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30 minutes ago, Einstein said:
What's interesting about a post where every comment is:
Post 1: "Cooks is great"
Post 2: "Yeah super great"
Post 3: "He sure is a great player"
Post 4: "No a super great player"
Post 5: "How great is Cooks? Great."
Absolutely nothing. It would be a bore of a thread.
Kirby made an astute observation.Not really, no offense to Kirby. Its not remotely cut and dry like that...people stacked the box not to just stop Cook, but to defend against Allen as both a runner and improviser, which is why Cook still had strong numbers against stacked boxes, it was not all about Cook and was a function of defending Allen.
But doesn't matter - original point stands. There are plenty of other threads to beat the same dead horse - which is an even bigger waste of time now considering Bills made a move to go address the very problem he was beating the dead horse over.
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On 7/11/2026 at 10:48 AM, BillsFan619 said:
I think you’re a great poster, Kirby, so please take this lightheartedly.
Way to go on turning a thread about the great year James Cook had into an “our wide receiver group was bad” thread so quickly.
We didn’t have enough of those types of threads already. 🤣😃🤣
I like Kirby too - but spot on with this post and first thing I thought of when I read his post and just immediately was done with this thread.-
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13 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:
I respect your opinion.
Where we differ is I just don't take Pegulas statement as a "fact". The farthest thing from actually .
Whether you're right or I'm right, Pegula would never admit Josh Allen had a hand in getting rid of McDermott as that would be completely throwing Josh under the bus.
All good bro! GO BILLS!
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5 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:
For real? You believe every single thing that NFL owners and GMs say?
To Not throw your star player under the bus is not a conspiracy lol . It should be common sense that he would never throw Josh under the bus like that, regardless if you believe Pegula made the call with Josh's approval or not
There are overwhelming facts that 100% dispute your assumptions. At what point does evidence, facts, and direct statements by everyone become more credible than the assumptions? Seriously, this isn't something we have no info on, yet here you and some others are just completely making up a new narrative and presenting it as if it is exactly what happened.
And honestly, who even cares if Allen was consulted or not...blesser it or not? Change has been made, excitement is there around the change inside and outside the organization, and none of this matters. If news broker tomorrow Allen wanted McD fired and told Terry to fire him, it literally would make 0% difference to anything other than maybe McD's personal feelings on the matter.
All good, go Bills! I personally don't care what did or didn't happen...the only reason I even participated in this convo is because I find it frustrating to me when people completley disregard or ignore all known facts just to argue their personal assumptions as fact rather than just presenting as an opinion.
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25 minutes ago, transient said:
I'm not claiming the scenarios are the same. I'm addressing the highlighted part of your post. I'm interpreting your stance as owners never get input from players before making a decision like this. Bisciotti basically acknowledged that he took the temperature of the room with several veteran players on the Ravens before firing Harbaugh. They didn't have input directly into the decision, but essentially they were consulted. It's not as absolute as I believe you're making it seem to be.
Do I think Allen had input or sign off or anything, no, probably not. I do think Terry let him know before it officially happened and I do think at the very least there was a pause in the conversation for Pegula to gauge Allen's reaction to it. One of your contentions is what if Allen disagreed, then what happens. The counterfactual is what if they didn't let Allen know and he disagreed and became a distraction in the media. It would be out of character, but it's not impossible. That brief heads up can become a more detailed discussion before the deed is done if needed. It would look pretty bad for the organization if the face of the franchise's reaction was similar to Daquan Jones's or Shaq Lawson's or Jordan Phillips's reactions, for instance. Once the ax falls there's limited time for them to be able to control the narrative before the media circus begins. I'm assuming they had as much as they determined necessary squared away ahead of time.
That’s exactly the point...we’re talking about two completely different scenarios.
In Baltimore, ownership was still evaluating whether a coaching change was necessary. Seeking input from veteran players before reaching a decision is perfectly reasonable and happens around the league.
