The Wiz
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1 hour ago, Augie said:
This time of the season is about as busy as we are nice.
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Weird way of saying it wants to play with Josh Allen.
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6 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
My mantra in the offseason was 40 PPG offense. The team went a different direction. If it was up to me that is still what I would have tried to build.
That being said on the whole I liked most of the investments they made on defense, especially early in the draft, and I'm glad we will likely find out once and for all if the talent or the coaching is the main reason we can't slow KC down in the playoffs. I understand the logic behind this offseason's strategy but I won't be convinced it will make a difference until I see it happen.
That is really what it all comes down to for me at this point and it's sadly been both depending on the year (along with injuries of course).
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1 minute ago, Buffalo716 said:
All very true and I'm not a lawyer and have not read the contract
If they are going above and beyond that's sad.. if they layed out some specific things, like no basketball or snowboarding... To protect his knees
I understand that
This is the part where I feel like they are, also without seeing the contract. If his agent is telling him not to sign it, there must be something in there that is basically a big red flag.
It could be something as simple as what you are speculating "basketball/snowboarding/etc" but could be something as easy as saying "oh, you were late to this meeting and that counts against your contract so no guaranteed money". Far ends of the spectrum I know, but I tend to assume that most of these franchises, especially the Bengals, will find every way to screw players out of money.
Hendrickson is living proof of that right now.
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15 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
A lot of NFL players have clauses in their contract
It's not so they can terminate his contract if he's the wrong player... It's so they can terminate his guarantees if he tears his ACL playing basketball in the off-season
The bills did not give Hines all his guaranteed money when he got into that Ski-Doo accident... He lost money
And that's a perfectly legitimate reason to do it. The problem being that they are taking away "All' guaranteed money and nothing is specified on what it means to "default" is the issue.
If they want to say "can't ride an ATV or ski-doo", fine. If they say, "If you default on your contract, you will lose all your guarantee" without laying out what it means in that same clause, they are basically trying to make it so no matter what, if something happens to him, they can cancel all of his guaranteed money.It's the same type of "catch-all" that you see in job descriptions where it says "and all other responsibilities". You might not know you are responsible for something until 4 years later and your boss finally says, "Oh btw, you have to work this weekend because that falls under your job description". It's a shady way of doing business.
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44 minutes ago, DJB said:
I actually don’t think it’s terrible for teams to try to implement this. Wasn’t this kid a bit of a knucklehead?
And with so many busts in the NFL provides some protection for the team
Why does a team that is making billions of dollars a year need protection from a rookie making roughly $10-15m over the course of their rookie contract?
It's not protecting themselves. It's allowing them to write a narrative that in any situation, they can decide to terminate his contract because they picked the wrong player. Seems like a "slumlord" model of operating your team.
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9 minutes ago, SDS said:
Someone has to be first.
I’m not saying I follow this closely, but when teams have been affected by intolerable player behavior and players were cut, teams have sued to get a portion of their guaranteed money back. Without knowing more than what’s in this thread, maybe they’re just trying to codify this upfront. If that’s the case then I am all for it.
I don’t know what the meaning of default is in this scenario. If I knew that, it would clear things up.
I feel like that's why his agent told him not to sign. They probably didn't even clarify what they mean by "default" so they could potentially pick any reason to say that he defaulted on his contract. It just sounds like something the Bengals would do.
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I can't believe how much this team is mismanaging some of their players but just saw this and I can't imagine anyone would want to sign that contract.
Basically, if he defaults on his contract in any year, he voids all remaining guaranteed money for the remainder of the contract.
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4 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
The Anti-Cook crew around here have to be in shambles today.
You should hear WGR right now. They are complaining that he's not holding out because they don't have anything to talk about now.
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So the media is able to do their normal media stuff on the sidelines but no one is reporting anything?
Seems odd.
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I don't remember the year. I want to say 2008 or 2009. When we finally had the Pats where we wanted them and Leodis fumbled the kickoff to lose the game.
Worst part was they ran the same TE seam route to Hernandez on (I'm pretty sure) consecutive plays to score 14 and go up 25-23 or something like that.
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8 hours ago, US Egg said:
Bulldogs show prep notes for the week:
Even game him a piece of paper. Generous.
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6 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:
I am seriously at the point where i can care less what happens to cook. People are seriously devaluating the level of talent behind cook.
