ScottishBills

Been injured for weeks. Still a good shout to make the roster as seemed to be playing well before then. Unless Ciarlo is taking his spot!!

Nailed it. Over the Chiefs. Scoring after getting the ball 2 points behind with 12 seconds to go

I'm with all the people getting flamed here. It's year after year with no high end production from the top picks. And there are PLENTY of others who have managed it. And it is needed to get teams over the top. Fair play to the amazing fans replying who laugh in the face of such commentary - it will be the exact same posters moaning about it in week 9, without admitting it. The reality is over the past 3 or 4 years we have got a bit of Kincaid in year one to show for high end rookie production, and maybe Cyrus at guard. It's not effective from that point of view at all. Worthy and DeJean and Quinyon say hi from the Superbowl. McConkey, Wiggins, BTJ, Chop Robinson, Sainristil, Lassiter, Bullock - so many immediate producers in the exact positions we need them. So too Porter Jr, LaPorta, Branch and Gonzalez from the year before. No top 10 picks, just immediate producers in those top 50 picks. In fairness, what is definitely true is that the Bills get production in maybe year 2/year 3 - so we should probably be looking at Coleman / Kincaid/ Bishop for where it needs to come from rather than the rookies. We are either not good at evaluating it, or taking players who need a years work before they can play. The Bills also have a REALLY good record with later picks, which is to their credit for sure. but it's totally understandable that a good number of fans would be frustrated that there is nothing that just gets drafted and immediately improves a team that only needs a bit to push it over the top. Top 2 picks seem to fall very far short of what you see elsewhere. I'm sure it annoys the Bills just as much - but it doesn't explain this group of fans who seem to feel denying it makes them better fans. laughing like internet idiots at people who question the repeated failure to draft any immediate production. Failure to draft a single elite player at a premium position in the past 4 years. The truth is the truth.

One of the Packers WRs is doing it right now i think -Bo Melton. No idea how it is going, but he got a few hundred yards as a WR, so he wasnt a total nothing in that position

Cook was nowhere near the player of last year in his first 2 seasons. Surely Davis could improve? In any case Cook will be forced to play this year whatever happens, so the actual alternative is Davis in year 3 + a drafted speed back (for example) or an FA back next year. Not sure it would be that far off what Cook provides in the aggregate. Good player for sure, great last year in fact, but there is some severe overrating going on with this guy. Or to put it another way the extra dollars on WR or Edge have the potential for a bigger talent upgrade than the seeming downgrade at RB Agree with you in the pass game - need to see it to believe it.

Want to agree. But then again feels like we are always one game short of that oh so handy 1 seed / bye - so I'm going to go ahead and treat it like a playoff game 😂

I mean they didn't, you are right. But if Hairston was going into year 4 and it was the ACL like everyone thought? I think we can all at least see what Cook is worried about, even if we don't agree

Fair. Albeit a very small sample size. Plenty good things that could be found through the season from those 2 though. And Cook would be replaced by someone, so that's more on top. Says something about what the Bills think of Cook that he wasnt on the field, despite playing well. Not saying they were right, but it gives a certain insight on where they are at

Seems presumptuous, I mean these are real people too 😂 But yes, it's the first such situation during my time supporting the Bills for sure and interesting to see how it pans out. Annoying, but interesting nonetheless. Across the whole league and all the positions, I guess the average result here is that they meet at a compromise that looks something like 40/3 with an out after 2 years - unless either Cook or the Bills are dug in (to max money or not paying RBs respectively)

I think that's my point though. The deal history suggests there isn't much evidence of Beanie low balling anyone. None of us actually know, but on the things we do know, it's at the very least just as likely that Cook is high-balling the Bills (Don't think high balling is a thing, but makes sense to me 🤦🏽‍♂️)

Agree to disagree on this. I don't see a macro to deal with - cap goes up, new deals are x% of cap, so they go up almost unwittingly anyway. They just rise with the cap. Individual position groups maybe have to fight each other to be fair - and RBs have been loud about their role/part in this - that their % is too low now. That's just market forces unfortunately for them.

These are the exact type of contracts that grind my gears. Middling (at best) players but we are obsessed with maintaining a floor and pay over the odds to do so. Taking a chance on something different (FA or rookie) and use that money to pay top end players. Difference makers. Rather than players who make no difference

Surely this is no more or less naive than believing Cook is in the right when your own long list of players ALL got this done quietly and quickly!? The list is the proof of the quality of the Bills' offers.

I get what you're saying but the cap goes up every year - and everyone knows who spends to the cap or doesn't. So someone on that 53 is getting paid. It's only about the distribution in the end. FWIW I think next time round owners will be looking to cut down from whatever percentage players get right now (think it's 48% or 49%, not sure though)

Agree mostly Though I reckon Bengals fans would argue they would have been in the playoffs if Chase had actually been ready to go last season from Week 1..