What’s being claimed here is something entirely different: that Terry Pegula had already decided to fire Sean McDermott after the Denver game, then went to Josh Allen and essentially gave him the ability to approve or stop that decision. Those aren’t remotely comparable situations.
If ownership is undecided and wants to gather information, that’s one thing. If ownership has already made the decision and hands final authority to a player, that’s another. I’ve never seen credible evidence that an NFL owner operates that way, especially with a multibillion-dollar franchise.
More importantly, every person actually involved has said the opposite. Terry Pegula has repeatedly stated it was 100% his decision. Brandon Beane has never suggested Josh had any role. Josh Allen himself has never claimed he approved, blessed, or signed off on anything. Every credible report has been consistent that the decision was Terry’s and Terry’s alone.
At some point, evidence has to outweigh speculation. If someone has reporting or firsthand information that contradicts Pegula, Allen, Beane, and every reputable report that’s come out, then let’s see it. Otherwise, we’re just inventing a narrative because it’s more interesting than the facts.
That’s what I find frustrating. We have direct statements from the people who actually made the decision, yet people continue to argue for a version of events supported only by assumptions. Whether Josh agreed with the move is ultimately irrelevant...the evidence overwhelmingly shows it wasn’t his decision to make.
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6 hours ago, Pete said:
Let’s say 10 years from now Tom Brady commits double homicide. Should the Patriots remove 12 Brady from the Stadium facade? Is that different?
Yes and it’s not even debatable3 hours ago, Curt said:OJ Simpson did murder two people, and 99% of us know that. However, we decided to have a justice system, and that justice system determined that he was not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We cannot simply decide that the justice system made a mistake and declare him guilty, then use that conclusion as a reason to erase his accomplishments as a Buffalo Bill.
Ok then use the years of documented domestic violence against the woman he murdered, his gun point robbery, etc.I’ve golfed with one of his defense lawyers. Trust me, he is guilty.
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8 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:
Pegula: "We asked Josh if he wanted McDermott canned and he said ya".
Like they would ever throw Josh under the bus like that lol. Of course they are lying
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9 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
There’s a lot here but you’re off the mark. We are in agreement that Josh would almost certainly go along with whatever they wanted. That’s how he’s wired. That’s all the more reason that you do it. You involve him.
There’s a 99% chance that they already knew Josh would okay it. They know where he stands. The part that people are missing is “IF” he didn’t want him gone, it’s a problem. You do not upset you half a billion dollar QB that is worth, literally, billions to your franchise.
It’s a lot different than the 90’s. You wouldn’t ask Jim Kelly if he wanted Marv gone. Players were employees. The power went top down. With the explosion of money, it’s not like that any more. Sean McDermott had more power than Zion Logue. He could force him out. Josh Allen had more power than Sean McDermott. I’m not suggesting that he used it. He could have though. He could have had him fired or he could have pardoned him. Both of those things are possible. Him not having input is not possible.
It’s beating a dead horse at this point. You guys can believe me or not. It makes little difference to me. Just trying to shed a little light on how things have played out in my experience and based on the people I’ve spoken with. Josh Allen was fine with this happening. If he wasn’t, it wouldn’t have happened.
McD was getting fired regardless, there is no world where they let a QB dictate the future of a $8-10B team. It’s never happened in football ever. Why would Josh be the first?5 hours ago, transient said:Do you think Lamar had any role in Harbaugh being let go in Balmer?
Compare apples to apples if you’re going to ask comparing questions. Your question should be “Do you think Balt decided to fire Harbaugh, but before they did, ran it by Lamar to make the final decision?”That is verbatim what is being claimed here about Allen. And the answer is categorically no.
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2 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
I’m blown away that people think the Bills would fire the HC without consulting Josh Allen. I can say with 100% certainty that did not happen. If he didn’t okay it, it doesn’t happen.
That doesn’t mean he drove it. That doesn’t mean he asked for it. He may have. But at the very least he blessed it.
