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Way to go! That’s my kind of American - standing up in the face of tyranny! If it’s pissing you off, it’s in the best interest.

Exactly, 🤣

We'll see. Beane knows what Cook is after and has already mentioned a few times that they can still get a deal done during the season/before next offseason. I have some previous posts where I stated being against using the Tag because it usually makes the relationship even worse. However, in the meantime, someone somewhere made a good point that changed my perspective a bit and especially in this case. That point being, for a talent like Cook who ended up being a 2nd rounder, the tag can be used to essentially recreate the "5th year option" we would have got by picking him in the 1st. If it can be leveraged that way, and as long as it doesnt completely burn the bridge, then I'm on board tagging him in a worst case scenario. Of course, the funniest part there is the RB tag number will be around $14M+, so we might as well just get him on a real deal.

He will be 26 in September. The last year of his contract and a franchise year gets him to the age of 28 as an NFL RB. I’m not sure how many more years I want to commit to for now, but I do love the threat he brings on every play. This may be a good compromise.

That's if you designate him for a post 6/1 cut. However, that would increase his dead cap in 2026 and 2027. Not sure that's something Beane wants to go. Nor do I think they are cutting Jones. Behind on the roster are Carter and a few rookies.

I think you will see that this is also the opinion of Beane. But at least the odds are we get Cook this year - and if Cook hasn't peaked- maybe franchise tag him the year after.

Appreciate your work on this. Just one question, why are we looking at it through the lens of 53 instead of 51? I am a little confused. Is it in case guys come in and out of the top 51? Just wondering and appreciate your work!!

Homer Take and Long Take Offense - Josh Allen mental game is catching up to his physical traits. We have a few years of peak Josh Allen before physical traits slowly come down. So best QB we have had? - Top 5 OL - RB room is top 10 but can go south if Cook isn't invested. - TE room is top 10. - 2021 with peak Diggs was our best receiving group with Allen. This group is much deeper 2 through 5. Remember when Davis and Mckenzie were options 2 and 3? ugh. Defense. - DL on paper is easily the best group. People forget the years of aging Jerry Hughes, Trent Murphy, Mario Addison, burnt out Floyd, and injured Von Miller as our DE in the playoffs. Buffalo has always had horrible DT depth. At least this year you can see a clear path to a productive interior pass rushing group. Run stuffing DT remains a issue but I imagine this will be mostly left to Daquan Jones who will no longer be relied upon on 3rd downs. - LB avg Unit but no reason to believe that both Bernard and Williams don't continue to improve. Milano is no longer an all Pro but is still good. 3rd year Dorian Williams and Hoecht (Yes I know considered a DE but will be playing LB snaps particularly against the Ravens and other power offenses) are easily the best immediate LB depth we have had. - Corners a lot rides on Maxwell Hairston development but do people really think this years version is worse than Levi Wallace, Elam, Dane Jackson, and aging Douglas? Would be nice to see Benford actually play a full game in the playoffs against the Chiefs (T White and Benford in their primes seem to always be injured late in the playoffs. This needs to change) - Safety Easily our 2nd worst safety room the Bills have had in the Josh Allen era outside last season. A LOT rides on Cole Bishops development. Nickle players with Hancock and Forrest could absolutely upgrade that unit just by actually being much more physical and athletic. All depends how long McDermott gets this group up to speed. I can deal with Raap for another season if we have actual athletes around him. All that is to say. I've seen better Chiefs and Ravens teams than their 2025 versions. I have never seen the AFC this loaded with above avg. teams in the Texans, Chargers, Broncos, Bengals, and possibly Steelers if Rogers goes there. Patriots and Raiders will not make the playoffs but will make every game difficult for their opponents. Bills need to finish 1st in the AFC because the stage is set up for them to go to the Superbowl. All comes down to the Bills 3rd down defense. If it goes to top 10 from 29 than good luck rest of the NFL not named Ravens, Chiefs, Lions, Rams, or Eagles.

While QB hand size is important there is also a massive step up from college to the NFL And the little things make more of a difference The college ball also has larger laces making it easier to grip than the Duke Mike Vick had the same sized hands as Pickett and he had lighting in his arm

Says you building your team.

