transplantbillsfan

Bass is fine. He's redeemed himself already. Moving on...

Yes, I think I would and it would be fair for all of us to blame him because it would be the complete opposite action of every word and action we've seen publicly and semi-privately. I understand your thought process behind starting this thread. If Josh were a Robot with no feelings or emotions, I wouldn't blame him. If real world Josh left, I'd rightfully blame him. Thanks for making me feel like crap about something that's not happening though...

Take a look at Shaw's comments right after, but I wonder how much people really paid attention to Josh in the run game this year. I don't have any advanced metrics on me, but I bet wherever you find them you'd discover that this year Josh became more of a pure pocket passer than any other year in his career. We already know he got more YAC out of his WRs than any other year, so he became more of a point guard than he was previously. Also, Allen had the lowest number of rushing attempts per game of any season of his entire career... and I bet once you subtract all of the tush push/QB sneaks, the number of designed QB runs and scrambles become staggeringly low compared to the rest of his career. Personally, I've always wanted our OCs to virtually get rid of designed QB runs other than QB sneaks while encouraging Josh to scramble, because that's when he's most effective. But I think if you're honest with yourself you'll realize that Josh is much more of a traditional pocket passer than he's made out to be.

Let's be honest, Big Ben notoriously took HORRIBLE care of himself and had great seasons in his age 36 and 38 season... So no... you're probably wrong.

Well he sounds bitter for just missing out on team success.

You have the ability to change the title ya know. And the answer is Benford. He's maybe the 2nd-4th best player on the team.

As much as I want to say it's too much, I also think it's still in the ballpark. If Brady finds a way to utilize Cook more in the passing game this offseason and turns Cook into the 2025 version of Thurman in the 90s K-Gun locking him up at $12-$13m per year might not be a bad idea. And is that really so far off from $15m? What's good is that if this is his negotiating tactic, we know what he wants. And both parties in negotiations never get exactly what they want. They'll meet in the middle. The question is where is the middle?

I think anyone watching the Chiefs in the playoffs understands this. If Houston had a pulse on offense they would have won. Myles Garrett please.

Wait... did you reach this conclusion in that absolute drubbing????

I didn't say he deserved it more than Dawkins, Milano or McDermott. Weird bit of misdirection there. But I stand by what I said... not your strange altered version of what I said.

I actually teared yp watching this. And I love watching Allen watch it. Dude is so genuine. We're so lucky to have him.

As I said in that very same post I edited right after I posted the question for you... (and ironically, thank you for supporting my point in your own post): Do you watch this kid play while you sit on your couch eating chops and drinking beer every week? There are players in the NFL who don't really care much about the fanbase and maybe care more about money and fame... I'm sorry but Allen is a rare breed of player who is basically voluntarily carrying the weight of an entire fanbase and the history of an entire team on his back. If you think that's a weird take go eat more chips and drink more beer. And I'll just repost: Do you watch this kid play while you sit on your couch eating chops and drinking beer every week? There are players in the NFL who don't really care much about the fanbase and maybe care more about money and fame... I'm sorry but Allen is a rare breed of player who is basically voluntarily carrying the weight of an entire fanbase and the history of an entire team on his back. If you think that's a weird take go eat more chips and drink more beer. Yes. See above

How so? Do you watch this kid play while you sit on your couch eating chops and drinking beer every week? There are players in the NFL who don't really care much about the fanbase and maybe care more about money and fame... I'm sorry but Allen is a rare breed of player who is basically voluntarily carrying the weight of an entire fanbase and the history of an entire team on his back. If you think that's a weird take go eat more chips and drink more beer.

This takes the sting away a little bit. Now go get your Super Bowl Josh... you deserve it more than Bills fans do. You've bled, cried, put your body on the line, played with a broken hand/sprained UCL, etc. You're the Iron Man of the NFL and embody WNY. You got your belated but much deserved recognition and are etched in as a 1st ballot HOFer. Now go get the Trophy!!!

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This takes the sting away a little bit. Now go get your Super Bowl Josh... you deserve it more than Bills fans do. You've bled, cried, put your body on the line, played with a broken hand/sprained UCL, etc. You're the Iron Man of the NFL and embody WNY. You got your belated but much deserved recognition and are etched in as a 1st ballot HOFer. Now go get the Trophy!!!

Talk about irony

I love Bruce Nolan's breakdown of tiers of "dudeness" ("A" , "The", "That") in his show today and would encourage everyone to listen because he also has a really interesting explanation of why OL and DBs don't count because they are in "link systems." If Bills fans don't listen to this show every week (it only comes out once a week on Thursdays), they should.

Keon was on pace for about 800 yards before he got injured.

Well what's a discounted rate to you? Anyone saying veteran minimum just doesn't want him at all. I think $8-$10m AAV would be fair and realistic for both sides.

No... he turns 31 on June 17th. Cooper has an unbelievable work ethic that's been widely covered by his previous coaches. I still think he has a few more productive years left. Plenty of WRs have been very good into their mid 30s and Cooper is still just in his early 30s.

Keon was on pace for about 800 yards before he got injured in the 2nd Dolphins game. That's a good rookie season. That's a Gabe Davis year 3 and year 4 season. Ummmm.... 82 catches for 1147 yards and 7 TDs is a GREAT rookie WR season... maybe historically great. You have ridiculous expectations if that's what you think a rookie WR should get.