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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?

https://www.govx.com/ I believe I saw the $199 offer last year promoted by this site, but it was midway through the season...but I could be wrong, which is often the case...

White smoke!

You said this deal was to get US beef in the UK market. I responded by saying it’s not really much of a change because the beef exporters here still have to respect UK beef standards. It’s a nothing burger deal. Pun intended.

I think a 2nd round pick should be expected to be here for a 2nd contract. With Singletary and Moss, using 3rd round picks for 1 contract made some sense.

Why not see if he can do it again before signing him to a long term contract? It's way more likely he regresses to the mean and puts up between 5 and 9 TD's. Jamaal Williams scored 17 TD's in 2022. The other six years he played the most he put up was four TD's in a season. Barkley put up almost double the yards Cook did last year and still rushed for three less TD's.

Cook is running behind one of the better OLs in the league. Wouldn't that positively affect his output? I'm not saying that Cook isn't a telented back; he is. But whether he's elite or whether another RB could do the same as Cook is surely affected by the quality of the OL.

well then, he's a 1 year rental for us and that would be fine

Josh Allen has repeatedly called him "the best third-down back the league," so I guess I can understand where you got that opinion.