Ray Davis has a HECK of a running game the day Cook Missed.. And we still have our 3rd down pro Ty Johnson. Do I think Ray Davis is as good as cook? We do not have enough sample size.. but I am willing to bet we would do just fine.
I don't think anyone is devaluing them. Cook has just proven it. It's all hindsight. Same way people complain that we should have just drafted Jefferson instead of trading for Diggs.
I honestly don't care if he resigns or not. I just care if he plays this year(which in my mind, he would be lowering his value in FA if he didn't).
Of all the RBs in the league I would think that Cook probably has the best shelf life considering how little he played in college compared to most other RBs. That alone would make me more intrigued to sign him for closer to what he is asking (~12-12.5 would be my max).
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6 hours ago, Bray Wyatt said:
So over the last two years Benford's PF grade is 4th, his advanced coverage grade is 6th so they rank him 8th?
I, for one, am getting tired of this common core math.
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6 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
What is this $20M number and where is it coming from? Cook has only mentioned $15M, and only mentioned it once. I have him possibly getting up to $17M on the market if he has a repeat season. At that point, we'd just Franchise Tag him tho and figure it out from there.
And as for the Schoen quote... Maybe I'm crazy but I'd swear there is a constant hum of Bills fans begging Beane to get Josh weapons so he doesnt have to do it all himself. Why are we so excited to get rid of the most productive skill player on Offense? What better to take the pressure off a QB than a real threatening running game? What better to take those dangerous carries off of Josh's shoulders than a real RB who can do it himself?
As for the OL, almost every great RB ran behind a great OL. Heck, even OJ had the Electric Company. Maybe the only one was Barry Sanders. You need both.
As to the bold, why does he care? He got his money. And for RBs, this next contract is likely his one shot at big bucks.
The $20M is coming from his brother. He tweeted it out a while back. Likely as a joke but all the same, I'm sure he meant it.
I don't disagree regarding Josh needed skill players on offense. The reality is though, he gets the best out of every player that plays with him. Which is why I don't mind when people complain when we don't have the blue chip players at skill position at offense when guys like Mack and Gabe are more than capable then move on.
As for the last two bolded, they go hand and hand. Think of guys like Zeke and Bell that got paid and then ended up doing nothing only to be cut a year or 2 later. The best way for Cook to both produce and keep earning money is to play and stay in the league. That's not going to happen being behind a line that can't run block and you eventually become a cap casualty instead of a cap savings.
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29 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
15 is out of the question... with who? You? The Bills? Because if he repeats his 2024 season, then when he hits the open market he will absolutely get $15M/yr. Maybe more.
The difference is that when Beane says "I don't want my 60m dollar QB just handing off to a 20m dollar RB" he's got a good point. Unlike Joe Schoen talking about Daniel Jones.
I don't think Cook is going to get the same level of production. Probably 10-11 TDs is my guess. I think the problem that Cook doesn't realize is that just like with Barkley, he's running behind one of the better O-lines in the league. The second he gets his 20m and goes to a team like the Pats/Colts, his production is likely going to fall off a cliff.
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26 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:
Lol...the dumbest part of this by Diggs is he knows there is a camera recording lol.
That being said, not sure how anyone could discipline Diggs here. I haven't heard of Pink Coke before, but regardless of what it was or wasn't, not sure how anyone can prove it was if Diggs denies it and says it was something else.
So I think the only person Diggs may be in the most trouble with is his boo Cardi B lol...although rumor is she was also on the boat, so maybe not lol
Random drug test incoming maybe???
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20 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:
I don’t know about that. The shadow poster cited at least two domed/covered stadiums (Minnesota and Atlanta). I’ve been at Minnesota’s stadium and didn’t notice a problem with shadows.
Dallas definitely has a sunshine problem.
Well western NY tends to have a "lack of sunshine" problem during football season.
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1 hour ago, Sierra Foothills said:
What is this person's name?
Thank you.
Molly Smith Metzler
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Name a random Bills player and one thing you remember about them
in The Stadium Wall
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Gotta go with Kevin Everett. Was at the game, didn't even know how serious he was hurt and missed the end of the game on the last second FG (for reasons...).
That being said, seeing his recovery afterwards and the EPSY and how they used it in a TV show was something that I always remember about him.