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If we plan on re-signing everyone, maybe. We aren't forced to give Cook 10-15M. We aren't forced to give a CB who 0/3 in staying healthy in the playoffs 20-25M. Get the DL right and the rest of the Defense will fall in line.

Rousseau's biggest issue, is the same issue everyone on this team not named Josh Allen, Dion Dawkins or Spencer Brown has.. They are good, not great. We are lucky enough to have a lot of these types, but the Defense desperately needs their Chris Jones. With that being said, Rousseau would be my next up to extend. He's not "the" guy, but he is a high end DE2 who, along with Oliver, could truly explode next year with the right investment around them on the DL.

Most based VP we’ve ever had

Will ours be any better? As it stands, I’d take Rice, Brown and Worthy as a top 3 for Allen. Only concern would be how Rice looks post-injury. We currently have Shakir, Coleman and Samuel. Unless Samuel plans on not being injured for once in his life and Keon remembers how to play football after Poyer hit him, that potential KC trio clears ours by a mile. Also, we require our WR’s to run block, so it’s a different scheme, nonetheless… We NEED more talent at WR than we had last year. Allen/Brady did what they could but we had obvious limitations on Offense that were exploited by Baltimore and KC in the Playoffs.

Should also be noted that Shakir put up those numbers last year with next to zero vertical threat in our passing game. As a result, teams played us accordingly which limited some of the underneath/intermediate potential in our offense. Shakir has his limitations.. unlike some of the top slot guys, he doesn’t have reliable downfield ability, but he can do it.. and if that develops at all, he’s already top tier at RAC and Catch % while uncovering quickly as a chain mover.

I didn’t say Shakir is elite. James Cook is a tier 2 RB and Shakir may or may not be that at Slot WR. You named some outliers but it doesn’t change the fact that, even now, it’s much tougher to find WR’s than RB’s. In Shakir’s draft class, guys like Treylon Burks, Jahan Dotson, John Metchie, Danny Gray, Jalen Tolbert and Skyy Moore were taken early and often. There are a ton of swing/misses at WR every year. We also have an elite QB and elite OL.. for a team like us, paying 10-15M for a RB makes even less sense. Paying 15M for a class act, reliably good slot WR who has insane chemistry with Josh Allen does make sense. Approaching 20M for Shakir.. no.. but this one came in at a solid number.

Ok, but we don’t have Saquon Barkley. The reason a Khalil Shakir makes 15M and people think it’s a team friendly deal is because it’s not easy to find Khalil Shakir’s. WR is more plug and play than ever, but you still have a ton of swing and misses at the position.. even with premium picks. RB, not as difficult to find outside the truly elite.. of which James Cook is not… and you mention pass pro, which Cook isn’t good at anyway.

Mediocre receiving ability, despite that being his calling card at UGA Non-existent pass pro ability. Timeshare at RB with Ray Davis & Ty Johnson. Do you think he’s on the same level as Saquan Barkley, Derrick Henry and healthy Christian McCaffrey? Because those guys are elite. James Cook is an explosive runner with good vision. Alvin Kamara potential if he’s more utilized/consistent in the pass game. Really good player.. but right now, a level below elite.

Always going left is more of an issue imo… Also, we did get it.. but I understand your point.

Yes… Good slot WR’s are tougher to find and tougher to plug and play than good RB’s.

Why does it seem like Russia/Ukraine is the only region liberals and neocons care about? Will they? Not if USA/Europe have strong leadership. You can hate Trump all you want but Russia didn’t invade during his first term. They did the term before him and the term after him. They’ve done it while Europe is gutless and dependent upon America for defense. Should we go into Africa and start arming governments and picking sides in an effort to stop the relentless slaughter of civilians and rise of tribal warlords and gangs leading to the largest refugee crisis of the modern era? Thats something that is actually effecting Europe, almost as if it’s by design. So maybe there’s a reason we allow the slaughter of Africans but pick and choose our battles to focus on territorial battles in Russia/Ukraine, of which we provoke by expanding NATO and saber rattling on Russia’s doorstep. One man actually wants to stop the slaughter of the innocent men in Ukraine and Russia, while the rest of the Western world demands body bags… for what. Nobody, STILL, can outline the end game of funding a forever war. Nevermind the future effects of forcing Russia & China to further align.

