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Yes, Cook not playing for multiple games is a real fear to me. If, as some people have said, Cook could get around $12M/yr right now in FA (with say $15-$20M guaranteed) playing in 2025 for $5M seems risky. If you are not increasing that projected salary, because you are plateauing at your 2024 stats (which would seem to be the predicted), the monetary reasons behind playing really weaken (you get the weekly amount of the $5M salary but put at risk the big $15-$20M guarantee payday). Unfortunately, if I were Cook's agent, and I determined the market to be what was discussed above, I would be advising him not to play most of 2025 at $5M (hold out thru week 11). I would be recommending that Cook forgo the $5M to take the anticipated guaranteed $15M in 2026. $10M should be a life changing amount. It could be a bad situation and I think the FO is looking at trade opportunities.

Don't look now but I'm 4/4. I fear I am going to be 5/5 too. Brady confirmed to be getting a second interview with the Saints. I think if he wants that job he will get it. Raiders looks like a miss though. They haven't interviewed Flores and the belief is that Carroll, Monken and Spags are the guys at the top of their list.

Now this is funny. You prove you can spell. Yes we have Chinese, Mafia, Costa Nostra, no MS 13, in Canada, but lots of illegal guns from Americans. The day trump attacks Canada or Greenland is the day you will know your dictatorship is official. Control of military, check Control of spending, check Control of national cultural center, check Control of internal police forces, check Control international relations check Separation from world allies check Control of education and education processes, almost check Relationship formed with likeminded dictators check Support from countries rich and elite, check Ability to punish political enemies, both personal and corporate, check Ignoring internal justice rulings, Control of outcomes, check Internal enemy identified and punished check Fear put into outspoken enemies, check, Punishment and control of media, check Elected officials and approval processes unnecessary, uncontrolled actions, check Ability to take military action and engage in war without government approval.... I must add, It is impossible to imagine what research can be done for $9billion funding per year. There are countries who don't have $9b.

I am assuming that you are not referring to me as an oblivious Cook detractor... because I am most certainly not... Once again, My only point is that voluntary OTAs are one thing... trying not to over think that... however, if he chooses escalation... to sit out Mandatory OTAs, move onto Camp... or even part of the season... there is a litany of RBs that have tried this including his brother and it hasnt boded well for him... If he wants maximum dollar... it is in his interest to not go distraction or Diva, and to have a great season... no more no less... does this mean that I dont want him to get signed... of course not.. in fact, I hope they do give him a good deal ... your 3 for 40 sounds fair... if he takes it... but if he digs in and does what I am concerned he might quite honestly, that probably doesnt bode well for him and most likely means the scenario for which you fear... we let him walk... Now if you think him going all Diva and stomping his feet and holding out is the way to go.. fair enough... its just my belief that Beane will sign up the next guy and run him back. I hope we dont have to find out.

This times a thousand. I said many times the Bills under Rex were basically a 500 team. McD improves to 9-7 and gets into the playoffs thanks to Cincy. Then we get a franchise QB. You put Josh Allen on any .500 team and they will make the playoffs. Were not going to regress to 5-12 with Josh if McD goes. The fear of the drought years is because we had Rob Johnson, Doug Flutie, JP Losman, EJ Manuel, Trent Edwards, Fitzy, etc. If you dump McD Josh is still here.

I call it drought brain jokingly, but its really just fear-based decision making. Look at how many folks are like "that's how you get another EJ" in this topic alone. Like it's a death knell. Now, for the staff that messes up at QB, it very well may be, but that's not really the fans' concerns. The bigger crime is missing out on a Mahomes or an Allen or a Jackson because you are too paralyzed by fear to take one. And that's a sentiment that has been echoed in TBD lore forever. It's all documented, you can look back to 2016 and 2017 posts in the Tyrod era. There was a LOT of "what if the rookie is worse?' type posts and not just from the usual suspects. And I get it, in a season to season league we all want the product on the field to be watchable. But the quickest way to be a perennial playoff team is to nail the QB. It seems very quaint now but that's where we were. If I told you, 5 years from now, the Saints make the playoffs or at least are in the WC mix almost every single season for 10 years straight, what is the singular thing they did to make that possible, the answer is undoubtedly "found a QB." It's not prioritizing continuity in the FO, or that they hired a future HoF coach or that they went BPA through the draft and built a powerhouse team. It's just not. Now the larger point is that's where NFL teams get it wrong sometimes too. They sometimes fail to empower their teams. Schoen and Daboll should feel like they can gamble on Shedeur because that's what matters the most. But they clearly won't, because getting another QB wrong means they are both looking for work in 2026. So instead, they will take Hunter or Carter and pray to god they win 8-9 games and save their asses. And then in next year's QB class, they will be far from the #1 QB in the class and probably not even be able to trade up for the #2 QB. That's what the Saints should avoid, at all costs. They have the capital to take a QB now, and they should. I have said it once and I will say it again. The best thing Sean McDermott did for the Buffalo Bills was make the playoffs his first season. Not because it was a crazy successful year, but because it gave him (and Beane) the capital in the owners' eyes to gamble hard for Josh Allen. And because they gambled, we all won. It's doesn't matter that he may not be the best or second best HC in the game, or that Beane isn't the best FO guy in the game. It doesn't matter that a division rival had maybe the best coach in the history of football with 20+ years of continuity. It made it all irrelevant.