He was then included as a part of the “hiring committee” because that’s how things work with superstars. That’s especially true with the QB. He might not have had final say on Brady but he certainly had a vote in the room. He had veto power. If he didn’t want one of the candidates, that guy wasn’t getting hired.The Bills though are NEVER going to say that but that’s how it happens. They need to insulate and protect Josh. Terry did the right thing in saying “I did this all on my own.” That’s the right thing to say publicly but that is not true.
There is no world where Terry makes a decision to fire the HC and then goes to Josh and says “Hey I want to fire McD, you good with that? And Josh says “Nope, I like McD”. And then Terry says ok then, I’ll trust my multi-billion dollar team with a new stadium to the emotions of a nice guy QB and just not fire McD anymore since Josh doesn’t want to.”
Like there is 0% chance that could ever happen. At best they told Josh it was happening, but in no way did they seek out and get his “blessing” first or not do it. That is not remotely possible and fan mythology.
Every single person knows even if Josh wouldn’t have blessed it that McD was still getting fired and Josh would get over it and can’t really do anything about it even if he was mad because he his here the rest of his prime career and he loves Buffalo anyway.
There is nothing more far fetched then this notion that they somehow have to tip toe and bow to Josh’s wants, Josh is not even that kind of player or personality.
Aaron Rodger’s is that kind of personality and GB didn’t run crap by him when they made decisions he didn’t like.
Not to mention everyone who actually knows, including Josh, have all confirmed he was not asked about it before hand. There is no need for all these tin foil hat conspiracies.
Terry fired McD - he didn’t seek anyone’s permission and he was doing it regardless - exactly how he should. Under no circumstance should you ask your QB if it’s ok to do it. You make the decision that you believe is best for the team and the team will follow. It’s how the NFL has worked since its inception.
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2 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:
Haha you have absolutely no idea if he did or did not consult with Josh, unless you were in that room.
We can have differences in opinion. But saying definite lines like "he did" or "didn't", is the one thing that's 100 percent wrong in these discussions as no one knows.
We do know…They answered this very question. So unless you want to believe they are lying, it was stated already that is what happened and confirmed by those around Terry including Beane and Josh.-
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On 7/10/2026 at 10:55 AM, BillsFan130 said:
Let's use common sense. Do you think Pegula would fire McDermott without the face and the most valuable person of the franchise approving it?
Yes…because he did.-
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4 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:
I hate this argument. I will give you 2023 when he missed the throw to Shakir. However, he did get bumped by Dawkins which I think affected the throw. And even in this case. Bass missed the field goal to at least tie it.
I love Josh as much as anyone - but he has some blame for sure. On the Shakir throw, he had room to step into the pocket and make the throw and didn't feel the pressure. Not totally on him, but one can literally point to moments when guys like Mahomes and Brady feel that pressure and step up. And when you have never gotten over the hump, these moments get remembered. Mahomes and Brady missed in moments too, but those are not remembered because they have too many of the clutch glory moments that wash peoples minds of those.
4 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:2024- He was robbed of a first down for one thing on that earlier drive. He had it and the refs blew it. But, besides that, on the last drive he also threw a prayer ball up to Kincaid with a million guys in his face and Kincaid was the one that dropped it
He was actually robbed TWICE on the same series of the first by the refs. 2nd down he got the first to Kincaid, they missed the spot by a yard. McD screws up and doesn't challenge (I was yelling challenge that) and rushes a bastardized sneak we dont get that sets up the next one we also got but refs screwed us.
BUT - on the final series, Josh has a first down to Samuel knocked down at LOS on 2nd down. On 4th down he also had a wide open Shakir, in the flat to the left off the snap, a wide open WR over the middle, and then wide open Kincaid deep. With the pressure, rather than quick strike to Shakir he tries to run backwards to buy time leading to the heave. Josh also cheated the protection to the wrong side (said so himself) after being confused by the Cheifs play call.
