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If the Bills think that the situation is really unsolvable with Cook I MIGHT consider Cook in exchange Pickens and a their 2026 3rd. I think the dude is a headache and I am inclined to say no.

I've heard that rumor, but I think it might have been on his extension. My barely educated two cents is that both franchises are managed identically. Terry is very open about allowing anybody and everybody to come directly to him with ideas. Which is awesome in some ways but without structure makes definite roles and taking inventory for improvement nearly impossible. We see it with the Sabres a ton. And we saw it early with Rex and Whaley and Brandon. The advantage McBeane have is a past prior working relationship and being hired more or less as a package. So Beane is never going to Terry without McD nor McD to Terry without Beane. The Sabres have been a hire this position, then that position, and then this other position, and they all independently push for their own image of the organization to Terry and Terry piece meals it all together. I think it's less meddling and more lack of leadership and structure from the ownership. Without some definition and ultimate responsibility in the org it's nearly impossible to hold people responsible. Terry Pegula is why I have next to no interest in splitting up McBeane. In addition to both being above average at their individual craft they keep our owner in check, which is also a skill. Just a real life hypothetical on the Bills side. At least how I see the last 14 years of the Sabres: Let's just say we finally move on from McDermott and we even promote from within (and Beane does not have that line in his contract). Say Joe Brady takes over too keep congruency. We struggles a bit but Brady keeps clamoring to Pegula on the side that we need to start drafting x players instead of y players. Terry starts telling Beane to start prioritizing positoon x. The team gets worse. Everybody blames Beane, but Beane lost control lose 2-1 to Brady/Terry. Then we get a new GM and that GM is saddled with Brady and he tells Terry "Actually Joey B is an idiot." And Terry goes "yeah he's an idiot". So we start drafting a hodge podge of players that don't work with the current coach. Then we hire a new coach who goes to Terry to split the tie on what to do with the roster. And around and around we go for 14 years. Terry Pegula believes this is a feature not a bug.

To be specific I think we'd be loaded with young slot corners,a young back 7 that can't really cover anybody but they do have way more interceptions than our analytics would think they would. We'd also have tons of RB's with bad visions and no OL run behind. Our QB room would be like 6 different versions of Mike White or Gardner Minshew just waiting to blossom under the right leadership or whatever.

I'm a firm believer that Terry Pegula is fully capable of running the Buffalo Bills into the ground.

I like Shilo. He's the exact opposite of everything I see from Shedeur. I know it's a short clip, but man, just speaks volumes to their different characters. "You can't disrespect him, he the reason you got it like this. Everything we got is because of this man". There's another clip out there where he's giving Deion a hard time about his 4.2 40 not being on tape. It's all a joke that ends with him asking Prime "what do I have to do to run a 4.2?" https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19F3nvQB23/ I would steer clear of Shaduer (obviously we have Josh) but I'd consider taking a 6th/7th round flyer or UDFA on Shilo. It is crazy how different those two are.

I'm curious if they give Tre a shot at safety. But that's a topic for another thread.

It has nothing to do with them being happy for their kid. Their home comes across as pretentious and their kid looks like a Logan Paul doppelganger. It's the combination of the two things. Maybe they're all awesome. It's just an internet hot take with what seems like an eternity between picks.

His draft party looks like a home that's too fancy to be allowed to sit on the furniture. I know nothing about his family. I'm going off of a 30 second clip. But every single one of him and his family members seems very punchable.

You're a HC/GM of a QB needy team and Sanders doesn't play well and Prime is calling for your job on national media 3x per week. It's a tough spot.

I wonder if the elephant in the room is Deion. If you take Shaduer you have to deal with Deion chirping about your franchise every week. And not from home. From his weekly pressers and barstool contract. I'm not saying Sanders is an awesome prospect but I'm curious if more QB needy teams would be willing to take a flyer if not for dad having such a pulpit.

I agree. I think we're saying something similar. Either give up the 2025 picks or the 2026.

Have we gotten another view of the Sanders draft room? Is Shedeur back from his tantrum yet?

Agreed. For me the overpay is the 2026 1 on top of a 1, 2, and 4 this year.

Super talented. Giving up next years first is where I draw the line it I'm Jacksonville. I am very curious to see how his demand to play both sides of the ball plays out. He's got a lot of snaps under his belt now. Deion is on the Mount Rushmore of best all around athletes to ever play in the league and he couldn't make it work to the degree that Hunter is asking. Hunter is a blue chip talent no doubt. But I don't think he's a full standard deviation better of an athlete than Prime was. Which is what I think it would take to play both sides of the ball the amount that seems to be implied.

Thats an insane trade. Especially for what we're assuming isn't a QB. If that is setting the market the Bills are either staying put or trading down. Hard to believe the Browns came out on top of anything these days.

I don't understand why in these first picks they don't announce immediately and then let the kid talk for 6-7 minutes. Forget Kiper.

I was literally just complaining about this. Like come on guys, they've known. Everybody knows. Just open the draft with the first pick and start the clock on the second. It's a dumb pet peeve of mine. What if they hosted it in Hammers?

He's not drunk now? "Thee people, thee peoples they thaid that Green Bay was too thmall."

I hope this whole thing works out. But the last 10 years RB's have been paid peanuts compared to other skill positions. The stuff with Cook bothers me waaaay less than a WR holding out over $25 v $28M. Cook likely only gets one big contract. That said, unless he becomes a 3 down back I wouldn't get near $15M.

I'm too young for OJ but you watch those clips or games and it's glaringly obvious that he's often the best athlete on the field by a country mile. I think he easily deserves to be on th Bills Mount Rushmor of greats (murder aside). Funny you put this out there because today I had a random thought that if Allen QB'd those 90's teams they'd likely have won at least one SB.

Terry Pegula is a terrible owner and will eventually tank the Bills once he moves on from McBeane. What McBeane lack in closing out games and/or hitting on top 100 picks they make up for in managing one of the worst owners in the big 4 sports leagues. By all accounts Pegula is a decent dude. But you can't convince me that he's not a terrible people manager.

Somebody should tell that to Prime. (I don't disagree with you)

THIS! I also think this is less about the Titans likeing or disliking Shedeur. And more about him trying to pick where he goes. Kind of like Eli. I wouldn't be shocked if they met and Sanders camp said "we're not coming if you draft us". But I also think there's a nonzero chance that the Giants grab Sanders, Deion is the HC for the 2026 season, and both parties have already talked about it.

The tough part is that he's not a shock jock. He's a new aged sports commentator. I think there is a line there especially because this starts to color way outside the lines of sports. If 2002 Howard Stern did this it would be another wild and crazy thing he said/did it would burn bright for a moment and fizzle until he did that next absurd thing. He also openly doesn't follow sports and it would disappear much quicker. Point being, PM isn't a shock jock.

I think he can find some productivity. But that depends on how willing he is to be a role player. I imagine that at some point he'll command attention from the offense that he can't fulfill on. If he were a more Larry Fitzgerald type human (and talent), he could likely be a very productive WR for a few more years But alas, he'll go the ODB route and try and team hop and catch fire as "the guy" only to flame out of that role.