Time will tell if the Buffalo Bills' trade for Kelvin Benjamin helps the team win enough games to break their 17-year playoff drought, but ESPN believes at least one Bills player is among the biggest winners on trade deadline day.

Dan Graziano of ESPN named Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor among his trade deadline winners. Graziano believes Benjamin gives Taylor the No. 1 receiver that the Bills have been been missing.

A go-for-it move by the Bills at the deadline. They acquire Kelvin Benjamin from the Panthers, giving Taylor a true No. 1 wide receiver and rewarding their roster for its 5-2 start with a move that's sure to energize a group of players used to seeing veterans heading out the door. Buffalo running backs have more catches (47) this season than their wide receivers do (45), and Bills wideouts rank last in the league in both catches and yards. They traded Sammy Watkins in the preseason and needed a top wideout. Taylor and the run game have been good, but this elevates the potential of the passing game as the Bills try to run down the Patriots and end a 17-year playoff drought.

After naming Taylor a trade deadline winner, it's no surprise that Graziano felt that one of the biggest losers of the day was Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. The writer referred to Benjamin as Newton's security blanket on the Panthers.

Because, watching the Panthers this season, it feels like half of the offensive game plan was to have Newton chuck it high somewhere near Benjamin and hope Benjamin came down with it. And yes, Devin Funchess and Ed Dickson are also tall, and Greg Olsen could be back in a couple of weeks. But Benjamin was a Newton security blanket for a long time, and it's hard to imagine Cam's in love with the sight of him walking out the door.

Benjamin should help give the Bills' passing game a boost. The team has averaged 178.7 passing yards per game, good for 29th in the league, entering Week 9.