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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
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1 minute ago, BigAl2526 said:
I think the crux of the issue is that Cook thinks he is a three down, work horse back, and wants to be paid like it. The Bills, on the other hand, don't want to use him that way. They have Ty Johnson that Josh Allen believes "is the best third down back in the league, and a young, promising back in Ray Davis. The Bills want to spread the touches around more than what would justify Cook's asking price. In essence, Cook is saying, "I've had enough of 'everybody eats' and I want to be the man." Of course, Cook knows the average lifespan of a running back isn't very long in the NFL and he wants to make his money now. Derrick Henry is an exception to the life span averages, but he is built like a freight train. The Bills, perhaps, are concerned that Cook's build doesn't lend itself to durability in a three down work horse role, using him like they have actually will lead to prolonging his career and increasing the odds of his availability late in the season and the playoffs. There is no way to know how far apart the two sides are. Hopefully they can find some room for compromise.
I do think it is somewhat disingenuous of Cook to say he was in camp to support his teammates, only to stage his "hold-in" work slow down at this point in camp. Instead, it looks like a strategy to put more pressure on the Bills.
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.
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Gabe was good -when he applied himself. With that said, he tends to be lazy.
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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.
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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!
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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
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15 hours ago, JohnNord said:
Does anyone really care about uniform combos. Seems there’s a group of fans that are obsessed with what the team’s wearing
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.
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18 hours ago, Kelly to Allen said:
Past trauma particularly with McDermott's defense has set in massive PTSD in the buffalo sports consciousness.
13 seconds is like a Greek tragedy in everyone's mind
One could argue our existence as Bills fans is basically a greek tragedy
We're the red Sox or cubs for decades before they finally won a title.
I am personally always asking, " how are they going to screw this up this time?"
During the 13 seconds after Allen took the lead. I literally went outside and couldn't watch the game. I knew they were going to screw it up....
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.
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16 hours ago, extrahammer said:
I see a lot of takes now that a "Lions/Bills Super Bowl is the Super Bowl that America needs" and I just want to say very loudly and definitively.... F%#& THAT!!!!!
I'll take the Bills in the Super Bowl against anybody, I'm not picky... Fk any team we play! Just get there and win. Ohhhh "battle of lake erie" man wtf! Who cares?! Just get the damn trophy. Why are so many of our fans falling into this narrative? I mean I guess it's kinda cool... but you know what's cooler?? Just getting to the Super Bowl and winning the damn game!!! I could not care less if it's the Eagles, Lions, Vikings, Packers, or Seahawks. Could not care any less! Get to the game and win. That's all that matters. Is a Super Bowl win against the Lions better than one against the Packers? No! A Super Bowl win against the Packers or Eagles would be much sweeter bc they've WON SUPER BOWLS BEFORE, especially the Packers. But just get to the GD game and WIN! That's all that matters and should matter. Anything else is weak sauce.
That is all.
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
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21 hours ago, HereComesTheReignAgain said:
Please explain how you know this. As has been pointed out in this conversation, many people come back from achilles injuries without lingering issues.
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?
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9 hours ago, Jim said:
It's right there in the title. The man we basically got in return for Patrick Mahomes has basically been nowhere for this team since 2021. He's due to make a ton of money in 2024 and judging by his "comeback" in 2022, it seems absolutely insane that they are gonna pay him all that money next season to fearfully rehab through November and then play like a 5th rate CB when he comes back.
We also have two starting CB. Benford and Douglas.
Cut Tre White's ass as soon as we can. Either that or he needs to accept a shitload less money, cuz otherwise we will just be showing that this team is not serious about winning a Super Bowl.
Spoken like a true "Bandwagon" fan.
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1 hour ago, PetermansRedemption said:
A lot of people will defend Diggs. I can’t find much to defend him on. Disappeared the second half of the season, takes himself out of the game way too much, drops passes, never fights for yardage. Not exactly many superstar qualities left.
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.
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F the Chiefs.
I am routing for the Lions!!!!!
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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.
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GO BILLS!!!!!!
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2 hours ago, Patrick Fitzryan said:
I really wish he'd cut that out. It's not only incredibly lame, it's completely beneath him given how tough a player he is.
But... Do you think he should just "man up" and play tough guy? Would that not send a message to defenders to give it their best shot?
Just maybe - Josh is sending a message that "if you mess with me - I will try and make sure you get caught".
Maybe Josh is trying to make sure the refs notice.
Even with all that - players STILL take cheap shots. I don't know about you guys, but I don't like other teams players taking cheap shots at our players.
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9 hours ago, The Wiz said:
Have you not watched him play for the past 3 years?
He always goes down to avoid contact unless he is already on the run. That's his way of preserving his body to prolong his career and stay healthy.
