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How is this thread still a thing. I do wish you could "ignore" an entire thread. LOL.

When is he expected to be healthy enough to play?

If Samuel doesn't produce Beane can get out of his contract very easily next March. I don't see him asking for a pay cut. Now Knox on the other hand............no way Beane pays him $12M more cash next year with a $17M cap hit. If Knox wants to stay for 2 more years, he has to give up something this year. If he doesn't, He's as good as gone in 2026.

I resemble that remark.

I was just looking at the Gilliam deal. I think it might be like Hamlin's 4YQC (4-Year Qualifying Contract). They got the same numbers. I agree about the Dane Jackson contract. He gets some signing bonus and guarantee but it sure is lower than I thought it would be. I've noticed that sometimes both Spotrac and OTC do some corrections as they get the info in. We may still see some of that. The big difference I've seen between the 2 is Josh Allen cap hit. Spotrac is adding $1.5M on LTBE incentive which they don't specify and OTC doesn't.

Good post. Maybe they add a WR in the draft like Thornton. That would make me hopeful for a big speedy guy that can get Josh throwing long.

He can. Like i said he can get about $8M for restructuring Dawkins but after that it gets problematic. The next players to get cap from are: Knox - Doubt extremely Beane pushes more money into next year. DQ Jones - Last year. A Post June 1 cut does save $5.5M Samuel - Not sure you want to push back money on him. Epenesa - Same as above. McGovern - If he was re-signed also gets some cap relief. T. Johnson - He can get you about $3M. Players after those do not net you much cap at all.

Dane Jackson - $1,197,500 - $567,500 Dead Cap Laviska Shenault - $1,070,000 - $15k Dead Cap Kendrick Green - $1,060,000 - $0 Dead Cap Reggie Gilliam - $1,337,500 Cap Hit Ty Johnson - $1,475,000 - Cap Hit

Spotrac finally has all the contracts on the books. OTC still has 5 not on the books so their numbers are not valid yet. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/_/year/2025 Spotrac has the Bills -$497K. No doubt the Bills are under the cap, but just barely. There are no new restructures announced. Beane no doubt will restructure someone. Most likely it will be Dawkins. That cap savings would be enough to sign rookies, PS, a few lower end FAs and have a few bucks for the season. FWIW Go Bills.

I was at the Eagles game with my dad the following week. Leupold kicked the winning FG in the endzone we were sitting. It was a great day! One of the best I ever spent alone with my dad.

Another WR 1st round bust. LOL. Harbaugh is keeping him and evidently believes in him. He practically split the targets with McConkey. QJ had 91 targets. If Johnston was healthy all year Herbert would have chucked the ball to him 110 times. I will reverse your logic and say if they believe that much in QJ, how well do you trust their evaluation of Palmer?

That there is funny!

Palmer last year was behind McConkey and Johnston. Johnston is a 1st round pick and had half again as many targets than Palmer. Josh was relegated to WR3. Beane and the Bills evidently feel he can do a lot more with Allen and Brady's offense. I guess we will find out if they are right.

1. Teams would have to give Cook an extension or they would face the same issues of him "holding out". This gets back to the discussions Beane and his agent have had. If it's that bad, they need to announce he is up for a trade now so any deal can be worked out before draft day. 2. Cook is already on a PPE salary increase. Giving him more incentives on a rookie contract IMO sets a bad precedent for future players. Just my opinion. FWIW.

The thing is if Cook does this there is nothing Beane and the Bills can do to stop him. Their options are: 1. Let the scenario you mentioned play out. 2. Trade him at the end of August or beginning of September. 3. Cut him and save $5.3M in cap. 4. Cave in and sign him to $15M AAV. I don't think Cook is this stupid, but if he is, oh well. Trade him or cut your losses.

I probably know less than anyone on this board about college players and the draft. I do know every year evaluators and fans miss all kinds of thing. When FA comes around 4 years after the draft the majority of players are termed, "sucks" but during the draft these guys are praised by many. There were 35 WRs drafted in 2021. It's weird but Josh Plamer is #6 on the list today. I do remember on draft day fans praising Toney, Bateman, the Moore's, Atwell, ALL who are behind Palmer now. I'm not praising Josh Palmer, but I am reminding the "gurus" about the players that went rounds ahead of him who have not produced as much. It's not a science.

They lead the pep rally. What do you expect.

Agree, he is under contract. Brady should use him in the way that gives the Bills the best chance to win.

if Cook wants what he says, this is what you do. Beane has given his number no doubt. The ball is in Cook's court.

Which would be his worth as a comp pick if he leaves next year in FA.

Have to include a 3rd for Cooper too.

There are still fans who believe Beane has a long list of players starting with 1 and ending with 300.

That is only if Beane blinks. I get the feeling Brandon Beane shoots straight with the agents. They have the Bills offer. The ball is in their court. If he holds out or in, he still has to play games to accrue a season. He could get hurt then too. Couldn't he get hurt playing for $5M. Why wouldn't he just stay if Buffalo? Go to FA next spring. The stats thing in my mind doesn't affect his future earnings. I see all of your and other's points. I just think it's a lot to assume from a couple of media posts. IF Cook is serious, he should demand Beane pay him or trade him and make it public like all the others did this year. Then teams would be deciding IF a trade makes sense. If he waits until after the draft any RB needing team already have drafted in a heavy RB year. It doesn't make sense to me but then again, these guys often don't. Bottom line is, I don't see James Cook holding all the cards over Brandon Beane.

Of course, he "could". I just don't see how it helps his career going forward. He only has made $4M so far and has $5.3M to make this year. Why throw away $3M of that to only end up in FA next year? Some teams will not like the fact he "held out" in the first place, if anything it negatively affects his FA. IMO, it's a foolish move and his agent should let him know that. If he does it anyway, well Bills move on and maybe get a comp pick.