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Probably Tom Brady. I think it had to do with the Bills signing Lawyer Milloy in 2003. Due to the arcane and indecipherable NFL compensatory draft rules, New England was awarded an extra retro-future 6th rounder in 2000. Or something like that.

Yes, it possibly could. While the Patriots have not drafted well over the last several years we cannot assume that will continue next year. They could have a lucky good draft.

Excerpt from Joe Buscaglia's piece yesterday in "The Athletic:" The case for and against — practice squad elevations With the Bills wanting to look at some young players on their roster, here is a quick rundown of players they could consider. Remember, the Bills can only use two elevations for the game. QB Mike White — The Bills admitted that it will be difficult to call up White due to a roster crunch at other positions, but didn’t rule it out. RB Frank Gore Jr. — He had one call-up earlier in the season when James Cook was injured, but the team may want to get Ray Davis the bulk of the work. Cook also has some season-long markers the Bills may want to hit in the game. That takes Gore out of consideration. WR K.J. Hamler — Hamler is the only practice squad receiver with a call-up remaining, as the Bills elevated Jalen Virgil and Tyrell Shavers on three separate occasions, which is the maximum amount for the season. Hamler would get the call if the Bills want to rest Amari Cooper or Curtis Samuel can’t play. OL Will Clapp — Clapp spent 11 weeks on the active roster, and part of the benefits of calling up a player is that the player gets a 53-man roster salary for that weekend. The Bills may look elsewhere since he’s a veteran player and has gotten that level of compensation nearly quadruple the standard elevation limit. OL Richard Gouraige — Gouraige is an extremely compelling case for a standard elevation, as he could help the Bills give their entire starting offensive line the week off and also has the flexibility to play either guard or tackle. He would enhance their overall versatility should an injury occur to one of their four other backup offensive linemen. OL Mike Edwards — Edwards hasn’t been called up once this year, but it’s only his first year on the practice squad, and he is a guard only, which would probably give Gouraige the edge. Gouraige is in his second full year on the practice squad. DE Kingsley Jonathan — If the Bills want to give one of Dawuane Smoot, A.J. Epenesa or Von Miller some more rest, Jonathan would be one to consider this weekend. Jonathan is on the shortlist of those to call up. DE Casey Toohill — Like Jonathan, the Bills could consider Toohill for another option at defensive end. The only thing working against him is that, like Clapp, Toohill spent the first 15 weeks on the active roster, guaranteeing his full-year 53-man roster salary. LB/S Lewis Cine — Cine has one elevation remaining and is a very strong candidate to get called up this weekend. Not only does he give them versatility at two different positions, but they could use him on all phases of special teams to help lighten the workload of some others. CB Daequan Hardy — Hardy hasn’t been called up yet this season and could factor into cornerback this weekend. However, the Bills have a lot of healthy cornerbacks and a few different options to use on the 53-man roster already. S Kareem Jackson — Jackson is another consideration with one standard elevation remaining, though he may not have as much versatility to offer in this situation as Cine. He remains on the shortlist, however. S Micah Hyde — McDermott ruled out Hyde being called up this weekend against the Patriots. Projected practice squad elevations: OL Richard Gouraige, LB/S Lewis Cine It's behind a paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6034094/2025/01/03/josh-allen-bills-patriots-starters-week-18/

Of course. Being respected and being liked are not the same thing and if you dislike someone, you're probably not gonna vote for them.

And how about his return of the onside kick? A great special teams play. I get the feeling that ole' Spencer is not well-liked by opposing players. He looks like he's always trying to beat people up during the play and talk trash after the play. That's probably not the best way to win a popularity contest. 😆

Which brings us back to the original discussion of this topic and the general truth that it's cheaper to extend players earlier than it is to try to sign them as free agents later.

Yeah it'll be interesting to see how the team values Cook and Johnson. Johnson played this year on a 1 year, $1.3 million contract. If his price tag were to double (or more) next year the team could theoretically choose to move on and simply give that money and those 3rd down snaps back to Cook with the hopes that he can take the next step in his development as a dependable 3rd down receiving option.