Refs stole this game - then Josh had some chances to win it and we did not execute on 4 straight plays on the final set of downs. He isn't absolved fully from this, but he also wasnt the biggest reason either.4 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:2025- He throws up a ball to Cooks, which again, I think the refs blew the call on. Cooks had the ball in both hands with a knee clearly down and the defender making contact with him before ripping the ball out. That's a catch. Allen didn't throw it right to the defender, he did the right thing, that play was more on Cooks for letting the defender rip it out in the first place and the refs again, not calling that a catch like it should have been
Your worst argument is 2025 - he was a massive reason we lost. The turnovers were too much - but the ONE that made all the difference and was literally the difference in the game was the dumbest football fumble in history at the end of the half. No time, no timeouts to stop the clock, stuck running in the middle of the field with no where to go...whats the move? Protect the ball and just go down to end half. Instead he runs around with the ball like a loaf a bread in a way a rookie QB would until he takes unnecessary contact on a play that has no chance to continue and no time left to even call another one. Half was dead and he kept going and didn't even protect the ball. We give away 3 free points (after just giving them a TD) and the only reason we went to OT is because of this stupid play. Had he not done that, that FG to send to OT is to win the game instead.
Making matters worse - he has instructions and knows to NEVER run there...its a quick strike to the sideline to get some yards and stop the clock or just give up and go into the half. He disobyed the fundamentals of the play and then compounded it further not protecting the ball while taking unneccessary contact.
Then there are the other bad decisions in the game. He was a big reason we lost...while also still a big reason we still had a chance to win. But if Allen had not been so careless with the ball we not only win, but probably by 2 scroes.4 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:To say Josh is 0-3 and it's his fault in those instances is ridiculous. Yes, he had the ball in his hands but he didn't really lose it for is either. If you would rather blame his Turnovers against the Broncos as a reason. Ok, I will give you that. Especially, the one before the 1st half ended. He clearly didn't play his best. But other than the Shakir pass against KC in 2023, I don't see how those final drives are on him
Sorry - I get the love for Allen, it pains me to even counter back here. But he is not at all absolved of blame in all 3 games, and in 2025 he had a very heavy hand in that loss while also being a big reason we still came back later.
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6 hours ago, eball said:
An article I just read quotes Josh as follows:
“We’ve obviously got a new head coach, and so to have those memories being made in a new spot,” Allen said. “I think change is needed sometimes, especially when we’ve been close in the past, even going back to 20-ish, 30-ish years ago, just how close the Bills have been to winning a Super Bowl — I think this is kind of a switch that was necessary and I’m very excited.”
Wow. This is the first time I’m aware of that Josh has been this definitive (publicly) on the topic.
I’m really expecting some exciting and good things this year.
No offense - but there is literally no other answer he can give here. He can't say it was a mistake, or not sure its the right move, or "guess we will find out" or something without causing major PR issues. He has to verbatim give an answer like this.
So while I don't doubt right now he is excited about what is going on, this statement in no way indicates that Josh pushed for this, had any role in it, gave his blessing, etc.
Terry has no filter - he very blatantly stated it was an emotional decision he made after seeing the locker room after the Denver loss. Some people are going to take this like Josh had some role, or they met with Josh to let him weigh in and he was like lets fire McD. But that is not something that can be determined off these comments, its literally boiler plate 100% spot on PR speak.
And for the record - I do 100% believe Josh is excited about Brady and the changes, there are a lot of exciting things that have happened since McD got fired from exciting new staff (and he already liked Brady before the hire), new stadium, new weapons and players, etc.
However - these comments are not some revelation people are trying to make it out to be as if it ties into the original decision to fire McD.
6 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:Ya Josh 100 percent signed off on the McDermott firing.
There was never any chance Pegula and Beane were canning McDermott without Josh's approval.
Nothing in this story indicates that at all.
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3 hours ago, DapperCam said:
Joey Bosa, Tre White, Matt Milano, Shaq Thompson, DaQuan Jones, Poyer, Von Miller (one year removed)…
Kind of an indictment of our personnel on defense recently.