Thought his career was on a nice trajectory. Seems to have leveled off, although he had nice stats this year. Doesn’t strike fear in me at all. Defense is definitely pressuring him and not going him the time he needs.

turf toe injury since pre season. its a bad sprain in the big toe joint. you can't run at all. he tried to come back from it probably too early and it lingered most of the season; then he had another injury. We haven't yet seen the guy we traded for. He'll be 100% this season with any luck and we can see what we have. I still fear he's redundant with Shakir and Kiincaid, but that's a different thread.

BE GENTLE, HE’S LOST A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO: Barack Obama Lets the Mask Slip Again. Barack Obama, now a gray-haired elder statesman of the left, appeared at the Connecticut Forum in Hartford on Tuesday and engaged in a lengthy discussion with a sycophantic historian, Heather Cox Richardson. The welcoming environment apparently led the left’s revered hero to relax a bit too much, for he let the mask slip and demonstrated once again that what leftists want to do most is use the full force of the federal government to muzzle patriots, so that only the leftist perspective can be heard. {snip} And Obama wants to do more than just shout down the view of those whom he and his fellow leftists fear and hate. He called for active government censorship, saying: How do we train and teach our kids to distinguish between those things, that I think is one of the big tasks of social media. By the way, it will require, I believe, some government regulatory constraints around some of these business models in a way that’s consistent with the First Amendment but that also says, “Look, there is a difference between these platforms letting all voices be heard versus a business model that elevates the most hateful voices, or the most polarizing voices, or the most dangerous in the sense of inciting violence voices.” That I think is going to be a big challenge for all of us that we’re going to have to undertake. So there’s the left’s new plan, which is, predictably, same as the old plan: brand its opponents “hateful” and “polarizing,” and silence them accordingly. The chief flagship organizations of the left’s defamation industry, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the ADL, have been smearing patriots in this way for years. Obama wants to follow up these smears with a federal muzzle. https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/06/21/barack-obama-lets-the-mask-slip-again-n4941041

I know you are very fearful about the impending Greenland invasion and that’s good. Do not relent. On the other hand, you’ve got 4th&d0ng in your corner on this. You should really give that some thought.

Ravens have no Zay Flowers this week. I hope Watt feasts on Lamar and gives him the poops again out of fear and playoff Lamar chokes once again. Dude already has a ***** up stomach. Flare that ***** up

I'm not, no. I like Josh Palmer, I do. But if he is your main boundary down field guy to try and get defenses to fear your outside receivers and defend the full 53 and a third yards then you are asking more of him than has been asked of him previously. He doesn't have the reputation of Amari Cooper who he is replacing either. So he isn't going to affect defenses even on plays where he doesn't touch the ball. He will have to prove he is a viable threat in that role for teams to respect him. Is it possible? Sure. I don't think it is in any way a given though. And Elijah Moore is a nice floor raiser, with a certain skillset but again there are significant limitations in his game. As for Keon. I'm in you gotta show me it. Go read my posts about him right back before the draft, hell before the combine in 2024. The exact player I described is the player that was there on tape in the NFL as a rookie. Maybe he takes a big jump, but unless the Bills are willing to commit to him as a full time big slot type (and they won't because they have Shakir) then the same weaknesses that are on his film are going to hamper him I fear. We had a more explosive downfield passing game when we had Singletary and Moss. I'm fine with bang average backs like those two if the passing game is dynamic. Indeed that is my preference for how the team be built. But right now, it isn't built that way. If the Bills don't extend Cook before the season and their passing game can make more explosive plays no relying on Josh in scramble mode I will be all in on let Cook walk and draft another mid round back I promise you. But I am sceptical about them having done enough for the passing game to make that step. Yes. TFLs are bad for running backs. You want fewer, not more. He was second in the NFL. Only Gibbs was better at avoiding being tackled behind the line. And while of course blocking plays a part in that Cook was only 14th in the NFL in terms of yards before contact and was only a tick above the league average. So I don't think it is as easy as saying "oh its just the oline". The reason James Cook avoids tackles behind the line so well is he has ELITE vision for a running back. He sees holes that a ton of guys would miss. And he will find a way to get to that hole and pickup 1 or 2 where another back misses that hole and is dumped for a loss. And I'm sorry Johnson and Davis are not as good as Cook at that. They're not even close. Singletary is bang average. He's been a starter and lost it in three places. I don't know what you are seeing. He was good at wiggling around in the backfield making a guy miss then getting tackled by the second guy for a loss, sure. He isn't nearly as good as Cook at the quick movement of his feet to find a crease. Doesn't have the vision. Doesn't have the quick feet. That's why one is a back with two thousand yard seasons in the last two years and the other is likely battling for a roster spot on his 3rd team in three years. There are deals to be done with Cook that make sense for the Bills. Even if the AAV on it looks high. But yes, it would require Cook to be willing to leave the team flexibility. What he wants, presumably, is a bit of security beyond this year if he is going to play this year (which as I told this board when you were all speculating in spring - he 100% is going to) and what the Bills want is a bit of flexibility beyond that. I don't expect him to sign a long term deal with the Bills in camp at this stage but I can see a short extension that gives him some security and the Bills some flexibility as an option. Or he could just play without a deal. But he is going to play. And if he is healthy he is going to be the 2nd most dynamic player on this offense again. Then not paying him after 3 thousand yard seasons gets even harder.

