DrDawkinstein

He is, period. Plus, while we speak in averages, it wont be $15M every year. If anything, it will help our cap situation over the next couple of years. Even Barkley's big $20M/yr deal has him with only a $6M hit in 2025. Funny enough, Henry who everyone references at "$8M/yr" will hit closer to $13M this year and have the Ravens at the biggest spenders on RB in 2025. Here are the top spenders on RBs, all the teams I could grab in one screenshot. Buffalo is currently at 18th. If we want to continue to have a top Offense, we will have to come up from that and keep the top talent we have. With the rest of the guys on the roster, we could pay Cook and still stay in that top 3-6 range. Not having to take the top spot and biggest spend.

Isnt that a good thing? We arent risking Josh's health anymore because we finally have a decent run game and a good running back who CAN score. Josh needs more weapons! (But let Cook walk) Josh risks his health running so much! (But let Cook walk)

Josh was at the top in turnovers until we got the line figured out. Probably shouldnt have paid him either since its all the OL. Just pay the OL, everyone else is replaceable apparently. The OL didnt develop Cooks ability to run through tackles and even run OVER tacklers like he did last year. HE developed that ability. The OL didnt develop Cooks vision and patience to find holes where there arent any. The OL didnt develop Cooks speed and ability to take it to the house.

Seems like half the threads on this board are dedicated to finding Josh more weapons, supporting Josh by giving him more weapons, etc. But then everyone wants to let our best Offensive weapon (after Josh) walk over a few million dollars a year. He's our 2nd best weapon after only Josh.

That'a right. Cook isnt Ronnie Harmon and Ray Davis isnt Thurman. More like Singletary was Ronnie Harmon, Cook is Thurman, and Ray Davis is Kenny Davis. He is our ONLY homerun hitter on Offense. We dont have the ability to hit deep passes. Cook is our game changer that can spring a 40+ yard gain at any moment.

The fan base is the creator of all the drama. If the fan base is tired of drama, it should stop manufacturing drama.

Couldnt get into the regular season games, but the playoffs have been great so far. Haliburton trying to silence the haters. Ant MIA last night. Will he show up in game 2, or will the veteran experience of the Warriors shut him down?

Yeah, the off field stuff sped it along and made it an easier decision, but he was falling off a cliff last year and unlikely to recover. Before all the off field stuff there was already talk about how he was a "technique" kicker, but that specific technique can only last so long and once it goes it's gone. I'd say it was a 50/50 split on the cause.

Same. Although I've been to some cold winter games where I greatly appreciated having people on both sides of me to absorb some wind.

My personal preference is lower bowl, Bills side, in the corner on the tunnel side of the field, and about 30 rows up. In current Highmark, that would be like Sections 129-126, row 25-35, aisle seat... chefs kiss.

The best way to complement your MVP QB and make his job easier is to field a Defense that can get more stops on 3rd down and get off the field. Even getting Josh the best WRs in the game would still put it on him to have to make plays and out-score the opponent who is scoring on every possession.

Goes great with my scarlet "A" so now my shirt just says "HA!"

It's both. We've had some subpar performances by individual players that have killed us. And we've had some big misses by the coaches which have killed us. Unfortunately, only one can change/improve. So we've drafted a bunch of new players.

No salary cap, very little free agency, and no $50M price tag on QBs back then. If Trubisky has to play extended time then we take the Bengal approach and end up with a top 10 pick to finally get Josh that top weapon we're all clamoring for.

Love the offseason. Great inspiration, OP. GO BILLS!

Haha, good on Jeremy. I usually like the morning show, but I also understood why Beane put them in their place.

He is also one of the only Bills players that consistently shows up big in games against KC. Even if he has some down regular season games, I'll take that.

Wouldnt this be "Mt Rush-Less" if we're talking about big DTs?

As someone else already pointed out, tough for Jeremy (and you) to downplay their WR obsession when there is literally a 'WR-Only Draft Board" right behind Jeremy in every clip. These dudes have been crusading for a WR for months. It's pretty much their main topic on every show. To act like they didnt make it a big deal, and Beane is overreacting over nothing, is just disingenuous.

The craziest part of this thread is finding out @HOUSE is still allowed around livestock

@gonzo1105 @GunnerBill Just noticed Beane talks about tipping picks at 5:10 in the posted vid

Maybe. In 2023 for sure. Not in 13 seconds tho, and outside of Benford we were pretty healthy in the 2024 AFC Champ.

It's even deeper than that. They traded away Tunsil, got a bunch of picks, made GOOD picks over a couple of years... and then let them ALL walk in order to pay Tua, Hill, Waddle, and Ramsey. DT Christian Wilkins (Raiders for $110 million) G Robert Hunt (Panthers for $100 million) CB Xavien Howard (free agent, cut) LB Jerome Baker (free agent, cut) LB Andrew Van Ginkel (Vikings for $20 million) S Brandon Jones (Broncos for $20 million) DE Emmanuel Ogbah (free Agent, cut) DT Raekwon Davis (Colts for $14 million)

And 30 yr old Jalen Ramsey lmaoooooooooo

Maybe Mahomes always outperforms Josh because he's playing against the weaker defense in the game.