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If you structure it like philly you can add another void year every year he plays here. so it starts as a 4yr deal with 1 void year. Then each year the option bonus triggers you spread the cap hit over 4 years again. You end up with a dead money hit the year he leaves, but it keeps the cap hits low while they're here. I'm not sure i love that model for a back though, as they don't play usually play well into their 30s so you're almost guaranteed to see a big dead money number vs. say a lineman who you can extend again to keep the void money as bonus and not load as much of it into a single season.

Should be able to keep them all together. Cook is looking to make about as much as we just paid Shakir. We do not have a top WR who will command $20-30M. Knox will be coming off the books soon too. So we have Josh as the big money. Re-sign most of the OL (I think Edwards may walk either way), and keep our valued skill-position difference makers in the $12-15M range. All doable. Especially with streaming money hitting the cap increase every year.

Well, we’re about to find out what the rest of the league feels about him

You actually believe this is a “comprehensive deal?”

Yes- he had 31 catches while leading the WR unit in snaps- he was in there to block on more snaps than he was to catch passes.

Good.

Gabe & Josh obviously weren't a perfect connection..... but most of Allen's huge downfield plays were to Gabe Davis Steelers game & KC game immediately come to mind Gabe is still only 26 While the success % is not very good..... he consistently produced TD's and is a legit vertical option

From my view it would be difficult to say for sure that he wouldn't still be in the conversation to be our #2. Between Palmer, Samuel, and Coleman, none have done anything from a production stand point thus far to suggest they're significant upgrades over Gabe. Now do I actually think one or all of them could be better? Probably. Also possible they're very similar, but it's all nuance to arrive at those conclusions. Gabe had almost 1600 yards and 14 TD's in two seasons here. Is Palmer going to get 800 and 7 this year? If so, that's a really good year. Same with Coleman. Same with Samuel. We spread it out more now, those guys played for different teams, different QB's. Again, you have to get in the nuance to say he's a #4 or #5 now. I don't think he is because he's similar and likely better than Hollins and Hollins played a lot last year. Along with our leadership seemingly appreciate him way more than or fan base did. Either way, it's a debatable topic from my view, just as far as what he would be with todays WR group.

You're going to love my posts that followed the one you quoted. I said pretty much the same thing wrt averaging in the last rookie year. And even tacking on 1 void year to bring it to about $11M/yr even with the "$15M average" on the new deal. The best part is, Beane knows all this better than even we do.

Spluttering ninny should be your tag line.

These two are really the only points that need to be made. Most teams that give out premium second contracts to RB regret it within a couple of years. Maybe 15 to 20% or so don't. RB's usually start to decline after age 26 regardless of the wear and tear on their body.

How is this “hysterical?” Please explain.

I don't think a holdout is going to occur while he's on his rookie deal. If he were tagged maybe, but he really hasn't earned very much money yet. His salary went up considerably this year, but none of it is guaranteed and he won't get it until they start playing the games. On a holdout on a rookie deal we can reduce or dismiss his fines if he ends up showing up, or getting a new deal.

Do you ever get tired of being hysterical?

Cook is scheduled to make $5m this year because of the 4th year rookie performance bonus. Just like the Bernard and Shakir contracts, any extension signed will be partially a mirage because it doesn't factor in this coming season. If we sign Cook to a 3 year $45m extension like he wants, it will actually be a 4 year $50m contract. That's $12.5m AAV. He's worth that and I actually think the fact we did nothing to the RB room indicates we're heading towards an extension. And as Greg Tompsett always likes to point out, there will be an out midway through the deal if we want to move on.

A complete utter nothing “deal” that will continue to harm the American consumer.

You could try reading the article I linked instead of spluttering like a ninny

Put him on ignore.

Omg. I'm talking to a brick wall.

Has anyone shown this video to Kamala, Joe, Roundy, or Tibs ?? But yes I totally agree congrats and thank you for doing it the legal/right way which is the American way ...

Depends how you feel about anderson, grable, clayton, and lundt. You also have Torrence coming up on free agency in 2027.

I dont think there's any other option at this point, no matter which side anyone is on. I doubt a deal gets done this summer. But Beane has mentioned numerous times the possibility of getting one done in-season or before next offseason. And as someone on the pro-Cook side, I'm fine with that too. The only bad part about it is it means these posts/conversations will continue to drag for 9 more months.

It appears that Beane is doing that. Waiting till the next offseason.

IMO, this will be determined by how much Josh would like him back If I recall, Gabe did not want to leave and the Bills did not want him to either....but the $$$ was too far apart

Demarco Murray saw his YPC drop a full yard going to Philly from Dallas. the underrated part of this discussion is the OL. Edwards is an FA next year. McGovern the year after. Are we letting them walk to pay Cook?