Every year is a new year. What we know is that we have the best QB in the NFL and a Top 3 OL returning. Outside of that.. We have a RB that seems to want to force our FO’s hand in terms of paying him or trading him. We have two TE’s, one who is solid and the other who the FO is calling out in an effort to get 1st RD play from him in Year 3. And at WR, we have a good slot WR and then ??? Make no mistake, outside WR was a legitimate issue last year. We masked it best we could, but teams literally played us differently due to the fact they didn’t respect our outside WR’s. It not only took away our vertical passing game based on lack of speed.. it also allowed teams to drop a Safety and clog up the area where our slot receivers and tight ends typically work.

I guess the easiest one for one, given he’ll make somewhere between 11-15M would be would you rather have James Cook or Darius Slayton and a RD3 pick. Slayton is a guy rumored to potentially be on our board as a vertical speed threat and his projected contract could be somewhat in line with what Cook is looking for based on some contract projections. A RD3 pick being a moderate estimate of what Cook would go for in a player for pick trade. For me, it’s not about Cook.. he’s very good.. it’s just about paying a non-elite RB that much money when we desperately need to add outside WR speed and multiple DL upgrades.

Sometimes life isn’t fair. How many innocent men need to die before you finally relent on this? Ukraine is literally going into towns and rounding up fighting age men in an effort to force them to enlist and quickly be sent off to the front lines. Same with Russia. Of which none of these men asked for this.. on either side. Obama essentially ceded Crimea to Russia and the corresponding move would be to do the same with the Donbas in an effort to end the war. You want them to join NATO? Which will never happen. And why would you want one of the most historically corrupt nations to be in NATO?… simply to antagonize Russia?… because that worked out so well.

I was reliably told that Trumps policies and Elon Musk’s DOGE were cratering in public support…

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

Will Trump get Russia/Ukraine to a peace deal? Thats all I care about. Not this bs that makes some people feel morally superior. Maybe some posters here should play Call of Duty so you can get your war excitement without sacrificing innocent lives per every day to satiate your bizarre lust to keep this war going forever.

They can’t help it. They know the trans issue is absolutely toxic and yet.. The polling on this is so insanely lopsided against the left but it’s their religion, so they can’t relent. The left at its core worships identity/ego over a God higher than them that urges death of self/ego.

Jon Ossoff is one of the better Democrats in the Senate. He’ll be up in ‘26 and whether he wins or loses really all depends on whether Brian Kemp runs.

I agree that Cook is very good and, as good as our OL is, many times Cook just made things happen that were special. That said... I'd point blank trade him at this point. I say that believing we could get a 3rd round pick for him. Even if we could lock him down at, say, 11M.. I'd rather use that 11M towards an outside WR or Defensive Line.. or even a potential difference maker at another undervalued position in Safety for say.. Jevon Holland. I just think the engine of our run game is Josh Allen, our OL and Aaron Kromer. As long as we have those three things, a highly paid RB is a complete luxury... especially one who can maybe do more than we ask of him, but has primarily been a rotation back leading a group with a well defined role for a 3rd down back.. and with a rookie who, in his one game to shine, absolutely shined.

I honestly don't know.. The Draft is loaded at DT and I wouldn't hate going early & often at DT to make our interior a potential monster unit with 2 premium DT's to go along with Oliver and a hopeful jump from a healthy Carter. That said.. every year it's obvious we don't have "dudes". We have Josh Allen and a very good all around roster. Dawkins and Brown could be in that mix as well, but OL doesn't move the needle in the way we're discussing. IMO, this offseason .. Goal #1, should be seeing what it takes to get another "dude". Whether that's a pass rusher or DK Metcalf.. we need another dude so it's not just Josh Allen vs the world every postseason.

They held firm on Von at 2 years/40M if memory serves me correct. We ended up essentially going 3 years/60M, up to 6 years, and while you can’t predict a torn ACL, they clearly made the right decision on that aging vet still playing at a high level.

It’s so wild how cavalier the morally superior freedom fighters talk about this war. Ukrainian men are rounded up from their everyday lives and forced to be sent to the front lines, an almost assured death awaits, along with their Russian counterparts. All the while, a segment of westerners brag to their friends about how supportive they are of Democracy ™️ without a care in the world of the horror awaiting these men daily. You talk as if this is a Marvel movie with good guys and bad guys, while you laud politicians lining their pockets with defense contract money as they play Call of Duty with the innocent lives of others. Its all so gross.