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Agree with this. LB is one of the few spots where I could see us in the market for a veteran cut. Spector gets hurt every year and is in the last year of his deal, so they won’t hesitate to move on if they think a fading vet will be an upgrade this season. Bernard getting hurt is probably the biggest risk on the defense. Plus there could be a slight trade market for Spector - meaning maybe you get a low 7th rounder for him instead of cutting him outright. I have no idea if this Bungles guy would be an upgrade over Spector in 2025, but if any of the Football Knowers on the board have a take, please weigh in.

except for some, it's not about religion. My religious beliefs align with the rights. It's about live and let live on social issues. Who am I to judge as Pope Francis said. But authoritarianism I can't abide.

I’d never heard of these two, so I did a little research. They are two earnest lefties who base their hyper local protest strategy on the earnest righty Tea Party tactics of the Obama years. They are no more communist than the Tea Party acrivists were fascists. This name calling is just childish.

No doubt the most expensive way of acquiring a player is trading draft assets and then having to play that player top of the market value. The fact that the Bills didn't draft his replacement in this year's draft made me think Beane would either give him a new contract extension or let him play out his fourth year. Maybe he was offered something for Cook before the draft but it wasn't anything higher than a day three pick. I really wouldn't know what to do if I was Cook. I think I'm playing this season no matter what. On one hand I know that if it's best case scenario in the 2025 season like you laid out then his contract would be even bigger if signed next year with the salary cap going up. However, you also face the risk of injury or declined production if our offensive line isn't magically healthy throughout the year like they were the last two. At his age I pry would bet on myself. As his agent I would advise him to get an extension with $25m or so in guaranteed money. You're set financially for life.

This topic is only 7 pages long and you're already ignoring points that others have already made. Again, the "whatever the market will bear" doesn't necessarily equate with "fair market price." There are millions of people who helped the NFL build itself into what it is today... now many of those people are priced out. What is a fair market price? So you can afford NFL Sunday Ticket, and before that GamePass. That's nice. Not everyone can. It's quite a coincidence that the people who think this is much ado about nothing are the same people who can afford to pay the price. As I said upthread, I can afford to pay to watch games and I do. But I don't like the direction that the owners are choosing and I will walk away when/if it gets to a certain point. And I don't blame those who choose to pirate games. Some of them are protesting what they believe to be unfair business practices and believe that piracy is a legitimate reaction to greed. I don't disagree with them. The late Jim Irsay paid $4 million for a guitar. These owners own private yachts and airplanes, private art collections, etc. That is absolutely their prerogative but if you are not content to simply be wealthy but aspire to be ultra-wealthy... well you just might possibly be greedy... or do you think greed doesn't exist? There's a difference between wanting to maximize your investment and being so selfish that you are price gouging and alienating those customers who helped you build your business.

Weak minded people have been crushed by the orange menace, haven’t they? Sad and embarrassing.

Hire the worst, get the worst.

trump

So Hitler of Trump.

Thank you! That’s EXACTLY correct. Mark Andrews catches the two point conversion and this entire thread disappears. One week later Dalton Kincaid makes a catch instead of letting the ball go right through his arms, this entire thread disappears. Somebody needs to make a play when it ACTUALLY MATTERS !

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Despite the hilarious appearance of "redunandat", this post deserved a more conceptualized GIF for the repetitive Cook threads

He'd be an absolute moron to hold out, A. he's a RB. B. The Bills don't play around , they're an elite organization and won't be held hostage by a player, they'll make the right decision for the team C. It kills his value, not only this year but with any future team, looking at him as a Me first player. Leveon Bell is the closest comp and his value was much larger, Cook isn’t even a consensus top 10 back

Why did he get less touches in the passing game last year? Because his mistakes in the passing game in 2023 were deemed not worth the risk in 2024. If he improves in those areas he can increase his value and be considered among the elite. Get back to 10 yards per catch(like 2023) but with less drops(like 2024). Put some good pass pro on tape etc.. I'm not saying it wouldn't be better for a team to get him now and have him for age 26-28 than age 27-29...........but his contract leverage ain't good right now. Nobody wants to trade a draft pick AND pay him top of the market. Especially before they see what they get from this draft class.......which was one of the more vaunted groups in decades. On paper there isn't anybody who doesn't have a RB that they at least have hope for. It's a well stocked position around the league.

Liked this bit from Matt Parrino's recent report: Coleman seems like a guy who responds to/needs hard coaching. Humble and hungry. The social media physique police will appreciate Keon's hard work so far this offseason. Seems like the local pundits are also noticing some on-field growth this Spring. Let's hope it translates.

Never in his career was Jaire Alexander a player that could be counted on to stay healthy: In dog years... never mind, he's not "a dog."

And you’re not!

Except in Cook's situation he may not be able to improve his stats, so why bother? His FA market right now is higher than what the Bills intend to pay.

Mostly a few guys on defense. If the offense holds serve from last year I’d say one corner needs to surprise, Rousseau needs a bigger year and any 2 of the draft picks or free agents up on the defensive line

Didn’t the Bills add a new assistant DL coach who specializes in the pass rush? This could help Solomon’s development as well. I look forward to seeing his second season.

It’s a really odd contract the Bills signed here. All veteran salaries are guaranteed for that year if they are on day 1 roster. Having his 1 year contact guaranteed is basically him and agent hedging their bets that he will not be healthy enough to even be on the NFL season opening roster.