In 2021 Diggs played through a torn oblique to help his club reach the AFC Championship Game.
A torn oblique has a way of being easily re-injured. I know this from personal experience. Move the wrong way and extreme pain for a short time then ok.
It seemed to me that was his reaction to being tumbled after that tackle. Commentator speculated that he had the wind knocked out of him but oblique pain is intense but short lived as long as you don't twist the wrong way.
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I think the Pat's number one and number two picks may very well be for HC and GM - Bill did both jobs, I believe.
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How hard do you work when you know you are getting canned in two weeks?
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4 hours ago, Heavy Kevi said:
I have watched every game for decades. Literally.
Even gotten free trials of fubo, downloaded apps, got up at absurd times to see London games, etc.
But this game isn't on LOCAL ROCHESTER MARKET because piddly little peacock is trying a money grab.
All the other "exclusives" had free trials, were simulcast on a real network, or even in the case of prime- everyone already has it. But peacock, tiny little bullschitt peacock with nothing worthwhile to offer? The NFL not only isn't afraid, they actively don't like us.
So I can't. I just can't. Sure, I could afford the subscription; but I can't positively reinforce negative behavior by the NFL trying yet another way into fans' pockets.
They will take our tax money to build the brand new stadium for a billionaire, but we can't even watch the effing game. Pathetic.
I hear ya!!!
BUT
I recently signed up with Peacock because they offered a whole year for $19.99 - ya can't beat that with a stick!
OR the price is $5.99/mo too much to pay for your Bills Backer Bar ????
This seems kinda like a "moleHILL you're choosing to die on..."
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Go Bills!
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25 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
Actually, it's not such a big difference. Both guys are abusing their bodies.
The offensive lineman I heard was talking about eating 6000 calories a day for months in order to maintain his playing weight. He said for his entire playing career, he couldn't roll around on the floor with his kids because he had no flexibility, and because all of his joints ached from carrying the weight.
I'm not defending Dawkins, at all. I'm disappointed he didn't have the discipline the modern game requires. I'm just saying that it's naive to think that guys going on crash diets are the only guys abusing their bodies in the NFL. A lot of them are, from their brains to their toes.
" couldn't roll around on the floor with his kids because he had no flexibility, and because all of his joints ached from carrying the weight. " WOW
Agree both extremes are not healthy. I don't think Dawkins will last very long in the NFL if he continues his off season antics. IMO
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7 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:
I agree. It used to be much more common for guys to do what he did - let himself go and then diet like crazy to get ready for the season. I was surprised to see him so overweight.
Still, his diet was pretty incredible.
The flip side is I heard a retired offensive lineman interviewed on the radio, and the interviewer commented about how fit the guy looked. The retired player said he weighed 190, and that he had eaten enormous quantities of food to maintain a playing weight around 300. When the season ended, he would drop to "only 260" or something in the off-season, then eat his way back up to his playing weight. Once he retired, he started running and returned to really was his normal weight under 200. He said there are a lot of pro football players like him, which means they are "dedicated professional" athletes who are trashing their bodies to carry the weight to play the game. Cuts both ways.
There is a big difference between your example and Dawkins.
In your example players work hard and ate to carry extra weight. When season was over they did not eat the extra calories and thus their weigh went down normally.
What Dawkins did was over eat and added 40 pounds of fat. Then went on a water and salad diet, basically a starvation diet, to lose weight but THAT way of dieting usually results in the lose of muscle.
QuoteStarvation diets have far-reaching negative effects on the body. Starving to lose weight changes the metabolism, reduces lean muscle, reduces bone density, and decreases strength
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18 hours ago, Shaw66 said:
Beck - I am definitely flattered. I've written that a couple of times, but I don't think anytime in the past couple of years. It was a hockey game.
Yes, it was an epiphany. It was so clear that those women were really focused on their bodies and how they looked, and suddenly it dawned on that of course they would be because their partners were also focused on their bodies.
Think about what Dawkins did. It was, apparently, five or six weeks, 35 or 40 days, where EVERY DAY he: (1) drank 100 ounces of water before he ate anything. Think about that. Eight glasses of water before eating anything. (2) Ate a salad for lunch. (3) Ate a salad for dinner. (4) Maybe had a protein bar. That's it. Every day. I couldn't eat my favorite food every day for six weeks, but that diet?
These guys are focused on their performance in ways that, to be honest, aren't normal.
Many Pro athletes are very focused on their performance and live a lifestyle dedicated to that purpose.
Dawkins is not in that category because he trashed his body so bad that he had to Crash Diet (not healthy) just to undo the damage he had caused in 6 or 7 weeks time. A dedicated professional would not have trashed their body to begin with.
What Dawkins did was his own version of Binge and Purge - not healthy!
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James Cook: "Business" man
in The Stadium Wall
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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.