It does matter, 2 down backs who cant block and aren't the best 3rd down back on the team, don't get 15 mill.

How are these people working in the best interest of the overall American public?

McD was wrong. Again. That doesnt reflect well on McD.

I have the Bills currently spending 267,830,925 so far. This figure included the value of the cap hit for 50 players, the projected cost of the 3 unsigned draft picks ($5,805,358), and dead cap of $30,755,741. The dead cap figure includes $29,421,258 for void years and dead cap hits for players previously cut plus $1,334,483 for guys who will be cut. In the last category, the biggest hits come from Dane Jackson, Cam Lewis and Prather. We can save about $300K in cap by keeping Prather and cutting Shenault. The biggest question is how do the Bills and handle the cap associated with idiots Hoecht and Ogunjobi. My understanding is that their signing bonuses hit the cap immediately, but not their base salary until they return. What I don't know is how things like a roster bonus or workout bonus affect the cap now. Hoecht ($4,488,000) and Ogunjobi ($4,106,684) each have $3 mill base salaries. Hoecht's roster bonus is 510K and Ogunjobi's is 150K. If add in the entire cap hit to the Bills current expenditures, I have the Bills at $276,425,609 on a cap of 279 mill. However, the Bills gain $2,117,647 in savings from the games checks forfeited by Hoecht and Ogunjobi. All in all the Bills seem to have about 4.6 mill to play with. I know there are other adjustments, such as carryover from last year, but the information on those adjustments isn't clear. I went through this exercise because the two websites, spotrac.com and overthecap.com, only calculate the cap based on the top 51 largest contracts. I wanted to see what the team actually looks like based on the 53 players who will most likely make the roster and have a spreadsheet I could utilize to determine what if scenarios such as Ingram vs Lewis for the final DB slot or Codrington vs Shenault for the KR slot. Right now I have Ingram and Shenault on the roster.

McD thought different personnel were better suited to play on the critical drive at crunch time than Cook. That does not reflect well on Cook. You call it a clear mistake that Cook wasn't out there but yet you don't know why. I don't know why McD did not have Cook out there, but I'm extremely confident McD wanted to win. And McD thought his best way to win at that time was with different players than Cook out there. While Spotrac is just one service giving their evaluation at $10.2M, it should help some understand why many think the $15M claim was ridiculous.

Josh is very supportive and a bit hyperbolic in his praise of his team mates. And Johnson is likely our best 3rd down back. But it doesnt matter when Cook keeps us out of 3rd downs. Another botch-job by the coaches. Sounds like they should have used Cook so Josh didnt break his hand. Doesnt matter.

I get what your claim is, but it was absolutely church doctrine then, as Rome was attempting to fund St Peters. I provided a link that was from 1999, and it outlined the practice, obviously still in place per doctrine. It may have changed from money to other things, but there is no denying it. I am very uncomfortable pointing these things out, as the Catholic Church has been a far more positive influence on humanity throughout their existence, and schools/hospitals and charity and mission work has benefitted our country and others immensely. But....if the issue is theology, inventing stuff puts it on very thin ice that the rest of Christiandom does not agree with, and is absolutely not Biblically supported.

Deport them too...

I'm seeing Devo in Boston tonight.

He is the 2nd best player on our team. In a year, he will cost more. Pay him the 12.5. You might say this is a bad precedent, but I don’t see that would be perceived as meeting his demands. Also, all of the other deals were only for good players. I would guess that you don’t see JC as borderline elite. I do, especially for the offense we run without a burner WR. Tack this on after this year. In 3-5 years, he won’t be in the top 20% of RB pay. Good down payment for a Lombardi. JC is two furlongs ahead of what’s in the stable.

Technically, we did lose a game this year...

Johnson is our best 3rd down back, or Josh Allen is a liar. Btw...The opener against Arizona where Josh dives and busts his hand, the announcers make note Johonson is in the game vs Cook. Cook is a 2 down back and not a good blocker to boot.

The (few) corrupt medieval bishops were telling people if they just paid they would receive the indulgence. That’s not how they work. But that became the historical “lede” if you will. There was no church doctrine that said just pay and your sins will be forgiven.

Yes...I believe there will be q superbowl this year.