Five minutes from the trade deadline in 2017, it appeared that all was safe to prepare for trick-or-treating with no major moves by the Buffalo Bills. But at 3:57 pm, the Bills and the Carolina Panthers finalized a trade that would bring wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to Buffalo. A former first-round pick of the Panthers in the 2014 NFL Draft, Benjamin was deemed expendable by Carolina as they collected a third- and seventh-round draft pick from the Bills.
Benjamin ended up playing in seven games (includes playoffs) for the Bills, but he was limited due to a knee injury.