cd1

The most valued ability is availability. What sets Rousseau, Shakir, Benford, etc apart from Cook? They have proven to be TEAM players. Remember, there is no "I" in TEAM. Cook is showing himself to be an "it's all about me" guy. Kind of like Diggs. Oh it is all sunshine and lollypops for a while but What About Me always rears it's ugly head sooner or later and it is "all about me" time again. The problem with the NFL is that it is NOT Madden Football. In Madden you don't ever have to deal with "hissy fits" or "hold outs/ins", etc. REAL PEOPLE! Case in point Marshawn Lynch. Real good player BUT he was not going to be that person in Buffalo.

Unfortunately, this public spectacle of cornering Beane for a big payday is fool hardy. IF Bean caves to Cook's demands it will only set a very bad example to the rest of the team. Bean would be a fool to allow that to happen, even if he was tempted just to keep Cook on the team. PLUS, once Cook gets his payday, it will only be a year or so before he starts threatening to hold out/in for an even bigger payday. That is why you "don't negotiate with hostage takers". OMHO

I can't help but bill-eve that if he gets his "payday" it will only be a year or so before he is unhappy again. Very similar to Diggs. The Bills have had many valuable, hard working, players that have gotten good contracts without this kind of s__t show.

Gabe was good -when he applied himself. With that said, he tends to be lazy.

Cook has been a great RB for the Bills. BUT - "when they show you who they are, believe them the first time!" He is showing himself to be a DIVA. His social media demonstration is an attempt to hold the Bills hostage. If he succeeds, he will continue this behavior. No mater how good Diggs was we were better off with him GONE.

He is a great player but he is acting like another DIVA. This may not be a path the Bills want to go down. I don't. Too bad!

I am trying to savor these moments BEFORE the game. Kinda like Christmas Eve when sugar plums are still free to dance in my head. I am old and would love to live to see the Bills win a Super Bowl. But lately I just seem to pray that Josh Allen is able to achieve his dreams/goals and is not held back by a team not good enough to help him get there... I hope that this Bills team, right here, right now, are the wind beneath his wings! Edited to add: GO BILLS

I like the look of the red uniforms. But last week, I found myself not being able to remember that we were the ones in RED and not the Pats. It was like the Bills were wearing the Patriots uniforms.

PTSD indeed. Many fans are too young to have experienced "Wide right", "Music City Miracle", those and the most recent "13 seconds" has left a lot of us too afraid to hope. Some ridiculous fluke or twist of fete swoops in and again leaves us in total shock and disbelief that victory was snatched away, yet again, in the very last moment. Perhaps some of us just care too much and the disappointment is too crushing.

Shame on you - Xtra! The ONLY thing we have ever had was just our hopes and dreams. NOW you have to go and tell us that there is no SANTA? Bah Humbug

One thing that concerns me is that he has had two, back to back, season ending, non contact injuries. This has to get into a player's head and effect their performance going forward. How do you train or plan to avoid these things?

Spoken like a true "Bandwagon" fan.

I think he is playing injured again. In 2021 he played the last half of the season with a torn Oblique muscle. Oblique muscles are attached to the bottom of the rib cage. They are the ones we sue to twist and turn our body at the waist. When one is injured you usually can go about life mostly normal. That is until you twist or turn the wrong way. THEN - very painful, like a broken rib type painful for a few minutes. That sort of situation would explain why he avoided contact whenever possible. https://bangedupbills.com/2024/01/19/digging-into-stefon-diggss-mystery-injury/#:~:text=Previous Oblique Injury,Dolphins during the 2020 season.

F the Chiefs. I am routing for the Lions!!!!!

I believe Gabe has great talent however I also believe he is "lazy brained". He doesn't seem to study the game and just tries to get by on "winging it". IF he ever decides to buckle down and train his head as much as his body, he will make some team a hell of a player one day. I doubt he will find the motivation playing for the Bills.