The topic of my post is the ability for Cook to improve... as stated he's improved his pass protection, his ball protection, and his short-yardage, goal-line running. The point is that catching the ball is the final area of untapped improvement. He's actually dropped 3 TD passes that I can remember... against the Dolphins, the Jaguars, and the Eagles. What these TD drops also mean is that he's uncoverable. If he can regain trust as a receiver, the sky is the limit for him. And we can't simply assume Ty Johnson will be back with the Bills next year either so that's another moving part that in the long term, affects Cook's usage and his upside.

She's not alone. Plenty of people didn't know that the Kansas City Chiefs play in Missouri, not Kansas.

Who do I want in round 1? We desperately need a wrecking ball or two on the D-line. On the other hand you can never have enough good pass rushers and with a QB like Josh, I'd also be on board with a high-ceiling wide receiver. It really depends on who's available when we pick.

Well then go paint a picture, or you know, sketch an invention or something.

The Cameroonian Maroon!

I agree there's still potential upside for Cook. For one thing his pass blocking has clearly gotten better. For another, before this season began people here were criticizing Cook for being a fumbler but he's touched the ball 229 times so far and only fumbled once. So he's improved there too. He's also proven that he's a good short yardage and goal-line back which is something people were dismissive of. It's been commented here about his dropped passes but he was considered a good pass catcher coming out of college and it's far from settled that he has poor hands. IMO Cook could be used more heavily as a receiver and it's something that the team might be keeping under wraps for the playoffs. Cook is blazing fast, quick, twitchy, and explosive. Miraculously he's also very smooth which QBs love. IMO he's been underutilized as a receiver. Put the ball in Cook's hands in the secondary and he's a lethal weapon.

I would be surprised if this is true. I understand that Woodie is a moron but he can't possibly be that stupid.

Just to complete the picture, Trubisky: 1st round 2nd overall 2017 White: 5th round, 171st overall 2018 "Thatsa spicy meatball"

The value of the picks shouldn't drop due to poor performance or injury of the players we've lost. Why should WE be penalized if some other team makes a decision and it doesn't work out FOR THEM? JMO.

Thank you for always posting these. 👍 And the girlfriend?

The outcome was determined before the ball was kicked off.

Yeah, Gruden is an overrated, egotistical blowhard who has duped many casual fans into thinking he's a good football coach... IMO. There's tons of context to the Super Bowl that Gruden "won." This includes but is not restricted to simply outsmarting his former O-line coach, Bill Callahan who became the Raiders coach after Gruden's departure. It also includes Callahan deciding to change the gameplan the Friday before the Super Bowl, to the shock and horror of the Raiders players and coaching staff... which is what caused the Barrett Robbins meltdown... and of course the fact that Callahan didn't change any of the audibles that were used when Gruden was the coach and the Tampa Bay players had a really good idea of what play was gonna be run before the ball was snapped. You wanna talk about a Super Bowl victory that was gift-wrapped...

That's weird... I remember Humber as being small but fast. My memory can be pretty bad though.

Love Dawkins, disagree with your take that it wasn't a cheap shot.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/contracts/_/position/rb/sort/start_year/dir/desc Some of the RBs who signed new contracts in 2024: Name Years Average Total Guaranted Josh Jacobs 4 $12 million $12 million Christian McCaffrey 2 $19 million $24 million Saquon Barkley 3 $12.6 million $26 million Ramondre Stevenson 4 $9 million $17 million Chuba Hubbard 4 $8.3 million $16.5 million Joe Mixon 3 $8.5 million $16 million Alvin Kamara 2 $12.25 million $19.2 million DeAndre Swift 3 $8 million $15.3 million Tony Pollard 3 $7.25 million $10.5 million James Connor 2 $9.5 million $8.25 million David Montgomery 2 $9.125 million $10.5 million Also Derrick Henry: 2 years, $8 million average, total guaranteed $9 million If you click on the link, the columns are sortable.

Could not agree more... defensive player is already engaged with 2 blockers, doesn't see the Dawkins who blindsides him. I know how I'd feel if the same thing was done against a Bills player. Beautiful?

But what do you make of him saying "Just keep doing what your doing and let the bag in a few weeks speak for itself."

Well there is a thing called a cell phone... 😛