Bills sign Brandin Cooks

[Billsatlastin2018]

4 hours ago, AlBUNDY4TDS said:

Ehh, too little, too late imo.

 

The F I I!

[SCBills]

7 minutes ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

My question is: who does he replace? What’s the top 5?

My Guess:

 

Palmer

Shakir

Cooks

Davis

Shavers

 

Shavers takes a step back and is more WR5/ST’s

Keon, Gameday Inactive, or if they think he’s salvageable, actually try to move him around 

 

Samuel, IR

 

Moore, Cut

[Coach Tuesday]

1 minute ago, Kirby Jackson said:

The Rams have drafted 1 guy in the first round (Jared Verse pick 19 in 2024) since taking Jared Goff with the first pick in 2016!!! I will almost guarantee no one has had less. They’ve certainly had the least top 100 picks in that time period. 

Well they have the Falcons top-12 pick in 2026 and already have a stacked roster.  They have a seriously good college and pro scouting operation.

[Kirby Jackson]

Just now, Coach Tuesday said:

Well they have the Falcons top-12 pick in 2026 and already have a stacked roster.  They have a seriously good college and pro scouting operation.

Absolutely!! The same with the Eagles. Those teams didn’t close the gap by drafting stars at the beginning of drafts (although the Eagle have a couple). Those teams just consistently hit on their picks. They built their rosters by scouting better.

 

The Rams are going to be dangerous with that pick and their own. They are already really good. Maybe Stafford’s age starts to catch up but if not, they’re only going to get better. They are so well run.

[Sojourner]

24 minutes ago, Saratoga Fan said:

Elijah Moore the last two years with Cleveland Brown quarterbacks had 548 and 649 yds. This year with Josh Allen he has 112 yds.

Joshua Palmer had over 580 yds each of the last two seasons. 769 the year before that. This year 272 so far.

Either Josh is not a good qb (I doubt it) or with Brady as OC, it would not matter who the wide receivers are. 

I will be surprised if Brandon Cooks does well here unless Brady has some kind of magical epiphany. 

It is concerning but Moore was in a less crowded room and wasn’t contending for a lot of catches. Palmer the same, guys were often injured for the Chargers forcing them to lean on him. 
 

I will say, it isn’t Josh where the issues lay for me in terms of the production. It’s just that there isn’t anyone that great who they can lean on to step up. I think that’s what you saw with the propensity to force the ball Keon’s way after week 1. He made some great plays, looked like it might come together then couldn’t live up to the billing. 
 

I think Palmer could be a low end one on this team like you saw with Meyers with the Raiders. 
 

That isn’t to say Palmer is a number one by any means but he certainly has show the capability to be more involved and schemed in the passing game than he has. 
 

Maybe instead of getting everyone involved they key in on someone else other than Shakir whilst Kincaid is out. It hasn’t been working other than the broken tackle for the 60/70 yard TD a few games back and then the hook and ladder we just saw. 

[SCBills]

2 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

Well they have the Falcons top-12 pick in 2026 and already have a stacked roster.  They have a seriously good college and pro scouting operation.

Rams CRUSHED the 3rd Round lately

 

Kam Kinchens

Kobie Turner 

Byron Young

Josiah Stewart

 

To go with Fiske in the 2nd and obviously Jared Verse in the 1st.

 

Absurd defensive hit rate. 

[Sojourner]

1 minute ago, SCBills said:

Rams CRUSHED the 3rd Round lately

 

Kam Kinchens

Kobie Turner 

Byron Young

Josiah Stewart

 

To go with Fiske in the 2nd and obviously Jared Verse in the 1st.

 

Absurd defensive hit rate. 

Certainly replaced Aaron Donald’s departure. Thankfully for them. 

[Buffalo Ballin]

Shouldn't have come to this. Beane is at fault.

 

We're not riddled with injuries to the WR corp except for Kincaid. This is about a lack of talent.

[ShakAttack]

4 hours ago, SCBills said:

Im guessing the 53 will have Palmer, Davis, Cooks, Shakir, Shavers, Coleman when all is said and done. 
 

Moore probably gets cut and is Samuel

on IR?  If he isn’t, just stash him

there with Hardman and bring him back if it doesn’t work with Cooks or someone else gets hurt. 

