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‘”I’m gonna try to be the player that I’ve always been,” Bosa said, via NFL Network. “Like I mentioned, stay healthy, I think I can be dominant still. I’m still only just 30. I’m not washed just yet. I’m getting there, but I got a little bit longer.”‘

‘”It’s maddening,” Allen said about feeling like you’ve done everything right but not gotten the results you wanted. “But at the same time it helps put things in perspective about what matters in your life and you figure out what that is fairly quickly. Scottie Scheffler had that really good interview before The Open that spoke a lot to me, and I really appreciate him sharing those words.’

‘The “wherever” is an interesting part of the quote from the Bills former second-rounder, who is preparing for his fourth year in the league. The wording suggests that Cook is open to changing area codes if Buffalo can’t come up with a number he likes.’

‘”It remains to be seen how involved he’ll be on the field,” Tom Pelissero reports. “Cook took part in June minicamp and wants to win a Super Bowl in Buffalo. … He still expects a new deal.”‘

‘The Bills’ red helmets became central to their identity throughout the 1990s, an era which saw the Bills win the AFC Championship four years in a row from 1990 to 1993 and play in four straight Super Bowls. Many of the greatest players in franchise history played in this era and wore the red helmets, among them quarterback Jim Jelly, running back Thurman Thomas, defensive end Bruce Smith and many more.’

‘”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.’