GASabresIUFan

The Snow Plow.

Josh wasn’t that diplomatic with the sideline reporter. If i find the video I’ll post it.

That isn’t what Josh said in his post game interview. Josh said the ref didn’t like being criticized.

So let me see if I understand this. Vinovich went to the sideline to berate Josh for complaining about a missed call without acknowledging that he and his crew missed a blatant holding call. That makes perfect sense. Translation: Vinovich - Don't you dare complain about my incompetence.

Doesn't Ty Johnson also get a nomination for catch of the year?

Completely wrong. Last season, the Oline was significantly worse than this year especially up the middle and Cook went for 1500 yards from scrimmage. This season, they rotated back more to keep Cook fresh and we saw the results today. There is no question that Cook isn't a bruiser like Henry or Barkley, but has elite speed and vision excellent hands and is among the league leaders in yards from scrimmage despite significantly less touches than the other highly ranking RBs. The fact that we utilize a semi-committee approach should help reduce the cost of the next contract.

By the way Cook is the first 100 yard rusher for the Bills in a playoff game since Thurman Thomas rushed for 158 against Miami in 1995 (30 years ago if anyone is counting).

And the Bills are 14-4. The Bills proved they don’t need to invest big $ in WRs. That said I expect they’ll add more weapons in the draft and/or re-sign Cooper to a value contract. As to the pass rush, the Bills are middle of the road in sacks, but I think that is more a factor of our D philosophy and our lack of blitzing. Again Beane likes to have depth here and will draft more bodies for the D line early this year. Also guys along the line are available every off-season for short-term deals as kids develop. For example Leonard Floyd. Also of the top sackers in the NFL (11 guys had 11 sacks+ this season), only 3 were drafted in the top 2/3 of the first rd. 1 was taken 30th and the rest were taken in the 2nd rd or later. Van Ginkel, who was a late FA signing this year, was a 5th rd pick and was signed for 2 years 20 mill, with only 14 mill guaranteed and a first year cap hit of only $3.4. We can easily afford such a move. KC’s Chris Jones was also a 2nd rd pick. In this year’s draft highly rated Edge rushers are deep in the draft through the 2nd rd. RBs should also last longer in modern football as most teams are committed to having good running back depth.

What big FA do we need? We have turned over most of our roster and have a pile of draft picks to continue to restock. We’ll have plenty of cap to keep Cook, Benford, Torrence and Benard. Groot is a nice player, but not elite. We have another year of Groot and then after that Beane will have to make a decision. By that time big $ contracts for Milano, Miller, and Knox will be over.

Yes, especially in our offense. He is an ideal fit for what the Bills want to do. Today, against one of the top run defenses in the NFL Cook ran for 120 and a TD for nearly 6 yards a carry.

To be blunt, it’s a stupid theory. Don’t give ordinary RBs (Moss, Singletary) a second contract fine. However elite players need to be retained. Cook is one of the elite RBs in the NFL and a perfect fit for this offense. He isn’t easily replaced. If guys like Cook were so easy to find, we wouldn’t have had to wait six years between 1000 yard rushers and 30 years between elite ones.

This is a fair question, but I think getting Smoot, Douglas, Hamlin and Rapp back healthy might have been a bigger factor.

I honestly can’t believe the Cook haters have resurfaced after this week’s playoff game. Friggin hilarious. First things first. He has one more year on his rookie deal. That means he isn’t going anywhere. Given our cap situation Beane may not extend him this coming off-season. Cook continues to prove the haters wrong. He is the top dawg in the backfield and Brady and Allen trust him in key situations. Have the haters learned nothing? They said he fumbles too much. Wrong! They said he can’t run between the tackles. Wrong! They said he doesn’t score touchdowns. Wrong! They said he is easily replaced. Wrong! He is lightning fast. Breaks tackles, is a huge weapon out of the backfield and is a threat to go to house with every touch. Good luck replacing him. Oh by the way Cook is only 6 months older than Davis and had less than half his college workload. There is considerable tread left on this tire.

Really? Baltimore and Philly would disagree. I think Josh Allen would disagree as well. Remember he’s had Singletary, Moss, Yeldon, Gore Sr, Ivory, McCoy amongst other castoffs to tote the rock. I suspect he wants Cook to be here long-term.

Everyone Eats Rushing - 4 ball carriers on 41 carries for 213 yards and 1 TD (I'm leaving out Mitch's kneeldowns) Receiving - 8 players caught a pass for 20 total catches for 272 yards and 2 TDs All in all 11 different Bills players were involved in the offense.

Smiley must do a better job sniffing out fake kicks.

Was there anyone who really had a bad game? Bass made all his kicks. No turnovers. Good kickoff returns. Only mistakes were the fake punt and Rapp getting beat deep on the first drive.

Smoot also played really well today. There was some poster here who said he sold his house in Buffalo and was done for the season. Ooops!

Glad we got out of the game mostly healthy. Hopefully Davis and Lewis will be ok for next week.

Where is Curtis Samuels’ game ball? Bills leading receiver with 68 yards and a TD.

The healthy guys that kept 5 teams to ten points during the regular season. I did love Romo’s rooting for Nix and the Broncos. Kudos to Brady and the OLine for making the game plan based on the 3 headed RB monster.

I guess. They had 3 all-pros on their D and we ate them for dinner.

It’s amazing the D looks when it’s fully healthy.

There are so many on this board it’s hard to choose just one.

Me? I don’t think so. I am a Cookie fan, but I love our RB room and was a huge advocate of re-signing TY this offseason. I also a huge advocate of re-signing him this offseason. Our 3 headed RB monster is a huge strength of this team.