 

Say what you want about Samuel, he's probably the best we got when it comes to getting 2 feet in-bounds in "gotta have it" moments (AFC championship game 4th down play last year, the juggling sideline catch a couple wks ago that I think he got hurt on, and I swear he's got one other too)

[The Jokeman]

2 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

The Rams have drafted 1 guy in the first round (Jared Verse pick 19 in 2024) since taking Jared Goff with the first pick in 2016!!! I will almost guarantee no one has had less. They’ve certainly had the least top 100 picks in that time period. 

The last time the Bills drafted in the top 20 was in 2019 with Ed Oliver. In last two drafts the Rams and Bills both had six picks in top 100. Rams at 19, 39, 83, 99 46, 90 Bills at  33, 60, 95 30, 41 and 72. I see more higher picks on Rams side. So yeah think Rams draft position helps. Yet could counter point.

[ShakAttack]

Does he play this week? Seems like Bills take forever to bring on new acquisitions during the season, but, we kinda need a spark on offense, which sounds weird to say being 2 weeks removed from Allen's 6 TD game. We might be putting too much into the situation while forgetting we approached the NFL's #1 defense with a ridiculously bad game plan on offense. That probably has more weight on the situation than anything else. Oh well.

[dcinmuncie]

1 hour ago, JaCrispy said:

I would still like to try and trade for Waddle in the offseason…God knows Beane’s 1st round pick won’t be worth crap…

For a jet sweep?

or a wr screen? 
 

that’s all Brady would use him for 

[Dick_Cheney]

49 minutes ago, Livinginthepast said:

Can he edge out Aaron Maybin? 

 

Yes. 

 

Maybin was a failure of the body. Keon would be a failure of the spirit. And that is far more tragic. 

[The Jokeman]

1 hour ago, Jrb1979 said:

As @Kirby Jackson posted in another thread. 

You don’t win because of the gap between Dawson Knox and Quentin Morris. You win because of the gap between George Pickens and Elijah Moore (or even Josh Palmer). Maybe that’s a good way of putting it. The Bills would rather have Knox and Palmer than Pickens and Morris. If you give them 4 players they’ll take the 2nd and 3rd best over the 1st and 4th. I just don’t think that’s a championship plan. That’s how Carolina was built too. They were both fortunate to get MVP QBs. You never trade a dollar for 4 quarters. Beane would trade 10 dollars for 40 quarters if offered.

 

A fuller roster of B to D level talent isn't winning you a Super Bowl. 

It's great if that B level talent stays healthy but clearly it hasn't here in Buffalo. Look back on Biils starters opening day compared to playoff loss and bet several of our B level isn't there in the 2nd game.

[oldmanfan]

Give it a shot.  Veteran presence, still can motor.  Put him , Palmer, Gabe, and Shakir out there and let’s go.  Have to say I wish Coleman was a factor, but he must have seriously screwed the pooch in the locker room.

[boyst]

We are about to have 8 f'n WR on the team and that's gross because the bottom list of them do not play special teams. That's a cardinal sin fireable offense I will pound the table over...

Coleman should have been traded. 

[Dick_Cheney]

Just now, boyst said:

We are about to have 8 f'n WR on the team and that's gross because the bottom list of them do not play special teams. That's a cardinal sin fireable offense I will pound the table over...

Coleman should have been traded. 

 

It's so obvious and egregious that like. I genuinely wonder if there's just some other variable or situation with Beane that we are completely unaware of. His whole perspective and approach to this has been god awful to the point of caricature. I do not know if any other GM in the league would have fumbled the whole situation as badly as him. Even dog water teams like the Raiders and Browns. It just makes no sense other than him like, not giving a ***** if we actually win a Super Bowl, which I guess at this point we have to consider is a legitimate possibility???

[GolfandBills]

3 minutes ago, boyst said:

We are about to have 8 f'n WR on the team and that's gross because the bottom list of them do not play special teams. That's a cardinal sin fireable offense I will pound the table over...

Coleman should have been traded. 

The mismanagement of this roster for the last few season has been a cardinal sin 

[BillsPride12]

53 minutes ago, muppy said:

are the Bills better with B Cooks on the roster> This to me is the bottom line

 

crying over Brandon Beanes spilt milk does no good for results this season Now.

 

*shrugs*

No

 

Which is exactly why people are still clowning on Beane.  I mean I'm not mad at the Cooks signing.  It's an attempt at something but it's also a big whatever.  A team at this stage in the build should not have to be dealing with this crap.

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

He's a veteran. He is waiver exempt. He chose to sign with Buffalo.

 

After the trade deadline, even vets have to go through the waiver process.