James Cook named AFC Player of the Week

[Solomon Grundy]

9 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

No surprise but great to see!

I was certain that it was going to JT28 with all the media hype he was getting this week 

[Doc Brown]

52 minutes ago, uninja said:

 

How the holy hell the 49ers seem to be a Super Bowl contender ever other year or even still looking dangerous dealing with their QB situation, injuries, dead money, terrible trades and drafts has to be one of the greatest magic tricks ever

They did a massive reset with releasing older veterans like we did before last season.  They let Samuel, Greenlaw, Ward, Hardgrave, and Floyd go.  They draft well and coach well.  Getting Saleh back was huge for them.  Plus, Shanahan imo is the best coordinator in the NFL.

[Brand J]

9 hours ago, Rigotz said:

For everyone crying about Brandon Beane lately -- how angry are you that Cook is locked up for $11.5M a year for the next 4 years?

Yeah, I think he would’ve got his $15M/yr had he waited until the 2026 offseason. If not here, then elsewhere.

Edited Thursday at 02:07 AM by Brand J

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

21 hours ago, T.E. said:

We have the worst cap situation in the league with very little elite talent outside of Cook and Allen.

You don’t have 245 total yard rushing without it being a team effort.

 

Don’t blink now, but the Bills are quietly the #1 running attack in the NFL! Who would’ve thought that going into week 9?

[DrDawkinstein]

15 hours ago, Brand J said:

Yeah, I think he would’ve got his $15M/yr had he waited until the 2026 offseason. If not here, then elsewhere.

 

Hitting the market as a UFA in 2026, $15M would have been his bottom floor.

[T.E.]

2 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

You don’t have 245 total yard rushing without it being a team effort.

 

Don’t blink now, but the Bills are quietly the #1 running attack in the NFL! Who would’ve thought that going into week 9?

You're right - the run-blocking has been phenomenal. Beane deserves a tip of the cap for putting that together.

[YoloinOhio]

Our OL and RB are elite right now in the league: the key to this game is dominating the LOS bc we don’t match up in the skill positions. Also Josh’s legs. I think it’s possible at home but losing Oliver is just a huge blow. But if we can push them around in the trenches they’ve never been great at stopping the QB run when facing the Bills 

Edited Thursday at 08:11 PM by YoloinOhio

[Dan]

I think the key to this game comes down to our pass defense.  They looked good last week… but that’s because Dalton was slow and hesitant.  Mahomes won’t be.   I have a feeling we’re going to try and control the game with a running attack.  While the Chiefs are going to go to the air looking for big chunks.  

[Rigotz]

On 10/29/2025 at 5:59 PM, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

The flip side of your praise is that while Cook has elevated his game the other RB's on the roster have probably looked equally WORSE than last year.  Might be the biggest drop-off from a RB1 to his reserves in the league right now.   Everyone is on Ray Davis for looking so bad but I don't know if Ty Johnson is hurt but he's the real disappointment.   Allen calling Ty Johnson the best 3rd down RB in the league last year actually rang true.   

 

Brady is the one who had a good week and deserves praise from his critics.   All the game script predictors were saying not to run the ball against all those run stuffing DT's they have accumulated.   That they had to attack the Panthers with the pass,  especially at the LB level.   Well Brady drew up a plan that attacked a vulnerability in their run game and made them look like the team that game up 3,000 yards rushing last year.   The Panthers threw a ton of resources into fixing their run defense and he totally exposed them.   

 

The reality is that because Beane has done such a terrible job at the WR position the only thing the Bills CAN do with any consistency is run the ball right now.   It was a huge mistake trying to exploit perceived opponent weakness by playing to their own weakness in the prior 2 games.   

 

My god, you really can't give Beane any credit, can you??

 

Cook is having an incredibly good season and Beane got him on a very fair long term contract.

 

Your response is that the backups don't look good and Brady deserves all the credit for the run game, then immediately go into shaming the WR position...

 

Do you see the issue here?

[BADOLBILZ]

7 minutes ago, Rigotz said:

 

My god, you really can't give Beane any credit, can you??

 

Cook is having an incredibly good season and Beane got him on a very fair long term contract.

 

Your response is that the backups don't look good and Brady deserves all the credit for the run game, then immediately go into shaming the WR position...

 

Do you see the issue here?

 

 

Beane extended Cook with a year left on his deal........let's see how the actual extension part works out before we praise the extension.   That would be the logical thing to do.   

 

Because he also extended Bernard for similar money and there is talk about benching him and the extension hasn't even kicked in yet.   Benford got extended and he has fallen off drastically as well.   The real story is if you extend a player and he isn't even playing well by the time the extension kicks in.

 

Remember........Beane is the guy who extended Diggs and then traded him before THAT extension kicked in.    

 

I think Beane has a world of potential as a GM.   He is literally the smartest guy in the room at OBD, IMO.   But the best thing you can say about Beane since that strong 2022 draft is that he has kept himself busy.   Otherwise there has been more bad than good, unfortunately.   He needs to do better.

[Gunsgoodtime]

A dime a dozen

[Rigotz]

6 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

Beane extended Cook with a year left on his deal........let's see how the actual extension part works out before we praise the extension.   That would be the logical thing to do.   

 

Because he also extended Bernard for similar money and there is talk about benching him and the extension hasn't even kicked in yet.   Benford got extended and he has fallen off drastically as well.   The real story is if you extend a player and he isn't even playing well by the time the extension kicks in.

 

Remember........Beane is the guy who extended Diggs and then traded him before THAT extension kicked in.    

 

I think Beane has a world of potential as a GM.   He is literally the smartest guy in the room at OBD, IMO.   But the best thing you can say about Beane since that strong 2022 draft is that he has kept himself busy.   Otherwise there has been more bad than good, unfortunately.   He needs to do better.

 

I think you're missing the point.

 

James Cook extended -- GOOD THING SO FAR.

 

Your response -- here are all the bad things Beane has done.

 

We're doing too much of that. 

[BADOLBILZ]

2 minutes ago, Rigotz said:

 

I think you're missing the point.

 

James Cook extended -- GOOD THING SO FAR.

 

Your response -- here are all the bad things Beane has done.

 

We're doing too much of that. 

 

 

YOU are missing the point......the extension hasn't even begun yet..........there isn't a "so far" yet to the extension.

 

Were you demanding praise for Beane when he gave Diggs that $96M extension? 😂