Its not really and indictement of much other than age. Most those guys were either at or near end of their careers and also dealt with a lot of late career injuries too. Doesn't mean they were all bad players here while starting, in fact almost all of them were playing a good to high level while starting for us. But a year later, fresh off a draft and influx of youth, these guys will start latching on as inuries happen, deficiencies show up, etc. Plus, older guys like to miss as much of camp as they can most the time, especially ones with injury problems.We did the right thing getting younger, but I don't think them not being signed really says anything bad about them or their time here.
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Happy 4th! This may be the best 4th of July video of all time lol
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4 hours ago, akcash said:
Turn up DJ Khaled Moore
Well played
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On 6/25/2026 at 12:39 PM, Ray Stonada said:
Came across this article:
“The Patriots have seemingly pulled away in the race with the many moves they've made in the offseason.Meanwhile, the Bills haven't done much of anything to signal they'll be any better than they were last year. One could even argue that they'll take a step back after firing head coach Sean McDermott. Josh Allen is Superman on the football field, but he's going to need more than D.J. Moore and a middle-of-the-road defense to fly high enough to reach his first Super Bowl….
The Bills have to be seeing the moves being made by the Patriots, and it would be hard to imagine them feeling good about their offseason in relation to the competition. They are now faced with a situation where the Patriots have one of the best young quarterbacks in the league in Drake Maye and a top-10 defensive unit that gave Allen problems last season.
Will the Bills ever wake up and realize fighting fire with fire is much better than laying the hopes and dreams of an entire franchise on the shoulders of one man?”
Do you think this is justified or comically arrogant?
I mean this is one of those through the lens of a bias perspective things. Pats moves are not that impressive, Maye is no lock to keep ascending this year after fading some down the stretch, and Bills are much better shape heading into this season than they were coming out of last season. And this person is ciminally undervaluing the DJ Moore impact.
Its not just his presence here as a weapon for Allen, its what he does for the rest of the offense now. Kincaid and Shakir will even better not having to be the focus of the defense now and can play their most suited roles. Even Keon goes from an after thought to having optimistic potential being able to play a role more suited for him rather than them having to try and force him into being a WR1. Same with Palmer who gets to be more of a WR4 now instead of forced to be WR2. And all of this makes life easier on Josh and helps the NFLs leading rusher as well in Cook.
Now add in a new coaching perspective and an upgraded defensive scheme, and there is a lot to be optimistic about. Pats should still win 9-10 games with 4 easy wins against Jets and Miami alone. But I think the Bills will not only win the division, but its also never going to be in any real doubt as I expect Bills to win both Pats games.
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On 3/26/2026 at 7:45 AM, No_Matter_What said:
I am coming from Europe
I have this game circled for years. As a former poker pro who didn't have a chance to play for ten or so years this is a great opportunity.
Vegas + poker + Bills + new stadium + trip to Grand Canyon.
I'd love to come with my wife but I am not sure she'll go due to what is happening in the US (but that's not a discussion for this forum).
Last time I made a trip to Buffalo in 2022 for W2 win against Titans 41-7 and then travelled to Miami for that infamous heat loss 19-21.
I was also at last London game vs Jags so I hope third time the charm
Can't wait for the schedule release.
Man I love poker - have barely played last few years after having kids though, but hoping to make it to Vegas for this game as well. And even more so when you just highlighted it like this: Vegas + Poker + Bills lol.
I live near Sacramento now, so catching a quick flight from Sac to Vegas is so cheap and easy. Wife and I are hoping to make that game this year, just depends on if my in laws are available to watch the kids.
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I liked it then and I like it even more now.
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People are going to IMHO be quite surprised how much different this defense looks up front with attacking the QB this year vs the past years with McD.
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9 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
It's just an opinion
And yeah our talent on offense might not be as bad as it thinks but it's also not as elite as some people think either
I would have the talent of our offense outside of the quarterback Joshua Allen probably 7 to 10..
