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Ironically, that "freak accident" is probably the single best thing that ever happened to him.

Nope, they definitely have not had all the pressure for 6 years. My goodness, most expected them to take a step back last year!

The glass-half empty side to this is that literally all the pressure and expectations are on the Bills.

Yep, that was awful. And how about Taron Johnson? How many has that guy had? I know he's an adult and makes his own choices, but damn I wouldn't want to be him in 20 years...

Well that would be easier. Sign Bo Jackson and you literally wouldn't need a single other player!

Definitely looking like a FA bust signing

Hope you're right, but the passing game didn't feel "explosive" last year. Maybe it will take a step forward this year, we'll see.

Exactly. Does Cook really care which billionaire is cutting him a check? I sure wouldn't...

Agree with everything... other than "this is the business side of the game". There's literally no other side than the business side. Absolutely don't blame him for trying to get paid.

100% on all of those. You're also cherry-picking. Be sure to leave off any plays that Allen missed.

Conf loss to the Chiefs: James Cook, 13 carries, 85 yards, 2 TDs I get that Josh is amazing and we are lucky to have him. But my goodness, please stop pretending that he's literally the only guy on the team that can do anything. It's a joke.

Sure, he's not the problem. But wouldn't you want the ball in his hands late in the game with a chance to win? Had that the last two years...

Hmmm... if this happened (HUGE if), and if I were this girl's father, I'd want to stick it as hard as humanly possible to this guy. Thus I'd have advised waiting. If it didn't happen, then obviously just a money grab. Lot of "ifs" It's literally the top item on the Headlines of ESPN.COM

So I have zero idea of the facts of this case. But let's pretend for a minute that you were sexually assaulted by a guy and the criminal justice system let you down. Isn't this EXACTLY how you would go about getting justice? Maybe not, but for a lot of people this is actually a pretty logical step. You can't get the criminal system to help, use the civil system. Again, I have zero clue if anything happened, just pointing out that there could actually be logic to this approach. As an aside, he better be good, otherwise why bother drafting someone with any baggage like this?

Thank you!!!

Super helpful response, thank you!

As a father of teenage boys who love the NFL, gambling is one of the number one things I worry about. It's WAY too easy now. I've tried to educate them on the risks. I've also tried to make sure that sure, root for your team and get invested. But ALWAYS remember, this is a game being played by millionaires for billionaires, and the number one goal this league has is to make money.

It definitely sucks what these guys go through, especially the TBI stuff. But, they know the risks and get paid obscene amounts of money. It's a choice.

Agreed. And our luck needs to continue. Specifically, our O-Line has been REMARKABLY healthy, gotta have that for another year IMO. Also, the luck on turnovers would be great to have a gain, but not sure how repeatable that is.

How do you count passes behind the line of scrimmage? This is a dink and dunk, run first offense with Josh making off-script hero plays. Not a high-octane passing offense by any stretch of the imagination.

Don't disagree, but "if" the offense is going to be run centric? It 100% has been under Joe Brady. Look at that "top 2 QB's" passing numbers last year: Passing Yards - 14th Comp % - 24th Attempts - 14th Yrd/Completion - 9th Passing TDs - T7th Joe Brady is a "run first" guy. Or at least he has been to this point.

Additionally, let's not pretend Josh had a prolific passing season last year. He was 14th in the NFL in passing yards and 7th in TDs.

True, still plenty of room in the super bowl trophy cabinet...

Same

Yeah the AFCE is an absolute joke and is definitely a huge advantage that we have.