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‘Allen earned 27 first-place votes for NFL MVP, beating out Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s 23 first-place votes. Jackson was gunning for his second-straight NFL MVP honor, and third-career MVP honor.’

‘Beane was right on both of those counts. Since 2019, the Beane/McDermott Bills have gone 71-28 in the regular season which is a winning percentage of .717. They’ve made the playoffs in each of those six seasons. They’ve won the last five AFC East division titles. They’ve made two appearances in the AFC Championship game in the last five years. The Bills are 7-6 in the postseason in that stretch. 0-4 against the Chiefs and 7-2 against all other teams.’

‘If so, how much money will that cost? If the two sides don’t agree to an extension, Cook will enter the fourth and final year of his rookie contract in 2025.’

‘To do that, they’ll either need to restructure his deal once again (as they have the last few years) or sign an extension. That may be exactly what happens in order to get his salary more in-line with the best players in the league, and also allow more years to push some of that money down the road, lowering his cap hit.’

‘I hope you voted for Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, but I’m worried you took the easy way out in this process. I’m thinking many of you took a look at Lamar Jackson’s stats, then compared them to Allen’s numbers, and voted for the Baltimore Ravens quarterback instead.’

‘Beane said the Bills mentality will continue to “keep kicking the door until you knock it down.”‘

‘McDermott followed general manager Brandon Beane, who spoke for an hour and 15 minutes, and touched on various topics, including some of the offensive and defensive breakdowns in the conference title game, the status of special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley amid fan criticism, and his perspective on certain players as they head into the 2025 offseason.’

‘All 10 of the players were on the team’s practice squad in 2024…’.

‘The team has 19 pending unrestricted free agents (UFAs), plus one restricted free agent (RFA), and one Exclusive Rights Free Agent.’

‘The league announced on Tuesday that Bills running back James Cook and center Connor McGovern have been named to the Pro Bowl as replacement players. Cook will go to Orlando in place of Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry, while McGovern will replace Kansas City Chiefs center Creed Humphrey.’

‘”You keep going back and thinking about what you could have done differently, plays even throughout the game. It’s something that’s so little, but dropping the snap on that 2nd-and-6, turning it to a 3rd-and-9, where I probably catch the ball and I dart it to ‘Coop’ [Amari Cooper] and it’s 3rd-and-1 instead of 3rd-and-9. Things that, again, it’s not going to be in the stat sheet, but as a competitor, I think of those things of like, ‘Man, if I could have done this differently,'” said Allen on Monday while meeting with the media during his end-of-season press conference. “Anytime you lose, you’re going to have those thoughts in your head. It’s just understanding you’re not promised opportunities like that all the time. You’re not promised to get into the playoffs each and every year.”‘

‘All of them were on the team’s practice squad in 2024.’

‘The Bills could not rely on the one play they had used so successfully all season. Josh Allen was stopped on multiple quarterback sneaks, including a pivotal (and controversial) sneak while leading 22-21 early in the fourth quarter.’

‘”I got so much pride in our guys showing up each and every day, working as hard as they can. You know, guys truly adopted what we talked about this year going into it,” Allen said.’

‘”We’re a good organization. We’ve had a heck of a season. There’s momentum going into next year. We played a lot of young guys, some because they earned it, some because out of injuries. So this is good experience for quite a few of those guys. And every year is different, right? So you start from scratch every season, but we’re thankful for the success that we had this year.”‘