DrDawkinstein
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Just now, SoonerBillsFan said:
He isn't worth 15 million per year, period.
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.
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Just now, BuffaloBillyG said:
Many of those TDs came close to the goal line as well. Scores that Allen would typically have run in himself. Cook benefitted to some extent from Allen having a broken hand week 1 and the Bills running down close with Cook to prevent Josh from further injury to his hand IMO.
I don't see Cook coming anywhere close to duplicating his TD total from last year
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)
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Just now, SoonerBillsFan said:
How about a guy who had 4 total regular season rushing TD's until we got the line straightened out?
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.
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33 minutes ago, RochesterLifer said:
This false statement is getting repeated far too often. Cook is somewhere between the 3rd and 5th best player on the Bills offense, factoring in our offensive linemen.
In my opinion, Josh is (no surprise) #1. Dion Dawkins is #2. From there, it is very debatable, with Spencer Brown and Connor McGovern in play.
The "pay Cook" and "2nd best on offense" mantra is a Fantasy football and Madden mentality. He is very good, and I hope we keep him at a manageable cap hit. However, our offensive line is, collectively, the 2nd most valuable component of our offense, allowing us to win with Davis and Johnson at RB.
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.
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5 minutes ago, eball said:
I love what Ty Johnson and Ray Davis bring to the RB room, but Cook is the Thurman for this offense. Anyone who doesn’t see it just isn’t paying attention (in my opinion).
Now, I’m NOT saying that Cook is a HOFer…but he is an electric player who defenses have to account for, and he opens things up.
Like Beane, I’m expecting Jimbo to be ready and play his arse off this year in the hopes he can ink a big deal.
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.
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9 minutes ago, muppy said:
greetings.
This situation with James Cook is all drama Drama DRAMA
I don't like it. The fan base is tired of the games being played here.
am I right?
freakin make up your mind. Either side. I'm Over it.
m
The fan base is the creator of all the drama. If the fan base is tired of drama, it should stop manufacturing drama.
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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?
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11 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Yea I don't think it was entirely off field. Tucker really struggled in 2024. Would they have shown more patience and loyalty if the off field stuff wasn't in the background, and given him a chance to bounce back in 2025? Perhaps, but it isn't crazy to say this is a football decision. Even if that is only partly true.
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.
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12 minutes ago, Augie said:
I like to be at least 20 rows up, and I will even pay extra to be on an aisle if I was given a choice. I don’t mind getting up and down for people, but I HATE feeling trapped in the middle of a row.
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.
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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.
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22 minutes ago, LEBills said:
I hope so, hoping it doesn’t all fall on Josh to be Superman all year on offense.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.
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7 hours ago, Low Positive said:
@DrDawkinstein said something positive about a Bills draftee. He had better be careful lest he be branded with that scarlet H.
Goes great with my scarlet "A" so now my shirt just says "HA!"
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58 minutes ago, ngbills said:
Its the players not McD...
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.
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Just now, In Summary said:
It's interesting that the modern Bills backup QB seems like a barely viable option to actually play. Maybe it's because Allen is just so stupid good, but the Kelly to Reich drop-off didn't seem so severe.
No salary cap, very little free agency, and no $50M price tag on QBs back then.
Just now, GASabresIUFan said:Trubisky was taken 2nd overall. I know people think he is a terrible QB, but he went to a pro bowl (2018) and has thrown for over 12000 yards in his career. His passer rating is 86. TD to Int 74-48. I have seen many worse QB's play for the Bills. If G-d forbid he has to play extended time, our great OL and running game should help keep him from his worst instincts and allow him to keep the Bills viable.
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.
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Love the offseason. Great inspiration, OP.
GO BILLS!
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4 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
Haha, good on Jeremy. I usually like the morning show, but I also understood why Beane put them in their place.
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7 hours ago, GunnerBill said:
Nah. They love Ed. His reps have gone up the last two years. And while he didn't play well for probably 2/3s of the regular season last year he was one of our best players down the stretch and in the post season. I don't see the young guys eating into his reps at all.
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.
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Wouldnt this be "Mt Rush-Less" if we're talking about big DTs?
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13 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:
No. Nobody said they had to pick one. Beane overreacted to listening to only a small part of the show before going on. Nobody said they absolutely had to draft a receiver at ____ spot. Just that they were surprised one wasn’t drafted until the 7th after doing all the pre draft stuff and saying they needed more speed. wtf
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.
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The craziest part of this thread is finding out @HOUSE is still allowed around livestock
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15 minutes ago, Simon said:
Submitted for your approval
Maybe. In 2023 for sure. Not in 13 seconds tho, and outside of Benford we were pretty healthy in the 2024 AFC Champ.
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5 minutes ago, Bleeding Bills Blue said:
Like i get that you can't keep everyone - but I think the thing I see is a team that doesn't keep their own... and those teams tend to be worse than teams that draft and keep their guys.
Brooks over Van Ginkel
Chubb over Wilkins
Armstead over Hunt
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)
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19 minutes ago, Slippery Rubber Mats said:
Phins let Van Ginkel and Wilkins go so they could pay their WRs
And 30 yr old Jalen Ramsey
lmaoooooooooo
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James Cook absent from OTA's
in The Stadium Wall
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Lot of good stuff in these posts, but too much for me to go line by line to discuss so excuse the brevity...
I think we would absolutely see a drop off with another back even behind the same OL. Even if the average is similar, we NEED those explosive runs. They are really our only explosive plays outside of Josh pulling magic out of his butt. They instantly change games and put us in control.
I would take Cook over Bosa every day. I'll guarantee Cook ends up far more productive than what we get out of Bosa this year.
As far as being a "part time player", that is more on our coaches than Cook. If our OL is so good they are responsible for Cook's success, then why are we worried about keeping an RB in to block on 3rd down? More often than not, Johnson left the backfield and became a receiver anyways. Cook can do that.
Pay him and put it on McD/Brady to get the value out of him since he CAN do it.