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35 minutes ago, streetkings01 said:

Franchise tag in 2026 & 2027 and then let him walk in 2028 before he starts to break down.

The projected number for a franchised RB for 2025 is $13.4M. It may even go up by 2026/2027. I think he can be had cheaper over a 3 year deal .

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49 minutes ago, mbs said:

Has anyone mentioned yet that Kromer made Karlos and Gilleslee look like Shady? Cook deserves an extension but someone else will overpay. 


He’s under contract for another year. They can extend him this off-season.

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Just now, dave mcbride said:

I have a gut feeling the Bills extend him this offseason. No info; just a gut feeling. And I don’t think it will cost a lot.


They have to get a bit lucky if they do that.  The odds probably say don’t.  He doesn’t have the skill to overcome even a slight injury or drop in line play.  But if you keep it short and cheap and targeted to a small window of time… maybe.

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I am in the “don’t pay RBs” camp.  I think a mid round draft pick or budget FA could produce similarly to cook.  
 

however the other side of that coin is that RB contracts are in the toilet.  Derrick Henry signed a 2 year 16 mil deal and I think Barkley is making 12 mil a year.  I think those deals combined is what we just payed Spencer brown lol!!!!

 

so I guess if Cook is a top 3-5 back I’d extend him for 8-10 mil. 

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10 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

He doesn’t have the skill to overcome even a slight injury or drop in line play.  But if you keep it short and cheap and targeted to a small window of time… maybe.

Completely wrong.  Last season, the Oline was significantly worse than this year especially up the middle and Cook went for 1500 yards from scrimmage.  

 

This season, they rotated back more to keep Cook fresh and we saw the results today.  

 

There is no question that Cook isn't a bruiser like Henry or Barkley, but has elite speed and vision excellent hands and is among the league leaders in yards from scrimmage despite significantly less touches than the other highly ranking RBs.  The fact that we utilize a semi-committee approach should help reduce the cost of the next contract.

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3 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

A billionaire concerned about making a couple of dollars per tshirt.  Yeah…that would definitely be a factor in his being re-signed or not. 😂

 

 

Please don't under estimate people's greed for potential money.

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5 hours ago, Sojourner said:

 


It appears we posted at the exactly the same time. I’ll be sure to pause before clicking “Submit Reply” just to be sure you’re going to post something else. Again, sorry for saying something similar I guess. 

Hahha no apologies that's why I thought it was funny. We were saying the same thing at the same time

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Well thankfully there’s another full year before Beane has to make this decision because there are several players I hope get extended first. I love me some jimbo but I still don’t believe in paying RBs big money, especially if they’re not an every down back. If Benford, Rousseau, and Shakir all ink new deals and there’s still room for Cook then I’ll be stoked.

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5 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

I have a gut feeling the Bills extend him this offseason. No info; just a gut feeling. And I don’t think it will cost a lot.

 

Yea my gut is telling me similar.

 

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Here’s the question. Would you rather spend a 2nd round pick or $12 million a year in cap space on a RB?

 

 

They are not the only 2 options.

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2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea my gut is telling me similar.

 

 

They are not the only 2 options.

They are the maximum assets spent options IMO. I don’t think they ever use a 1st on a RB and I don’t think they pay someone else instead of Cook.

 

 The other cheaper options are what I would do.

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