DrDawkinstein

ok, come back to bed

Fair enough, I agree with most of your first paragraph. The social media stuff is the way it is nowadays. He isnt the first to do it, and wont be the last. And he wont be the first to do it and still get a big contract. Fans are best off just ignoring it since it simply does not matter. My whole point is, I dont think these other guys not making any noise has anything to do with them getting extensions. If anything, it's more that none of them are on the same level as Cook and are just happy to be getting any 2nd contract in the NFL whatsoever. They're all mid-tier players. Cook is a top 5 (3?) RB in a league that has recently seen a resurgence in RBs. IMO, getting Cook re-signed is where Beane makes his actual money. Anyone can get guys like Bernard or Shakir to sign a $12M/yr deal. Keeping top talent like Cook is what we really need to see.

It blows my mind how triggered some of you supposedly grown ass men get by a few social media comments. My daughter and her friends dont even have this much drama. Diggs was having huge blowouts with the Head Coach, in front of everyone, on the first day of OTAs. Cook posted 3 emojis in comments this week. They are not the same. If he gets traded, it has nothing to do with social media. The offer he received from the Bills has nothing to do with social media. Beane has his number. Social media posts do not change that number.

This is nothing like Diggs. Cook making some social media posts does not affect his offer(s) at all. AT ALL.

You think Cook's agent hasnt received any offer from the Bills?

That's a sweet sentiment, but not how it works at all. It's more a matter of not being able to cut him without it costing the team more. Plus he is a decent vet at a priority position. That's it. It's all business.

Will they play Shout! at the reception like a true Buffalonian tho?

I took a lot of time out of my day to include the proper gif that conveys the exact degree of anything being wrong with that, and now I dont feel appreciated at all.

Interesting take. It'll be fun watching it all play out. I think the Bills are in a good spot right now at OL. (Does SVPG become the next Teller as we send him the Cleveland to sweeten the deal for Garrett? 🙃 )

The UDFA RT who we signed to only a 1-year deal? What secrets do you know?

I'm already convinced you want Von's underwear and nothing is going to change my mind.

Look in the column to the left for "Cap Hit" then subtract "Dead Money" to determine what we would save. For Milano in 2026, $16.1M Cap Hit and $11M Dead Money. If we keep him, he costs us $16.1M. If we cut him, he costs us $11M in dead money. So we save $5.1M if we cut him.

Well how many have you made and put up for sale? You never know...

There's an entire discussion in this about employers and how much they should be meddling in personal/out-of-work lives. If most of any of us get hit with a DUI, or even arrested for DV, most of our employers wouldnt even know and it wouldnt affect our employment at all. And to a certain extent, nor should it. I get that with the NFL, and pro sports in general, it's a little different since their entire industry is based on being in the spotlight and well-liked. And we, the fans, give them this opportunity to make millions of dollars a year to play a game, so therefore there is a bit of a higher standard. But it isnt on the NFL to be the legal system. Now if a player is charged and convicted, sure, go for it. Suspend, ban, etc. Just like I would lose my job if I had to go spend a few months in jail. But I get why they are harder on things like gambling and PEDs, which directly affect the product and employer, as opposed to off-field legal issues. I'll stop because this isnt really the soap box I want to be on. Just sayin, it makes some sense why...

I was surprised to learn how young Edwards was as well. Thought he was at least 32 when he came to Buffalo. I guess I chalk that up to having won a Super Bowl for some reason.

Oh snap, this thread just made the BIG TIME!

Wrong Connor McGovern. The shlep that played for the Jets is almost 32. Our guy just turned 27. Easy mistake to make, they are very confusing. Same name, same position.

The cap is a myth. (this saying always fires up some folks so lets see how it goes)

Very "Billsy move" letting him go to another team for a worthless pick. I KEED.

I guess. It's good to have competition. But I dont see it as a "must do". Edwards is a Kromer system guy. He was good enough to get a SB ring with the Rams. And he and McGovern are both only 27 yrs old. Those IOLs usually play well into their 30s. Great thread tho. It will be very interesting to see how it all plays out. The good news is, we're watching to see what we do with our wealth of riches. We will always need 3-4 good backups at any of the trench positions. Not a bad thing to be overstocked there. And if they cant break into our starting lineup, Beane has historically been able to trade them off and restock the shelves. Not a bad cycle to be in.

I want to believe it's simply another Brown/Bernard case where he needs a year or two to develop, and in fairness we havent seen ANY play from him like we did those other guys. I'd be fine with a McGovern extension because I like him specifically as a player. We'll just have to wait and see on SVPG. (And you know how patient fans are)

Great point! I havent seen enough from Sedrick Van Pran-Granger to know whether he is the future-future or not. But I do think McGovern was an upgrade over Morris, so I'm all for getting him extended.

Retiring would be horrible for the Bills as that immediately escalates all owed/dead money into our cap. It does NOT wipe his money off the books. Rather, the opposite. He needs to take a big pay cut first, sign a new deal, and then can retire if he wants to. I was confused when I read "collect underpants", and then even worse when you mentioned "squeezing the juice out of him"...

Great post. Zooming in on this part, the way I read these signing updates is: It's 4/$50M if he continues to play at a high level, and in that case even $12.5M/yr is a steal. or It's 4/$25M if he stinks and we have to release him, as the guarantees are the only parts that play into dead money. And in that case, $6M/yr isnt much at all in the grand scheme of things.

No one asked that. We all know why he is the whipping boy no matter what side we're on. He made a couple of social media posts, and some fans are really fired up about that. Yikes. Totally different convo is whether folks believe it affects negotiations between the FO and his agent. Which it doesnt. Beane has his number. He isnt changing it because of some social media posts.