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Just for comparison: In the 2024 UFL season, over 77 UFL players signed with NFL teams, representing more than 19% of the players who participated in the UFL season. The UFL had 400 players in the 2024 season. Additionally, the UFL announced that 21 UFL players are currently on NFL rosters. How bad can UFL players be if almost 20% get NFL camp invites?

And that tied an all-time record for the school's 135 year football history, and represents 20.5% of all active OSU players in the NFL. Best not to use statistical extremes to make your point.

Aha…thanks. The total roster math didn’t make any sense.

When signing shoes and hats, did Dalton drop the pen?

I didn't, and you changed a variable to "starting" to try to disprove my point. Even using your preferred metric, 82% of Ohio State's starting lineup is future salesman or Amazon delivery drivers. Maybe that's actually worse than 95% of the entire roster. And that would be an incorrect thing to think. 7 total Ohio State players "got a chance" in the NFL. (4 on active roster). None had their rights drafted by the UFL. Steele Chambers (what a name), is the lone member of the Ohio State 2024 class currently in the UFL. That's 5 players across two leagues.

Once the injuries start to accumulate, it’s downhill from there. There has to be other options.

I mean, I literally watched a play where Allen almost got killed immediately because Cook whiffed on his block so fast, Allen barely had time to get rid of the ball before being drilled. It was honestly impressive that Cook could miss a block that badly that it led to Allen getting hit so quickly...that's how bad it was.

1 year 12 million, with incentives up to 20. add void years to lower hit it's a fairly big if....but if he can stay on the field, Benford + Jaire is quite a tandem. Certainly among the best. The secondary is still really in need of more talent.

OMFG JAN 6 IS THE WORST DAY OF OUR LIFES

He was half way into 4 year $84mil extension, he has played in 14 games over the last 2 seasons. This might be the missing piece.

I agree with most of this but if I was to n Cook’s shoes, I would do the same thing. This is the most leverage he will ever have in his entire career. Playing on a one year contract is awful for any player but especially a rb. If he plays on a one year deal he: risks suffering a major injury; gets less touches that hurts his value, and the Bills run him into the ground (I don’t see that). every other good player for his Bills draft class has gotten a new deal. And I’d argue Cook has the best resume out of all of them. His brother’s career basically ended at 27. I get how it is tough to pay rb. But Cook has gotten better every year. He was the BEST player in the championship game and we might have won if he touched the ball more. This is going to be a story on Hard knocks. I’d love to see a real breakdown of this. Is Johnson better? Sure but I think this has been way overstated how bad Cook is.

Meanwhile - Alexander played in 4 games in 21, 7 games in 23 and 7 games in 24. then the fact 12m of bosas 12.6M contract is grd….. worst idea since Mario for Skelton? Probably not, but close

I know you suffer from extreme brainworms but care to explain how ice=kkk? Don't hurt yourself?

And 2 of the 3 are currently unavailable...

Have you watched him in game? He is awful, even last year. Improving when you are starting at like a 0/10 and "improving" to a 2/10 isn't moving the needle.

No I'm just saying we should be led by our defense more this season. The way that KC has been for a couple years now. I mean just about every major investment we made this offseason was on the defense... As you know that would not have been my strategy, but I get it. So now that strategy has to lead to a different result. The 3rd down defense has to be much better and we can't watch KC do their annual playoff thing against us where they move up and down the field at will. I'm not actually asking us to go 15-1 scoring 24 PPG, I am more realistic than that. But I think everybody should agree that if the defense lives up to the investments, the inevitable KC playoff matchup shouldn't come down to our offense having to score 30+ and score the last TD with seconds remaining. Because if that scenario happens for a third consecutive year, then what was the point of investing so much in the defense? In that scenario the only question that will matter is if one of our skill players made a clutch play to close out the win.

Based on what? The guy has gotten better in each of the last two offseasons. What evidence do you have that Cook has not and is not working to be a better blocker/pass protector?

I agree, but that isn't what we have gotten 100 threads on all offseason, its been specifically on the WR room, specifically blaming WR's for the 2023 and 2024 endings when it was not at all related to the WR's those final 2 series. One thing for sure, I agree, I am over it too, the conversation in general has been beaten to death. But...the bolded here..no disrespect, but this is just a silly statement that is a reflection of your personal disappointment and in no way what so ever an accurate reflection of how Beane, the team, the coaches think and feel about the offense. We just averaged over 30 in the reg season and 29 in the post season and they feel the offense has the potential to be as good or better between the moves they made and the expectations they have of Kincaid and Coleman to better too this year between being healthy and more experienced. Whether they are right or not will be proven on the field of course, but to suggest they "want" a lower scoring middling offense like KC is just a wild thing to say and just isn't at all true.

And he identified it as a hole in his game and worked to improve. He also is a far bigger back than Cook, which makes him physically a much more imposing blocker. What matters is Cook working on improving on that area of his game, which doesn't seem to be happening.

I have no problem with any player chasing a payday. I ESPECIALLY have no problem with any running back chasing a payday, knowing the short shelf life of the position. That said, I don't think Cook has gone about this in the most strategically advantageous way. The Bills are an organization who has shown that if you operate in good faith, show up, continue to work hard and play well, they WILL pay you. On the other hand, they've also shown that if you make you make a public spectacle out of things, become a distraction, stop showing up, and become a potential detriment to team chemistry and culture, they will NOT pay you. I think the "push for your payday" advice that Cook received is fine. I think the WAY that he has been advised to go about pushing for said payday is ill-advised. The only way it makes sense to me is if he actively wants out of Buffalo. All of that said, I expect him to show up for the season, play well, and then get paid. Hopefully by some other team, but it won't shock me if its the Bills.

Ain’t no way I’m giving up my Home Depot store shopping. Got 3 within 20 min. (Hamburg, W.Seneca, Cheektowaga). I use it as a ruse to kill time to get out of doing things at home. I’ll kill an hour easy to buy a bag of 4 screws, lots of times I don’t buy anything. I’ll also say this one doesn’t have something so I have to go to the other to see if I can find it. If you’re in the area and see an old guy in a Yankees hat in a candy apple red chromed out Lariat sitting in the parking lot of one of them for awhile, don’t call the cops. Stop and say Hi.