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‘”He’s an impeccable kid. We did a lot of research. I think all teams were aware of the Title IX thing,” Beane said two days after the draft. “That was fully investigated by the school. He even volunteered to do a polygraph and had notes. It was one of those where there was zero information saying that this actually happened, to what the accusation was. You can’t take someone’s account and think that’s the truth. But yes, we fully investigated that.”‘

‘”I think Drake is super talented, he’s one of my favorite young quarterbacks in the league,” Allen told SI.com in a Q&A. “I’ve spent some time around him and he’s got his head on his shoulders the right way. He just does things the right way. I think that he exemplifies football. He’ll take it and run, he’ll throw it and to have someone like Stefon (Diggs) is going to help him out a lot.”‘

‘”I’m a big believer in if you can’t stop it, keep running it, right?” Allen said. “I think that there’s a few teams that do it better than others, but then you look at a few teams that try to do it, and it doesn’t have the same success. Because, one, they maybe don’t practice it enough or, two, they don’t have the guys to do it. And just because a couple teams do it better than others, I don’t feel like it should be banned.’

‘”You want to know exactly what I see? Man, that shit trash,” Coleman said of what he put on tape in 2024, via the team’s official website. “You gotta be more efficient here. You gotta get out of this break. You got to stack your DB. You got to give Josh more room to throw the ball. You gotta catch that. You gotta make that block. You got to get that extra effort on the touchdown block so if [James Cook] breaks it, he goes up the sideline. Just different things like that. Calling out everything that you’re doing wrong to make it right.”‘

‘Cook, whose 16 rushing touchdowns during the regular season tied him with Derrick Henry and Jahmyr Gibbs for the most in the league, is entering the final year of his rookie contract in 2025 and has hinted on his Instagram account that he is seeking $15 million per year in a new deal.’

‘Thompson had over 100 combined tackles in four straight seasons from 2019 to 2022, including a career-high 135 in 2022. However, a pair of season-ending injuries brought Thompson’s Panthers career to an unceremonious end, first breaking his fibula in Week 2 of the 2023 season and then tearing his Achilles in Week 4 of 2024. Thompson was released by the Panthers in February.’

‘Cook led the Bills in rushing last season with 1,009 yards and 16 touchdowns as one of the go-to weapons out of the backfield alongside MVP-candidate Josh Allen. Cook’s rushing touchdowns total matched league leaders Derrick Henry and Jahmyr Gibbs in the category. He was a featured option on third down and developed into a pass-catch threat from his position after finishing with 32 catches for 258 yards and two scores.’

‘The couple got engaged in November of 2024 and were first linked in May of 2023. They got engaged in Malibu, California and Steinfeld said she was surprised by the proposal. Allen asked Steinfeld to marry him in front of a flower arch and candles.’

‘”To some extent, I think it’s a real compliment to them choosing us and selecting our organization now that the criteria has changed,” McDermott said. “You look at it one of two ways, and it’s probably a little bit of both.”‘

‘The surface-level stats, though, reveal just a small part of why Cook feels like he deserves to be paid like a top-tier running back. After posting 2.76 yards per rush after contact in 2023, Cook jumped to 3.26 yards in that category in 2024, ninth among all players with at least 200 rushes and one spot above Barkley. Cook was significantly better against heavy boxes and out of the shotgun compared to the year before, too.’

‘When it comes to what Cook is looking for in a new contract, he said during a podcast appearance earlier this offseason that, “I just want to get what I deserve.” Cook previously hinted while live on Instagram that seeks $15 million per year.’

‘Bosa sat nine games in 2018 and missed an additional 23 contests across the last three years with injuries. When healthy, though, the veteran pass rusher is one of the most disruptive defensive players in the NFL. He won the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award in 2016 and rattled off five Pro Bowl selections, including his most recent one last season.’

‘The Bills should definitely be concerned about this injury and that’s because if there’s been one knock on Bosa over the past few years, it’s that he hasn’t been able to stay on the field. Over the past three seasons, Bosa has missed a total of 23 games due to injury.’

‘It’s hard imagine “Hard Knocks” choosing five better teams to chronicle in 2025. Along with having one of the most passionate fan bases in the NFL, the Bills have the league’s reigning league MVP in quarterback Josh Allen, who has led Buffalo to five straight AFC East division crowns.’

‘Still just 25 years old, Moore is entering his fifth season in the NFL. During his first four seasons, Moore established himself as a solid complementary player who can help open things up for the rest of the offense.’