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Now we can focus on the playoffs.

I don't think it moved the needle for the contract negotiations. I just think he was being cautious to not get any injuries before the deal got done.

Glad this whole debacle is over. Litterally all I've heard about for 6 months on local talk radio is cook. Really glad this is over and done with

Assuming that the information on this link is up to date, the Bills are last with meeting the salary cap (currently $600k over). 2026 - $4.5m over. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space Something to keep in mind.

Good to get it done, and he is about where he should be. Maybe a tad bit more, but that's fine. He is an important part of the offense.

Cook is the same age that OJ Simpson was entering the 1972 season, the start of a five-year run of the greatest RB play in NFL history. Cook’s not too old, and he’s a very low mileage RB with no serious injury history.

Nice. Thanks, Kyren!

12 mill per, that's abouy right. 6th highest RB, is about right as well.

I am guessing Patrick Willis.

Glad it’s done. I thought it likely a deal was already finalized when I saw that Cook came back to practice. Not pleased that his hold in worked, but that’s life in the NFL. I will hold off on judging the contract until I see the details.

eat what?

I agree. One of the best run organizations in football. Considering what we dealt with 2000-2016 this is such a a great ride for me as a fan

This deal came in exactly as expected - $12m per. It was all about the guaranteed money, as I said earlier this offseason. Great deal for both sides, Cook is still an ascending player. Just wait until Gibbs and Bijan get their bag next year, this will look like a steal for us.

Done!!

YES ! Beane is the man ...

I guess the COOK really is in the kitchen. Sounds like a fair deal for both sides and more than enough time to get in game shape.

I'll say it in both threads, Time to Cook!

I bet you get the best crop of tomatoes EVER!

Time to Cook!

I would donate. And then donate again.

I can stop hitting F5.

He has been talking since last season that he wants no part of paying a RB over $10 million a year and was more than willing to let Cook walk

Nothing crazy like some of you guys. I always bought cheap used cars. I had a 2014 toyota cruze that I liked and that I wanted to beat into the ground, but 1) going down the highway and busy main roads with my 1 daughter felt completely unsafe, especially with the amount of crazy "me first drivers" 2) it had a progressive oil leak that was getting worse and worse, so it was time to get a new/newer SUV. I never went full on new car before, I grew up in a family were we wore or rode everything into the ground so I knew if I got a good one, and kept it nice it could last me 10-15 years or better. Did lots and lots of research, narrowed it down to Toyota Rav4, Honda CRV and Subaru Forrester. My favorite of the bunch, the Rav4 is what I ended up going with. Now it came down to where to buy it. I did not need the one with all the glitz and glamour, my parents both grew up extremely dirt poor, we did fine growing up (dad a teacher and mom a nurse), but dad's mentality was to always stretch a dollar, so we did not have anything fancy whether it was cars, clothes, house, etc. So I have slightly acquired a little of that mentality in the sense that I do not need anything fancy, so I went with the basic model, because it had everything I need to go from A to B. I read up on strategies to lower the price tag, admittedly I suck at negotiations, but one tactic I thought I could employ easily was to pit the 3-4 main dealerships in the area against each other to see who would give me the best price. It worked I was able to work them down until they started dropping out 1 by 1, and eventually the last two remaining were trying to outdo each other with "their best price" even got to the point of them asking for the offer sheet of the other dealership to make sure I was not lying, which I gladly showed them. I ended up getting about 5-6 thousand off the listed price in addition to 2500 for the chevy cruze (oil was pretty bad a this point, but my mechanic cleaned up the engine pretty good prior to trading it in, so it was not very noticeable). The only part that was bad in this process from my standpoint was the guy trying to sell the extended warranty. He acted nice, I had my wife and daughter with me, and he was trying to sell me an additional warranty by saying that it covers rotors and what not in addition to something else. Something did not feel right, I bought one when I got the Cruze and it was a nightmare to get the company I bought the warranty from to cover something that was listed in the warranty in black and white, so I was very cautious about this. Anyways I took the sheet home with me and told him I would let him know in 24-48 hours, and when I googled it, I found out the warranty he was trying to sell me in fact did not cover what he was telling me as his main selling point, that it was a different warranty that the company sold that covered these things, not this one. I unloaded on his ass like no other, I was not pleasant saying he knowingly lied to my face, my wife's face and I brought the proof of the two different warranties off of the company's website. He backed off pretty quick when he realized I found out he was lying and that the dealership was about to lose the sale if he said another word to me.

Hard Knocks looking for another storyline now 😛