Mister Defense

Your boy, Doc! Mr. Cook, the extension he deserves and will likely get before game 1 IMO. Hard to imagine Beane or McDermott want that hanging over their heads during camp and into the season. Especially with even more attention on the Bills because of Hard Knocks. We will see soon..

Wow, that is a lot of greater than signs!.. ..when contrasting Watt, one of the best defensive ends in the NFL, to James Cook, one of the best running backs in the league, and a guy just getting started. 17 times greater than Cook! Shoot, we should just 'let Cook walk'. I cannot wait until Beane gets this done.

Great news! In my view, he may be the star of this draft for the Bills, with Hairston. Now just one more contract to get done before training camp... and coming soon.

This would be hilarious. And demonstrate just how dysfunctional the Bungles are. Love how they undermine the only quarterback in the league who, when I watch play, sometimes looks better than ours. And they trade their best defensive player soon too?

WTH, can't this man's (and his family's) life be free of some major obstacles for once? Heard Jim on Eric Wood's podcast recently speaking about his soon to arrive first grandchild, looking and sounding so healthy, so happy. Put me in a great mood. As I was thinking of all of the tragedy and huge obstacles he has had in his post football life, and how he/they have overcome them. I realized how amazing this new life would be for Jim and his family. Hopefully that still becomes the case. Not fair.

Great! But the good thing about Marv is he never ever cursed on the sidelines... How do you do that--attach/send a youtube link that begins where you want it to in the video, rather than at the beginning?

Still relevant today, and hopefully the last year the Bills and their fans can say this: One more river to cross Go Marv, go Bills!

Yup to all. Will happen and very very soon, and will be great to see the Cook haters' reactions. Such an obvious thing, and then a bizarre, flat out dumb, OPost like this, with a load of crap--'stop complaining'--what is an example of Cook complaining in the recent months or weeks?--be a TEAM player--when all indications are he is a consummate team player, respected and loved by his teammates and coaches. Etcetera OP: So listen to all my uninformed and ignorant 'thoughts" and get out there and do these things/don't do these things and have a huuuge year--then maybe the Bills pay you well. If not, well nice knowing you. An injury this year, in your last year of your contract, one that changes the trajectory of your career, maybe ends it? Too bad for you. What an awful OP, filled with things, of course!, that are just nonsense-- and loaded with ignorant arrogance. Cringeworthy crap.

Yes, I and most others hope so. But the difference between the two parties has always been a few million dollars--not a very big amount in the NFL, of course. Even the top running backs, just cracking 20 million, are not even close in pay scale, still, with other positions. No banks will be broken when Cook signs his new deal in the coming days. 3-4 years, averaging 14 or so million a year? About 55 for four years. A top quarterback, like we have, makes about a quarter of a billion dollars for those four years. Yet you lump them together as it they are the same--they are not even close, A few million dollars will not cause the Bills to skimp on other roster spots. And they have a slew of young, much cheaper defensive talent about to earn some roster spots this year and next. Plenty of money. And I am certain Beane has used this in his renewed push to get this nonsense settled, and soon. So, lighten up! The Bills are soon going to sign their best offensive player outside of their quarterback and have this literal dynamic duo on their team for years, breaking more records each year, and taking the Bills to the promised land. The Bills will get it right. Just like so many of the other great teams in NFL history have done--Kelly/Thomas, Aikman/Smith, Bradshaw/Harris, Montana/Craig,, Staubach/Dorsett, Griese/Morris, Warner/Faulk, Hurtz/Barkley... Notice the pattern? That is not a coincidence, that so many of the best teams in NFL history are known by their quarterback and running back combination. With your logic, those teams, with one of the highest payed QBS and running backs, had it all wrong. I think they had it right. Like the Bills will have it shortly.

Yup, duh, of course, but some will never get it, as they have heard 'never pay a running back', and they're clearly sticking with it! No matter that it is not supportable in any way, and so has not been in all of these threads. Just nonsense to back up more nonsense. But it will all be a moot point very soon. it seems, just like I have been saying for weeks, he is as good as signed. This will NOT be a distraction during training camp. The Bill will have their best offensive weapon set for years. Beane is not stupid. And much to the chagrin of the 'let him walk', the overrated malcontent, group he will be one of the highest payed running backs in the NFL. And will have a monster year, one of the best in Bills' history in our last year at The Ralph.

Nope

It's laughable, the guy doing this a clown. The Bills have one of the best running back and tight end groups in the NFL, with at least two starting caliber players in each group. And their wide receivers will once again enable their QB and offense to break all kinds of team and league records this year. And maybe garner another MVP for their leader. I immediately looked to see if it was Cody Benjamin writing this crap, but it is another moron instead. Barnwell had awful takes on Around the Horn and clearly in his writing as well.

Great post, sentiments that almost all true Bills' fans can agree with. But unfortunately your accurate words are clear triggers for a bunch of haters, as they cannot stomach those thoughts and want only their irrational doom and gloom to dominate this message board and in as many threads as they can take over. Their fury will not allow this thread to stand as is, and that is clear already. As I have said before: Imagine Yosemite Sam, face turning a brighter red with each breath, smoke steaming out if his ears until his hat explodes off his head, as unintelligible curses stream from his mouth.

They have Mike Tomlin as the 5th best coach in the NFL!! Fifth! And Stefanski ranked above McDermott!! How can anyone take this analysis seriously?

Well you are wrong all over the place, again, and as usual, consistently... Those words of Allen's were clearly specific and contract related. He does NOT often say things related to another player's contract. And even more wrong here : "You say Josh's words aren't online because he didn't say them online? Do you see how ridiculous that is?" Huh????? I never said that nonsense you spout off with! I said, "But just like the quote I used in my post, and that you reference, it is not found online when doing a Google search. Because it was not in a written interview, those words, like his comments on Cook at minicamp, do not show up in a Google search." I never said the dumb thing you said I said, see the underlined nonsense above, please. I was clear--it was in an interview, press conference, not in a written form so you cannot just find them with a search using a quote from the interview or press conference. I never said that dumb thing you say above there Thurman. It seems like a simple concept--to most.. After reading this awful post, response to mine, and long after I wrote it, I am betting you also hate either McDermott of Beane? As it seems like the same nonsense most of the other haters rely on-- they cannot make good points with actual facts and reasoning. So they just pull nonsense out of their kiester, just make things up out of thin air, and hope nobody notices. And then throw in some comically inept personal attacks. Ridiculous indeed. Sad. The real Thurman would be ashamed, probably sue you to stop using his name for such fabricated nonsense.