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So the AP was wrong. Tony Dungy actually voted for Josh Allen. I’m glad Dungy was objective about the process. I may not always agree with his football picks, but I like him.

I don’t blame Cook or any player for negotiating the best contract possible, especially considering the short length of the average NFL career. I do blame Cook or any player for negotiating in a very public way and becoming a distraction to building a championship team. Publicly demanding certain $$, scrubbing the Bills from your social media accounts and putting your Buffalo area home on the market are all distractions and a negative for team building. It creates another walking on egg shells situation.

If the season begins the same week as last year, that would mean our last regular season game is on the road again.

One thing Beane didn’t throw out there is the difficulty in staying competitive, year after year. The NFL is purposely set up for parity. That’s why you have a salary cap. That’s why the best teams choose last. I know Josh Allen is the reason Buffalo stays on top of its division. Beane did draft him. But it isn’t easy to sign a WR1 or DE1, etc., when you’re picking 25th or later every year. I’m sure that’s an underlying frustration for Beane.

Buffalo ended up with 3 players that were picked #24, #35 & #62 in this TBD mock draft. Considering we started the draft with picks #30, #56 & #62, Beane did pretty well.

I watched NFL Network for this year’s draft. They’re not perfect, but they’re much more enjoyable (& much less annoying) than ESPN.

Landon Jackson was the #43 prospect on NFL Network (Daniel Jeremiah) board. Getting Jackson at #72 is very high value on his board.

Unfortunately, I guessed correctly with Starks to Baltimore.

I’d really like Starks, but I think the Ravens will pick Starks, if available.

Bills fans here have debated for weeks whether Grant is a good pick at 30. The Dolphins grab him at 13. It sure looks like they could’ve traded down at least 5-7 spots & still drafted Grant. Not a great pick for Miami, imo.

No matter whether you think Cook is normally a humble, team player or not, he has taken the me-first mode since the end of the season. He has complained he wasn’t used more last season . He has scrubbed the Bills off his social media. He has tried to negotiate publicly, declaring he deserves 15 mil. per season on social media. He has put his house up for sale. He is a no show to the first off-season workouts ( yes, non-mandatory). All his actions are me-first, Diggs type moves. None are humble, team-first moves. If Buffalo does pull off a draft day trade, I will completely understand.

I ran a business for 36 years. We went from 10 up to 30+ employees during that time. I learned many times over that difficult to please employees were almost always negative for the company. It was amazing how much there was a collective sigh of relief & an improvement in office morale after they left. Most times remaining employees shared their happiness after a change was made. We fortunately did very well over the years, & I always believed keeping a good team attitude in the workplace was a key part of our success. We had many long term employees. My biggest regrets over the years was not making the needed changes soon enough. I think the Bills had that sigh of relief after Diggs was traded last offseason. I think the Diggs experience will make Buffalo less likely to put up with much drama from Cook. I would recommend a trade sooner rather than later if they see things heading south.

I definitely don’t want Diggs back. The team performance & the locker room atmosphere improved with him gone. I hope he signs with the Cowboys. They deserve each other.

I welcome him back as a backup. My concern is McDermott will start him. We really need to improve our secondary, especially the safety position, to get over the hump.

This has to be one of most defeatist threads I’ve seen. Why are we looking to come up with new problems that don’t even exist. I mean what happens if a world war starts this off season and our best players are drafted? What happens if the war lasts 6 years and Josh’s best years are lost. I’m sure everyone can up with one. There’s always enough real problems to worry about. We don’t need Buffalo fans dreaming up more!