I would love to keep him just for his effect on the locker room.. but I also think he is very underestimated on a ST unit that was highly questionable.. as a receiver he is a big physical force... like put 20lbs on him and make him a TE lol... obviously strikes no fear into the hearts of a boundary CB covering him unless its a jump ball.. but seems to find a way to make a catch or 2 a game... sometimes big catch.. just like the dude. As a 4 or 5 WR...

Part, part, I said part Part company made her men disappear Cut my swath and spread my fear Before we'd met, I hadn't wiped my feet Seen myself naked or, part company

I don't understand the Miami fear. Haven't we shown consistently that we know how to beat them, usually by a lot?

Johnson. We'll add Johnson to the list of things that you fear.

I understand. I absolutely think Myles would be a game wrecker for us. Perhaps I feel hesitant bc we got burned on Von Miller. I fear spending draft picks + salary cap on such an older player. We realistically would have a 2yr window with him. If you miss on a young player at least you only lose draft picks. I concede that if Myles were to stay healthy and perform like he has to date, he would completely put us over the top imo.

It was beautiful to watch Hollins run that POS backwards into the turf. I absolutely despise the ravens. Just a team full of dirtbags year after year. Enjoy that extended offseason. Hollins was a guy (early on) I was very concerned about. Fearing we would rely on him way too much. I was thankfully off on the usage and I love that dude. ***** the ravens.

I agree to an extent. My fear is this team has no Tru number 1 receiver. I mean who is the guy that's gonna come up with that clutch play? Shakir? Maybe. If there's ever a game to go balls to the wall, it's this one. Let's hope Brady and McDermott don't over think this

The 4 games before Cooper was acquired the Bills scored 24 (the Bills defense scored 7 of the Bills 31 points against Miami). 10, 20, and 23 points. After the Bills traded for Cooper the lowest point total they had minus the week 18 irrelevant game was 23 against the Colts (the defense scored 7 points) and that was a game that Cooper did not play in due to injury. If you watched the Bills last 3 games before Cooper got there you could see teams were just not fearing the Bills WR core at all. It led to the slot and middle of the field being heavily defended and the boundaries lightly defended. After the arrival of Cooper the offense was opened up a lot more consistently.

I saw him and Ian Hunter at the Agora Ballroom in the early 80's... got lucky as they were running out of room, put some tables 12' from the stage... and they escorted me and some chick I had met the same day up there... mindblowing. If you get the chance check him out while you still can. https://www.toddrundgrentour.com/ April 15 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA ‘The Burt Bacharach Songbook Live In Concert Tour’ show April 22 at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts in Saint Petersburg, FL ‘The Burt Bacharach Songbook Live In Concert Tour’ show June 21 at the Historic Park Theatre and Event Center in Cranston, RI June 22 at Cary Hall in Lexington, MA June 25 at Memorial Hall in Plymouth, MA June 29 at The Egg in Albany, NY July 2 at the Count Basie Center in Red Bank, NJ July 3 at the Artpark Theater in Niagara Falls, NY July 5 at the Bearsville Theatre in Woodstock, NY July 6 at the Bearsville Theatre in Woodstock, NY July 8 at the Andrew J. Brady ICON Music Center in Cincinnati, OH July 9 at Bell’s Beer Garden in Kalamazoo, MI July 11 at the Riverside Casino Event Center in Riverside, IA July 13 at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL July 15 at the Sweetwater Pavilion in Fort Wayne, IN July 16 at the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, MN July 19 at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland, OH July 20 at the Capital One Hall in Tysons, VA July 22 at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC July 24 at the Knight Theater in Charlotte, NC July 25 at the Charleston Music Hall in Charleston, SC July 27 at The Plaza Live Theatre in Orlando, FL

