WhitewalkerInPhilly

Wow. Ok. I had bit into that narrative as well. I still think Cooper *helps*, if for making coordinators spend time on his film and being a vet mentor but I hadn't realized that Coop wasn't on the field for those plays. If anything Keon opened up Coop on that TD!

If someone told me back in March/April that we'd have that effective swap, would front load a cap hit of $4M and be free in clear in 2025 I would have been a lot calmer on draft night

I wonder if Brandon Beane gets headlines like this and goes "not my problem anymore" I wanted the Bills to hold onto him this year. My argument was that however we wanted to improve it would be better with Diggs than no Diggs and less cap space. And believe me I was thinking about that after the Ravens and Texans. Right now? Looking at just how calm Cooper is and how jovial Keon is, seeing them both coming alive and knowing that because of the deal the Bills are in the black on cap space and have an extra 2nd? Yeah, this seems worth it

How does the old curse go? "May you get what you desire?" Tua is flirting with that.

I'll take it. I mean I suppose there's a chance they wheel him out but anyway but if it gives whoever we stick on him an extra step then hey

It's still early. Keenan Allen has never been a burner but has been highly productive in his career. But as a high caliber #2? I think there's good odds on that. I saw someone point out that Peerless Price was a #2, but with Moulds they formed the WR of the Drought era. Tell me anyone here wouldn't take that combo on their prime.

It's more a mark of how weak the division is than excellence by the Bills but hell I'll take it. I hope to relish the moment when the dream dies for Fin and Jets fans

I just saw the video. The dude is going to get press covered hard until the bulks up

And Mahomes is at a 1:1 interception ratio. If that was Allen we'd be hearing about the end of the world

I know the team should be blocking out national media, but I'm a fan so I'm hungry for a response. I know this ended as a blowout amidst the 1 pm games but I'm surprised to hear nothing

I ate Nashville hot chicken on Saturday. Ok, a California based chain of Nashville hot chicken but it's the best I've found in the area (Dave's hot chicken has legitimately the best crust I've seen from a fast food/fast casual place)

Wait so Salah is gone and they brought in Davante Adams and they *still* lost? What's the problem now Aaron?

I won't say "better" but I think that I can make a convincing case that he should be our 1st and 2nd down back: We saw teams plug the front to stop Cook who thrives when he has wiggle room. David has more of a power attack. Cook I see as a poor man's CMC (which right now is better than actual CMC) and Samuel has never looked right so why not use him as a WR/RB hybrid?

I agree on Samuel. He hasn't been right since Week 1. Reinforcements have arrived and Cook can do a lot of the things I expected Samuel to be doing now that Davis is a solid between the tackles runner

I think the latest ones are tongue in cheek because we are quite happy with his progress

Some say Keon Coleman is still running for 150 yards

And giving Beane picks!

They already had great constituent pieces. Cooper barely knows the offense (see him asking Keon for the second plat after Josh kill the initial on Cooper's touchdown) and he still managed to get things flowing just by being out there

I wanted Franklin. Today Beane showed why he is far better at talent evaluation than I am.

It's one game. But it's been since Week 18 vs the Dolphins that Josh had a 300 yard game and he just did it vs what had been a top passing defense up until that point

Agreed. That's the kind of performance we were expecting by this point of the season for both. It's hard to overstate the impact

That might be the ugliest 24 point win I've ever seen. Buuuut that's a 24 point win. Amari Cooper immediately showed what we traded for him and Coleman is the beneficiary

You got what you asked for

I mean ok

I've been thinking about that. He's definitely closer to the end of his career but using what the Titans paid Hopkins I think so. 2025 is a bit right but back loaded and a ~3 year deal with the expectation of it being two and maybe a void year I think Beane could swing it