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They're taking lost yardage due to sacks into account which lowers the passing yards of every team. Bills lost the fewest amount of yards due to sacks so we went from 17th in overall passing yards to 9th in passing yards and yards loss due to sacks. Shows the importance of avoiding negative plays which is why I argued for Josh winning the MVP besides the fact that I'm a homer.

Wow. I didn't know Justin Fields was that big of a draw.

Or we just squib kick it. It's funny how one simple stupid decision can dramatically impact narratives and legacies.

Vegas projections are more in vogue now when looking at schedule. Bills have the 5th easiest schedule based on projected over/under win totals. It obviously could be misleading but it takes the off-season into account.

Checks out over a month later.

Just the type of players they drafted/signed in free agency and the hiring of Nielsen makes me think McBeane had the same autopsy. Bringing in different minds to attack a problem is never a bad idea. I was hoping that Lou Anarumo would be hired in a similar role but he obviously took the d-coordinator spot with the Colts. It's going to be intriguing to see how much this defense sways from the McDermott system this year.

Funny but a bit choppy. It's like they never bothered to practice.

We got T. White, Dawkiins, and Milano in the 2017 draft and signed Poyer and Hyde that off-season before Beane got here. That's what, 4 all pros at one point and a perennial Pro Bowler in Dawkins? Plus, Beane was coming in with two first rounders before he even made the Watkins trade for a 2nd. I'm not saying he wasn't behind the eight ball in 2018 but I don't think he was that far behind.

A lot of RB's see that 2nd contract as their last one and stop doing the little things that require extra effort because they got paid. Henry works his butt off in the off-season and is Tom Brady like with his diet. He's just built differently.

My man. He's only a RB. It's not like we're dealing with a Trey Hendrickson like contract dispute.

The cap hit with Barkley was only $3.8m too last year just looking it up. I'm even more of a never pay Cook guy now.

Before last here, here's the previous 10 Super Bowl winner's leading RB that season and their cap hit that season. Isiah Pacheco (2023 Chiefs) - $889k Isiah Pacheco (2022 Chiefs) -$725K Sony Michel (2021 Rams) -$1.7M Ronald Jones (2020 Buccaneers) -$1.9M Damien Williams (2019 Chiefs) $1.7M Sony Michel (2018 Patriots) -$1.8M LeGarrette Blount (2017 Eagles) -$1.3M LeGarrette Blount (2016 Patriots) -$1.0M Ronnie Hillman (2015 Broncos) -$943K Jonas Gray (2014 Patriots) - $273K Barkley was the outlier. Causation doesn't equal correlation but it's hard to deny this trend when it comes to thinking of paying a RB a top of the market contract. It's just smarter to spend money on other premium positions.

Not me. It drives the franchise tag up on Cook next year if we want to squeeze one more year out of him. The way our o-line is running right now you could draft a replacement in the 2nd or 3rd round that gives you at least 90% (maybe more) of what Cook gives you right now on a rookie deal. There isn't a highly paid back across the league that takes less than 50% of the snaps who you can't trust to pass block.

It's definitely risky but the guy's built different.

It was a joke.

Good call. Might be BS.

DIVA

Who doesn't love a good NFL game starting at 1:15am? It does suck.

That $25m guaranteed is a lot regardless of how they structure it. True but Cook has age on his side. If Cook were to do the same extension it would be about $12m per year in average annual salary. I wouldn't pay him that but only a three year commitment would be easier to swallow.

They did that to you too last year. The Bills hate playing Internationally and the NFL hates the International fans to start the year.

Basically 3 years $38 million.

Edited my post because it him me after. Lol.

Re-read it or are you saying Carolina is basically a bye week. Kudos to the latter.

This is possibly the entire schedule.