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The Ravens, Lions, Eagles... all have great offensive lines. Does that also take away value from Henry, Barkley, Gibbs...?

The Bengals playoff game is an anomaly from a crazy season. The better, or more accurate question, would be: Do we beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship last year if we continue to feed Cook who was having a great game instead of getting too cute and relying too much on Josh to make magic happen? There was no reason to get away from Cook other than "coach's decided to". So while nothing is guaranteed in our hindsight, the trend and evidence is there to make a good argument.

Your post only carries water if the trade deal never goes into place. To carry your analogy forward, the idea that the UK government is now the mujahedeen standing in resistance to America's victory in Iraq is laughable. They want the trade deal and military partnership. They're not about to hold up in Fallujah and fight to the last man to keep the imperial forces of US beef out of England. Dummy.

Wow, I had not read this yet, and it may change everything for me on this topic. Because if Aaron Schatz says it, it must be true, of course. He is a football analyst, after all, so must know what he is talking about.

I completely disagree. For playing behind one of the best offensive lines in football he has good numbers, not great numbers. I think he is a top ten player at his position but he isnt elite. Unless he suddenly learns to be a better blocker this year I dont know how you justify paying him upwards of $15 to $20 million dollars a year. I dont think he is near the player as Henry, Barkley, Bijan, or Gibbs. Not to mention the fact that he is going to be 27 at the start of the 2026 season. He's a talented back but no way do I pay him that much money without letting him test free agency in a class that stacked.

This deal accomplishes nothing of note. It’s Dubya doing the “mission accomplished” banner over and over

The only thing that I'm taking away from Worthy is the 26-yard catch in the AFC Championship game. No question that should have been called either an interception or an incomplete pass. Very bad call (amongst many in that game) by the refs. And if not for the refs, Worthy might not have even had a chance to go off in the Super Bowl (imo, but that's a different discussion). But, as far as the Super Bowl, his production did come in garbage time. Doesn't mean it doesn't count, but it does make me wonder if Philly had let up a bit at that point (up 28 points, end of the 3rd quarter). Had it still been a one-score game would KC have still had that same late-game production? It is a legitimate question. I don't knock Worthy for it, but it also doesn't make me think he's gonna be a HOFer based on that production (yet) either. Also, my discussion of Worthy was in response to another Bills fan. There are some Bills fans that seem to trash Keon Coleman, but are ready to give Worthy a yellow jacket already. And there is the narrative of the Bills getting rooked again by the Chiefs in the draft. Which is a silly narrative because both times (Mahomes and Worthy), we traded back to KC. Meaning, we didn't want who they picked. With Mahomes, we had a new coach and a lame duck GM, who had already whiffed bad on a QB. McDermott knew he was going to bring in Brandon Beane after the draft (and fire the old GM) and the following year (2018) was looking to be a generational QB draft class (at the time). We were not ready to draft a QB in 2017. And by the time Mahomes started lighting it up in his second year, we already had Josh. And my honest take on Worthy (at the time of the draft and still now), was that each team got the receiver they wanted. We weren't looking for a speed receiver last year. We needed a bigger guy, who could block and get 50/50 balls/contested catches. You guys were looking for speed (a new Tyreek---kind of). The Bills didn't want Worthy, so not sure how KC "got one over on us." But that narrative (and probably listening to the draft gurus too much before last year's draft) has made some Bills fans, imo, overrate Worthy and underrate Coleman. I guess we'll see how it plays out. But, from time to time, I have pushed back on the Worthy is already an All-Pro sentiment because of that. Look, he may become a great receiver (and his Super Bowl production is very encouraging), I'm just not totally sold on that yet. I need to see more. If you include the first two playoff games (all catches) and the regular season (18 games, not counting the Super Bowl or week 17 when he sat out), Worthy averaged 43 yards and 0.38 TDs per game receiving. He had a good rookie year (not a great rookie year). I personally still think that both receivers (Worthy and Coleman) will have success in the league. I don't think Worthy is trash or anything. If I was a KC fan, I'd be totally on board, just as I am as a Bills fan for Keon. But, I'm also not sold that either of them have "made it" just yet. Or that Worthy is guaranteed to be the far superior player, etc. I think we still need to see more from both players before any anointings.

Maybe not. Bills certainly had one of the weakest, that point is not debatable. Don't mistake points scored for meaning our receivers were good, they weren't if you actually watched the games. Allen's heroics and a solid ground game are 95%+ of the reason for our success last year on offense.

There is a chicken-egg scenario of “Tre White is now CB5 after being CB1 three years ago.” Does that mean the CB position is just loads better or that Tre White is not the same Tre White.

Bad business would be letting your elite back, a cornerstone of the offense and Josh's success, one of the fastest backs in the NFl, with elite vision, great receiving ability... leave your team and force them to roll the dice with another back instead, risking the Bills regressing on offense for the first time since before dorsey was thrown out. It is a sport, a business yes, but a sport, where it is very important to look at it as such, and not be so concerned that some say running backs are not worth big contracts. No evidence, reasoning, whatsover that I have seen to support that. But it is a fundamental point in almost all of those discounting Cook's worth to the team--but never supported, never shown to be any truer than saying a wide receiver is not either, or a guard, or a D tackle, or a D end.... Just some nonsense some in the media threw out there a few years ago, and then taken as gospel by some.

