Mikie2times

I will draft hurt players and Travis Etienne. I’m good for the $50. I stayed married 7 years longer than I should so I’m committed.

Sounds process-ee

You can't even get a tug from a handless woman for $100 nowadays

We have cornered the market on the status quo. Depending on how you view the status quo depends on your view of the offseason.

I would be interested.

On returns the average drive start was the 30.1 yard line. Very few reasons exist to give a team 5 yards because you're scared. The math says don't kick into a touchback and usually the math wins (eventually).

Really not the best look. He says it’s about safety, but then says the jury is still out on that. Then says all he does is in the best interest of player safety but follows with we would still run it if it’s legal. Not sure why he approached it this way.

His supporters are growing quiet and incapable of defending this insanity. If they do try it’s certainly not with logic shared by the most educated on the subject. Meanwhile this topic will define his presidency. It’s what he focuses on most, talks about most, and will impact us the most. Most Americans in polling are already saying he needs to focus on other things.

Is he in Jonathan Taylors class? Taylor demanded a trade, held out, did everything other than punch the owner in the mouth and walked away with 14 million per year. Perhaps not.... How about Josh Jacobs, who would not get paid by the Raiders, left via FA and now makes 12 million per year? Aaron Jones level, 10 million? These deals were done last year, with less cap and more age on all these guys. If I'm Cook, 15 is the number. He's younger, the cap is bigger, that's the going rate. I'm certainly not going to take a team friendly deal on a contract that has me in the 8-10 million range, which will arguably be underpaid as a top 5 RB in very short amount of time. Now would I pay it? No. But this talk about him not doing it the right way is dumb. Somebody will pay him that money if he still has his health after this season. So be it if it's not us.

What am I assuming exactly? That Beane wasn't going to pay him what he wanted? That isn't a stretch. That this will work out just fine for Cook? Again, not a stretch. That Cook is posturing? Again, not a stretch. Vs the bulk of the board saying Cook is money hungry, selfish, and not a team player as a result of this, are they not "assuming" as much or more than I am with such an outlook?

It would be funny if Sean just started clapping in his face without breaking eye contact.

At least somebody here has a clear head

It's silly that people are so riled up about it. If my old man was buying a 10k used car he would start with "how much are you paying me to take this piece of crap". He's just negotiating. Why? He has one contract that will matter the rest of his life. He knows Beane was going to come in with the bargain deal. He doesn't want the bargain deal and wanted to be very clear in how he communicated that. As far as I can tell he did exactly what he wanted to do and likely what will generate him the most money. I can't remember nearly any player who took this approach and at the end of it everybody was saying what a mistake that player made. They all said the same things about Lamar Jackson. In the end Lamar did just fine and Cook will as well.

If I had to guess, 60% of the population has no idea the actual power of that tool nor how to use it to make your life easier

James Cook’s Future Hanging by a Thread as GM Puts Down the Iron Fist