rushers Jerry Hughes, Trent Murphy and Shaq Lawson. Bills coach Sean McDermott employs a rotational system that funnels players in and out of the game on the defensive line. Clowney would probably soar in the system and the Bills have the pieces to make a deal happen. But with the uncertainty around his future the team likely isn’t built up enough to make a run at a title in 2019. And that’s when it makes the most sense to make this type of deal.

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