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55 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
Wow, it sounds as though you've gone through a lot...but the question is, with a back injury at almost 30, were you out there playing football 2 weeks from the injury?
No. I didn’t play football into my late 20’s.
Now, if you’d asked if I’d competed in a judo tournament two weeks out from a soft tissue injury to my back the answer would have been yes.
To get back to my initial point…
All combat sports - of which football is one - damage the body over time. Everyone’s physiology is unique, but there comes a point when the traumas don’t heal as fast, and they start stacking up. For most people that happens around thirty; sometimes it’s 28, and sometimes it’s 34, but it happens to us all.
1 hour ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:Back injuries vary. A back injury which requires surgery is TOTALLY different than a back injury that doesn't. Many who has experienced a back injury, like myself, don't want to have surgery because in many cases it ends up being a worse outcome. I don't think this is a fair comparison since he said that he had surgery.
It’s definitely not a straight comparison. In my case it was a necessity, and I had the best possible outcome…. Pain free for about a decade afterwards, no complications, and to this day that injury just throbs when the weather shifts. That’s the exception and not the rule though.
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15 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
I thought that was you. I didn't want to disturb you. 😁😇
When I was young and dumb I went full Gowron…. Never go full Gowron.
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On 6/13/2025 at 8:16 AM, Beck Water said:
OK...but were you slamming your body full force into other large athletic men for hours every week and also having them slam into you and land on you and likely try to wrench you around and aggravate it? 'Cuz I don't think that helps.
And also, there are back injuries and back injuries and none of us know which this was.
Not with the same level athletes, but kind of. I’ve spent two multi-month stints in ICU from car accidents, and spent 15 years doing judo around that and a blue collar job. I also played football until the first car crash. I have pins, plates, and screws in several limbs/joints along with having two vertebrae fused. I recovered well for a long time. However, around 32 the ability to recover from injuries was just too much, and I switched everything up…. I’m a tai chi in the park guy now. The injuries add up over time like dividends, and we all have a point where our ability to recover from repetitive trauma declines. Rasul likely hit that point.
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1 hour ago, Brand J said:
Yeah you still don’t get it. Those guys who are riding the bench aren’t good enough relative to their NBA peers, but they’re much more skilled basketball players than Moss ever was. Could Moss have focused on basketball and reinvented his game to be a perimeter player? There’s nothing that suggests he couldn’t have - other than his admission to being discouraged playing amongst legit high school basketball players - but Moss at his skill level coming out of high school wasn’t a future NBA prospect. You know this.
Some people forget that Moss had an example of this right in front of his face during high school — Jason Williams, Moss’ point guard. The guy got to see what top basketball talent and practice took every day in a friend and teammate of his; a guy who was ultimately drafted in the top 10 and had a very notable NBA career. They won a state basketball championship together, but as athletic as Moss was it was Williams skill and basketball mind that drove that team.
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6 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
It's right there in the injury report. He injured his back against the Rams in December. Missed two games, played the week after, limited snaps week 18 when we were resting folks.
I dunno about you, but when I've injured my back, 4 weeks out is when it starts to improve from screaming at me constantly no matter what I do, to allowing me to sit politely in certain positions and stand politely, and only screaming at me when I go from one to the other. By 6 weeks out I can walk OK if I'm smooth and careful and the screaming my back does has improved to a sharp yelp or 3.
Football players are a different breed, but I don't think you need a magnifying glass to connect the dots there.Forgot that he injured his back. Honestly, back injuries were pretty quick recoveries for me when I was his age…. Now though…. Just give me the old yeller treatment and put me out of my misery. Though to be fair, at this point of my life I have to wrap up my joints like Kareem in 88’ just to mow the lawn.
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37 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:
Overall, maybe so.
But I think with regard to production in games against better teams they need to threaten more on the boundary to open up the field for the slot/TE routes.
