Dan

In other words… stay ahead of the curve and pay Cook. I think we’d be fine with Cooper on the outside. The only real question is will he be fine with what we’d likely pay him, assuming they extend Cook.

I’m in the minority… but I say pay the man. …assuming you look at the whole roster and can afford it. But I pay extra to keep a player like Cook over just about any of the average to below average defensive players that need new contracts. Yes, we have 2 very good RBs behind him, but, Cook is the only one that seems to be able to take it to the house once he’s in the open. That makes defenses play us differently. And that is what a playmaker is. Right now this team has.. Josh and Cook. That’s pretty much it when it comes to true playmakers. Outside of the Oline, I’d say it’s a pretty short list of players we have to keep. And Cook is on it, for me. my only caveat… I don’t know all the salaries and such that it will take to get better defensive players in here. But don’t risk drafting a RB and hope he produces like Cook next year. Replace the jags on the DLine with draft picks first.

True… but you can only add so much talent each year and you have to balance the pay to meet the cap. Sooo…. Given the current state of this team. We just had an offense score more points than anyone else in the league, in 2024. On the other hand, we almost gave up the game in the divisional round after the Ravens came back. And we allowed KC to score more points than they did all year. So where do you put your resources? Offense or defense. If I’m GM. I spend every draft pick and FA dollar on the defensive side of the ball. After breaking into the Eagles courtroom and stealing their draft grades.

Agreed. The Bills D line rarely generates pressure in their own, without some level of blitzing. But the real problem is they play to avoid the big play at all cost, therefore they give big cushions to all the WRs. It’s a sound scheme that forces teams to matriculate the ball down the field. It works against most teams. But the top 4ish or so once you get the the playoffs… are too good and usually tear it up. They need to change this defensive philosophy. And they need to figure out how to draft/trade for defensive playmakers. We currently really have none.

I’ve watched that video a dozen times… still have no idea which one is Josh’s fiancée.

Apply for Bills play caller. Please

Congratulations to Josh! It’s about time. Ans like everything… he displayed class!! I can’t help but think that he’s doing what he’s had to do his whole career… Slowly one by one prove the doubters wrong. Only now.. he’s proving that the Buffalo Bills deserve the recognition and accolades…. Not just him. And when he’s done the NFL and media pundits will have no choice but to acknowledge how great it is to see him and Buffalo winning the SuperBowl.

It still sucks. I still see people that spot my Bills hat/shirt and tell me how we got screwed. They ask me why the refs always screw yall over. I replay key moments in the game… and yes the refs ***** us… but our offensive and defensive game plan sucked. We looked “small” and time and time again the Chiefs looked like they knew exactly what we were doing. And then when against all odds… We had a chance… Kincaid drops the ball and the defense allows a first down to seal the game, giving up one final 3rd and long. If they don’t make major defensive upgrades/changes… I see zero reason to think next year won’t end like the last 5 have.

Same. F@#k 'em all.

Fair points. For the record, I wasn’t trying to make a dig at you.. just thought it was funny to say Allen could do better. I think we all want the Bills not only in.. but to win the Super Bowl. We’re just all dealing with the pain of last weeks game in our own ways.

You can’t say we need top end talent in the same post that you advocate for trading Cook. He is top end talent. You get better by keeping your top end talent and adding more… not by switching one out for the other. Second point, you shouldn’t use the Rams as your measuring stick for trades, because they were monsters in the playoffs. They got beat in the divisional round. We made it to the Championship game. We need to do better than the Rams.

There really is nothing to discuss or ague at this point. Too many consecutive years… with pretty much the exact same result. Either they make significant changes this off season, or they should just come out and say.. our 2025 plan is to hope Reid has a heart attack and Mahomes has a season ending injury. Surely they see how much of a joke their defense has become?

I feel like you're being that guy (not saying you are this guy) that tells his kid… yeah i see you got a 99 on your final exam. But you can do better, next time lets work harder to get that 100.

Yes.. i thought as most people probably did.. Allen was going to do this. My only concern was.. i hope he doesn't leave any time on the clock! But that's my point. Our defense against KC is so bad, that we all celebrate when they stopped KC for only a FG to take the win. That we all hope it doesn’t come down to the offense scoring with more than 13seconds on the clock. That we had no time to breathe between series because they let the chiefs right back in it with each score Allen made. That's tremendous pressure on Allen and the offense to be perfect. .. to not just score, but score touchdowns, to not just score touchdowns but do it while draining the clock. That's not playing complimentary football to steal a line for coach. How many times did they go for it when they could have punted and played defense? Or could have tried a FG? But we all knew… they have to score a touchdown because KC will if they get the ball back. Anyone even beginning to talk about Allen and the offense is completely under appreciating the level of pressure that is

By made a stop with 3:33, you mean allowed a fairly short FG?