I think everyone's greatest fear every snap of every game is what happens if something happens to #17! Mitch isn't the answer! He certainly has the potential to be the guy for a series or two, and maybe for a game or two, even though I think that's highly unlikely! My confidence level in Trubisky on a scale of 1-10 is somewhere in the range between 1 and 1.5. Maybe if we had an absolute stable of studs at WR & TE to go along with Cook, I could entrust Mitch for a game or two, but even then, against any solid competition, I just have serious doubts. He showed zero capabilities in Pittsburgh during his short stint there. Are there any FA QB's out there that will help ease the anxiety of this organization? As it stands right now, If Josh Allen goes down all the Myles Garretts and Joey Bosa's of the world aren't going to help.

Watching Mitch Trubiski and Mike White play QB makes me fear the day we no longer have a QB like Josh. I can't go back to middle of the road (or less) QBs.

Trump Speaks at Fort Bragg, and the Press Loses Its Mind David Manney This is what it always comes back to with these people: Trump says something bold, the media howls “dictator,” and the rest of us are left scratching our heads, wondering how we got from a speech to a constitutional crisis. Take Fort Bragg. President Trump stood in front of American soldiers and delivered a hard-hitting, no-apologies speech. He talked about law and order. He criticized liberal-run cities. He called out the dysfunction we all see every day. But because he did it in front of our military, MSNBC melted into a puddle of Cold War-era paranoia. “Civil war,” they cried. “Militarizing politics.” You’d think he rode in on a tank. Trump didn’t threaten anyone. He didn’t give orders. What he provided was an honest assessment of the mess that Democratic leaders have created and how their failures hit hardest on working Americans and service members alike. He called out crime, border chaos, and the soft, focus-group language that passes for leadership in D.C. He reminded the troops they serve a country worth fighting for, not just one worth apologizing for. That used to be standard fare. Now it’s fascism, apparently. Funny how the goalposts move. Meanwhile, Joe Biden Defied the Court and Laughs About It Remember the student loan saga? The Supreme Court ruled against Biden’s sweeping forgiveness plan, saying it flat-out violated the law. Six justices said no. End of story. Except it wasn’t. Biden didn’t pause or pivot quietly. He took a victory lap. “The Supreme Court blocked it. But that didn’t stop me,” he said with a smile. That wasn’t a slip. That was the sales pitch. He defied a legal decision on camera and got applauded for it by the very people now clutching their pearls over Trump giving a speech. Let that sink in. {snip} So, let’s not pretend MSNBC is worried about democracy. They’re afraid their team might lose power. That’s what this is about. The Numbers Don’t Lie Let’s count it up. Trump: Tariffs and immigration enforcement, blocked by courts. Faced multiple legal losses. Never told the public, “They can’t stop me.” Biden: Student loan bailout blocked. He bragged he’d do it anyway. Title IX rule changes flagged by judges kept going. Vaccine mandates were ruled unlawful, but enforcement dragged on. Both have clashed with courts. Only one turned it into a punchline. This Isn’t About the Speech. It’s About the Setting What really set MSNBC off wasn’t what Trump said. It was where he said it. Fort Bragg. Military backdrop. Patriotic crowd. That’s what made their alarms start blaring. Because when Trump speaks in that kind of setting, he connects. He reminds people, especially those in uniform, that someone still notices them. Still sees their sacrifice. Still believes in the country they serve. And that terrifies the ruling class. They want the military to serve as a neutral backdrop for a photo opportunity. Not a crowd that cheers when a president points out the rot at the top. The Left Doesn’t Want Unity. They Want Submission Biden can bend the Constitution like taffy and get praised for “trying.” Trump talks tough and gets accused of marching us toward martial law. This is narrative warfare. Always has been. They’re not scared of Trump using troops. They’re afraid of troops agreeing with him. They don’t fear tanks. They fear applause. And so they write these tortured screeds about how “democracy is in danger” when what’s actually in danger is their grip on the narrative. MORE at the link: https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2025/06/11/trump-speaks-at-fort-bragg-and-the-press-loses-its-mind-n4940703

I think it’s a coping mechanism for some since the Bills weren’t in the game. They’ve convinced themselves we wouldn’t have had a chance - like we didn’t have a chance against the Ravens, everyone’s most feared opponent. Go back and watch the first half of that Ravens game, some of you forget how great the Bills can be when they’re clicking on all cylinders. They weren’t clicking like that against the Chiefs; different Sunday, different opponent, different location. The Eagles blasting the Chiefs does not automatically mean they do the same to the Bills. I won’t cope with that belief.