I liked it on directv better, easier to synch with OTA Sirius XM, better user interface to find game, also ability to negotiate a deal. With YTV no deals just jack up prices. Glad I have prime and free Netflix for the games tossed onto those platforms that have even a worse UI

There is a very narrow path for liberals with TDS to walk here. Here's their rules of engagement. 1. All posts about Trump must include failure, ridicule or contempt. 2. Trump can never win at anything. 3. ABC - Always Be Campaigning (for the next election cycle). Here's my suggested highlight: UK makes deal with convicted felon, rapist.

He is getting 11 mil from Jacksonville. Either someone pays him more than 11 or he makes 11. Offset language means what ever he signs for goes towards that 11 owed from Jacksonville. What ever you sign him for counts towards your cap. If he doesn't get more than 11 there is no incentive for a team to offer more than the min. Davis gets paid the same either way, you are just helping Jax and hurting your cap by offering more.

I don't disagree with anything you're saying - I looked at trading for CMC the same way. Him playing more is what gets him all the love and fantasy accolades, but in a single game in the playoffs, how much better is he than the sum of other pieces? Like can I remake him with a cheap slot WR, a receiving back, and another back. More usage during the season and on 3rd downs for Cook can get him more stats to justify the investment, but it increases the injury risk. Would we have beaten the bengals if they make that same CMC trade the 49ers did? I felt like our inability to execute in that game had more to do with the offensive lines inability to handle Hill and Reader, moreso than the backs (and the defenses inability to apply any type of pressure to the bengals).

Folks harp on snap count, yet he has had significantly more attempts/carries than ANY other RB in the McD era. He has helped transition our Offense away from forcing Josh to be the primary driver of our run game. Which will only protect Josh and extend his career.

In 2024 Cook was ranked 9 out of 59 qualifying running backs. He ranked 25th in the league in carries. - He had about half the carries of Saquon, who won a Super Bowl.

How did you get it for 199 as a vet, appreciate any insight.

I’m not one of them. The role of the TE as a downfield threat has evolved. The Bills sold Kincaid as hybrid athlete yet Knox averaged 14.1 yds per catch and Kincaid 10.1 so I think your take is full of holes. I hope he proves me wrong. The Bills can’t afford another season of underachievement from the guy.

If he produces like last season, i don't care how many snaps he gets, 16 tds is 16 tds. I'm sure he could play more, but we have a solid backfield, everyone is fresh and everyone helps...Cook is just much better than the other backs. That's why Beane used a 2nd round pick on him, he's that good.

FWIW: From today's ESPN+ article on teams biggest remaining need by Aaron Schatz (formerly football outsider and creator of DVOA): Buffalo Bills Position of need: Outside wide receiver Keon Coleman had a quietly efficient rookie season. Although he missed four games due to injury and had only 29 catches for 556 yards with four touchdowns, Coleman ended with an excellent receiving DVOA of 11.4% -- ranked 30th out of 91 qualifying receivers. The Bills added Joshua Palmer in free agency; he's a useful player with an average DVOA and back-to-back seasons of at least 580 receiving yards. But there's no clear No. 1 option and very little depth behind Coleman and Palmer. The next three receivers -- Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore -- are slot options. The third-best outside option is probably seventh-round pick Kaden Prather. The Bills should consider bringing Amari Cooper back, if just for depth purposes. General manager Brandon Beane might be OK with the wide receiver depth, but it's not optimal.

Tack on even 1 void year (Philly has 4 on Barkley's new deal) and we're already down to $65M spread over 6 years, with cap hits around $5M-6M this year and next. Cook is not an Edmunds/Gabe Davis/Shaq Lawson. He is a very good/great player who happens to play a position thats market is in flux so folks have biases against the justifiable spend.

Unless they pay him more than $11m it doesn't matter how much another team pays below that. The Jaguars have to pay the rest of his $11m guaranteed. Pittsburgh only had to pay the veteran minimum for Wilson last year ($1.2m). The Broncos had to foot the rest of the bill and pay $37.9m to get to his guaranteed salary of $39m.

Plenz has the perfect seats. Aisle, 20ish rows up. About the 35 yard line.

Cook is a good back. He isnt worth this level acrimony or stress from fans. He is a good back who needs other good backs behind him because he has trouble playing all 3 downs. Its more than likely he plays out the year and moves on to another team. Some guys you extend a year early because you dont want to bid against other teams. Some guys you let hit free agency because there is a chance they are worth less than they think they are. James Cook is in the second category. The 2026 RB Free agent class has some names in it. Cook may end up being the belle of the ball. But guys like Breece Hall, Kenneth Walker, Pacheco, Derrick Henry, Tyler Allgier, and Kyren Williams will all be potentially available.