Mr. WEO

He just reset the running back market…

Not one other current Bills pass rusher has ever made a big play in a big game?

a pittance when "winning the Super Bowl is the goal", you would agree

That's why they let him go

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he should sell the Sabres to cover a little bit of that overrun....

Bills were 11-2 in the games he missed, the Defense giving up an average of only 16 PPG....

not so long ago fans were dogging the Ravens for letting this future journeyman go

typical....

you misspelled "Diggs"...

that goes without saying.

Davis doesn't throw the passes...and it's hard to throw an INT from 2.9 yards from the WR--Shakir was a dump off/checkdown receiver who's YPC cratered this past season. 1600 yards, 7 CDs over 3 years. 54% of catches for 1st downs. In 2021, Diggs had 6 of Josh's 15 INTs (Davis 2). Davis had 3000 yards and 27 TDs in 4 seasons with the Bills. Only 3 drops his last year in Buffalo (compare to $20 million King of Drops Amari Cooper) and zero on 42 targets in nJax. In Buffalo, 77% of his catches were for 1st downs, another 17% were TDs--an insane yield. There's no real comparison regarding these receivers' productivity in Buffalo. Getting rid of Davis to then pay a WR3 the same money wasn't a value proposition. Those are simple facts, not opinion...

The point is that Barkley was willing to take under 13 million a year to sign with Philly. He had a top 3 year all time and they decided to reward him for that alone with the new contract. Cook is a top 10 RB, no doubt. I just don't think Barkley's very unique situation resets the market for all backs. Had the Eagles signed him for 20 million to come to the Eagles last year, then sure, that would have reset the market. Davis had the second best year of his career last season--it wasn't "a bad year". He's getting same as Shakir now is getting, and he was far more productive for the Bills. If the Bills resign Cook at 15 mil, then the market was reset. If they don't they they don't believe it was.

Babich ran the worst D in 4 years. Maybe Garrett brings it back to top 5? So what? Another Mario Williams move. I would still take the TDs....

He's a good back for sure--I haven't said otherwise. If the Eagles didn't decide to reward Barkley with a new contract right after he signed his previous one, no one here would be saying Cook should get 15 million. The Eagles gave Barkley a thank you note. They didn't have to, they just felt like it. The problem with that argument is that Josh is the best QB in the NFL. Cook is a decent /good back. that's a problem of their own making.

I don’t think extreme outliers reset the market. They signed him a year ago for under 13 million per. They just rewarded him for a crazy year. But it’s just that—a reward. They didn’t reset the market when they signed him. What would the Bills be rewarding Cook for?

Barkley had a once in a generation season. It was crazy to bump him to 20 million after just signing him for less. That being said, there are 2 guys making over 14 million: him and McCaffrey. On a terrible team, Barkley had 3 seasons over 1000. With the best O-line in the NFL, he double that in Philly. Cook cracked 1000 behind a very good O-line in Buff. The Eagles hardly bothered passing this year, the Offense ran through Barkley. The Bills don't run that Offense so Cook has less value here. Let him ask someone else to make him the 3rd highest paid RB in the NFL.

Frazier was walked to the recliner. 4th OC, 2nd DC (3rd, if you include McD himself) and 4th STC.

Barkley in no way reset the market for Cook. They are nothing alike.

signing another would be a Billsy move

He's perfect!!

People are born into the zip codes their parents chose to have them in. Pro football players are not miners (although they certainly could learn to be if they so chose). They also aren't overseas sneaker sweat shop prisoners. If you eliminated all industries that underpaid their workers, there would be no goods and products to buy, no? Companies will always seek to pay there employees as little as the market will allow. Which countries were ruined with inaccurately labeled NFL surplus donated shirts?

fans on TSW aren't the ones hiring...and then firing all those coordinators.

Culture? "sideline antics" on a previous team have never bothered Beane much before.