We found that out in Baltimore last season. Shakir missed the Houston game but it was a similar situation........the Texans took away the Shakir/Kincaid area of the field and Allen failed to connect with Hollins and the result was disastrous offense.
They needed and got better play on the boundary to beat KC at home and to produce like they did on the road at LAR and Detroit. They got it but it didn't come easy. Wasn't the walk-in TD days of Diggs/Brown/Davis.
Even on paper it's not a surety that they are better outside. We hope Coleman is better than Hollins(because that's likely his role) and that Palmer threatens defense's more than Cooper........but teams were legitimately concerned about Cooper because he'd been one of the most explosive outside WR of this era.
Brady did a pretty solid job pressuring the boundary with Cook and Johnson, particularly against Detroit. That’s too much scheme and effort to be perpetually sustained though. Hopefully that Palmer, Coleman and Moore can make enough boundary plays early in the year to create space inside.
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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
I wouldn't. He is toast that is burnt on both sides.
Rasul definitely hit a wall if there wasn’t some unreleased injury. Plus, I think a lot of folks here are focusing on Dane Jackson’s performance away from the team more than his performance in McDermott’s scheme. He’s a serviceable backup on this squad. Tre I’m not so sure about. I’m honestly surprised they brought him back, but if he can be a coach on the field for these rookies during camp and the preseason there’s some hidden value.
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4 minutes ago, klos63 said:
It definitely takes a full team to succeed, josh had a season with minimal sacks and INTS, in part because of the success of Cook. We were more of a ball control team last season, much more balanced but still dangerous.
I'm not worried about the cap. We extended key players with good contracts, the cap always goes up significantly, contracts fall off every year, Daquan Jones, regretfully Milano, AJ, Bosa, all go away next season. We drafted a lot of defense this year to replace veterans with rookie contracts.
We can afford Cook if they want to.
My point was that it’s easier to find a rookie running back that can be a top ten performer than an offensive lineman that can play that well as a rookie. Offensive linemen usually don’t hit their stride till year three or four unless they’re a top ten pick. Generally it makes more sense to keep a high performing veteran o-line together if you can.
We will see what happens. Beane could let Cook hit FA after the season or sign him before training camp. 🤷♂️. I’m not going to be upset either way, as the business is the business and a healthy upright JA17 is what matters most.
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On 6/10/2025 at 9:35 PM, klos63 said:
True, but very few even get to 16 in the first place. We have a tremendous offense, he's a key part, we agree on that.
I think he has the talent and the personnel around him to put up superstar numbers.
The personnel is a MVP QB, a top 5 offensive line, and an excellent OC…. which is exactly what Aaron Jones benefited in his 16 TD season. The part of Beane’s job that is difficult is deciding if it’s worth paying Cook if that means losing McGovern, Torrence, etc in the next few years. The way the league has turned it honestly seems to be easier to find a “starting caliber” rb than an above average lineman now, especially on a cost controlled rookie deal. Cook is a heck of a weapon, but the math might not math with Allen making $55 mil now.
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16 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:
I agree but James cook is not a TD back for me he is a big play back and I don’t see a lot of them right now
let the big backs and Josh get the 1 yard tds
I want 30+ yard plays and he creates plenty of them
id pay him for 2 more years and see what happens
Beane may have had the same POV as you. Cook may be looking for 4 years at $60 million. We have no idea what the disconnect on a contract is. It might be years, total value, guaranteed money, etc. Unless there’s an extension before the season we won’t know for a while.
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33 minutes ago, klos63 said:
How many RBs that did have 70% of the snaps get 16 TD'S. So many dismiss that, it's a big deal.
Re-watch some games from last season, if you do it's impossible to not see his impact and his value to the team.
Then watch how he performed in the playoffs, the guy is a stud, that's why Beane used a very valuable 2nd round pick on him.
Guys who hit those high levels of TD production on lower snap numbers rarely duplicate it unless they’re power backs. Aaron Jones is probably the best recent example of that. Cook is a very valuable player in this offense as he’s one of the few weapons that can play above the scheme at times, but I wouldn’t expect that TD production to be his new normal.