I don't have it top five for talent in the NFL
He's blaming the talent just like you like to blame the coaching but I'm not getting into the coaching anymore but I haven't had the bills in the top five for most talent of a team in the last 4 years
Last three four years I have the bills around the 8th best roster... Could the 8th best roster win the Super bowl? Yes , but it is a lot harder to do
The '90s bills had five Hall of famers and didn't win a Super bowl.. we've played Chiefs teams with three or four future Hall of famers
The bills have Josh Allen that's the only guy going to Canton we have a lot of really good not a lot of elite
The Seahawks last year had a much better roster than us top to bottom... They had like four all pros
The bills need a few more guys to play elite throughout the season and the playoffs to really get over that next hump.. to win that AFC championship game we're going to need multiple guys playing elite.. to win that Super bowl we're going to need multiple guys playing elite
Even James Cook was fumbling too much at the end of the season.. not getting to the Super bowl with him just casually putting it on the carpet
The offense also has to clean up five turnovers in the playoffs
I think we're right there and we're going to have a very good team and offense again but the difference is are we going to have two other guys outside of Josh Allen play elite for a long stretch including in the playoffs
We get two or three other guys playing elite next to Josh Allen down the playoff stretch and that will take us further than we have
I have no issue with anything you’re saying, although this team has had enough talent to win and didn’t. And coaching is the biggest reason, specifically the defense as it’s been atrocious in our losses, like historically bad and far far worse than there season rankings those years. Reid had McDs number big time too.
But injuries and self inflicted mistakes have contributed too, but our defensive patheticness in losses was heavily driven by coaching IMHO.
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9 hours ago, Einstein said:
You mean when one of our receivers dropped the ball?
Talent.
You mean our hobbled TE coming back to a prayer pass? What about the wide open first down Josh Allen blew when he got his pass batted down? Is that a talent problem with Josh?
Or do you think the defensive HC who lets opposing offenses playoff losses aver more production per play than even the greatest offense in NFL history averaged?
You have to be utterly delusional if you don’t think coaching was a problem. Every statistical metric literally screams it. It’s not even a subtle thing to consider, it’s pretty undeniable.
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4 minutes ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
If you just base things on numbers its easy to see why they're ranked how they are.
I understand where you are coming from, but the issue with that is that is not what this list is...its not a stats ranking, you can go to ESPN stats and filter by there to get that. This was a ranking on talent. And we are talking about an offense that in the past 2 years we are the #1 offense in the NFL, including an NFL MVP and an NFL Rushing Champ. You can't be bottom 3 in the NFL and do that, you just cant, and the offense has more talent today for this ranking that it has the past 2 years too.
If you are going to do talent rankings, you need to understand the make up of each offense, their system, etc. The Bills deploy a spread the ball around, everyone eats, and major balance between pass and run. Its not a style that will ever produce individual gaudy numbers for individual pass catchers.
Now, with Brady as HC, DJ Moore here, maybe he comes at it different this season, thats yet to be seen. But the past 2 years, the individual "stats" are significantly impacted by the system.Ranking them today: There is no denying Moore is a legit 1000+ yard per season WR1 (he averages 50 yards less than MIke Evans per year on their careers despite trash can QB's his whole career). Kincaid is also one of the better receiving TE's, Shakir is one the best Slot WRs, and Cook is a premiere RB. That is not a bottom 3 assembling of talent at the top of our positional depth charts...for anyone to even suggest that tells me they literally know nothing about this team or its players.
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James Cook faced a light box at the third lowest rate - look at some of his stats
in The Stadium Wall
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Actualy no - thats not what the stat says. The boxes were stacked becasue they were also defending against Allen both as a runner and short pass attack, not to mention extending plays. Which is why Cook still had gaudy numbers despite the heavy boxes, because they were not all about stopping Cook.
But people want to take every opportunity to skew data to support a point they want to endlessly complain about (even after Bills addressed it with rebuilding the WR room).