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1 hour ago, BruceVilanch said:
I hope not, I still get crap from my wife for getting on one emergency work meeting during our honeymoon.
I’m sure the rules are a little different when you’re pulling in $55 million a year. 😂
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44 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
Has anyone ever been to a wedding without an open bar? I once went to one, in fact it was a dry wedding. They are super religious. It was in rural Arkansas. I drove through a tornado to get there. I’d never experienced a tornado prior (or since). I wish it would have gotten us, Wizard of Oz style.
Anyways, that was the first time I heard of a wedding without an open bar. If you can’t afford an open bar, invite less people. If your religious beliefs prevent you from serving alcohol, don’t invite me. Don’t invite anyone. No one wants to be there otherwise. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
Congrats to Josh & Hailee 🥂
My cousin in rural VA had a dry wedding. It was technically dry, but there was about 2 gallons of shine and lord knows how many coolers of beer in the parking lot outside the reception…. So everyone kept slipping outside “for a smoke” and got lit anyways. 😂
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15 hours ago, BearNorth said:
I imagine the NFLPA already has suggested this be named the Gene Upshaw award, Hall of Famer, 3 rings.
Or Anthony Munoz
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14 hours ago, dorquemada said:
Deion will do everything in his power to sow discord in Cleveland in an effort to get himself to be coach. Just watch. The Browns are definitely dumb enough to do it. You think it's a clown show now? boy howdy it's gonna be good
If any owner, Jimmy Haslam. 😂. If it happens it’ll be a big win for some team. Stefanski is going to have the soft fall of his choosing, whether that’s another HC gig or a lower stress OC gig on a playoff team that lost its OC.
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13 hours ago, H2o said:
The Lance deal was an organizational flop from top to bottom. He had barely thrown 300 passes in 3 years at a Division I AA school. One year was good, albeit against weak competition. A blind man could have seen that bust of a QB walking into a room.
With Purdy, you saw exactly who he is this past year. A middle of the road QB who isn't a guy that will carry the franchise. He's not terrible. He's better than at least half of the starters in the NFL. $53M a year though?
Absolutely not.
I still wonder if that pick would’ve happened if Allen hadn’t absolutely shredded their team. Like Shanny saw what could be and went all in. 😂
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1 hour ago, turbo044 said:
Strange they'd be willing to fly to TB for a preseason game
Makes sense if they want to prepare guys for an early season game in Miami though.
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1 hour ago, TBBills Fan said:
I would hang out with you in real life
Deal, but you’ve gotta be down to drink a scotch at 8am while watching Night Shift.
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1 hour ago, TBBills Fan said:
It's a code word for being excited sexually over something
Damn. That’s my dog’s name, so anytime I see it from now on it’ll just make me think of that peanut butter scene from Road Trip.
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If anyone doesn’t get those Green comments….
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1 hour ago, Redblood said:
Great question
Principle. Plus… you know… Desean Watson protocol.
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Totally agree. We should bury 40% of the salary cap in WRs instead of the trenches just like the Dolphins. That’s absolutely the best way to build a team. 🙄
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12 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:
I just tuned in and they are still tooting the horn that he'd be a great fit in La with McVay. I just don't understand this doesn't McVeigh like strong arm quarterbacks.... cerebral?
Didn't they get rid of goff because his arm wasn't strong enough?
Again, this just seems like wishful thinking. I don't know why there is such a Sanders bias in the media. I think they all just want access to Dion so they're kissing his butt
Goff has plenty of arm. They got rid of him because when he’s pressured and goes off platform he turns the ball over or takes bad sacks. It’s the reason why he has a Peterson like turnover game every season.
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Just now, BillsFanForever19 said:
Mason Graham is a safe pick. But kind of a surprise in the Top 5.
Considering that they netted those extra picks it’s a solid move.
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