Cook getting the paid in a few weeks? Only the Bills can do so as Cook has another year left.

[Playoffs?]

Pay Cook a competitive salary. He’s a difference maker. 

[Orlando Buffalo]

I really want to keep him but it is always paying peter by paying Paul as an NFL GM. A 3 year $24 million deal with some mid level escalators is likely my ceiling, but he has balled out this year. 

[JP51]

43 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Spotrac has Cook pegged at $8MM, which, BTW is what King Henry is making this year.

I'd sign up for a 3 yr deal at that level 12mm no way.... 

[BillsFan130]

19 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

He seems he is worth $8M a year to me.  Maybe as high as $9M.

If bills can get him at 8, I would be ok with that.

 

I think he's gonna be around 12 though. Could be wrong.

 

 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Josh Jacobs and Saquon Barkley were similar ages to what Cook will be when he is up for his contract after next season. 
 

Jacobs is raking in 12.5 AVG 

Barkley at 11.5 AVG

 

I could see Cook getting this on the open market in two years, given the ever increasing cap.

 

If I’m the Bills, I play this out and see what happens next year. Beane has shown a willingness to add early day 2-3 picks at the position and despite Cooks explosivenss I expect them to continue to keep churning them over. 

[ColoradoBills]

2 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

If bills can get him at 8, I would be ok with that.

 

I think he's gonna be around 12 though. Could be wrong.

 

 

 

It's tough with these RB contracts.  Some of these guys move to another team and it doesn't work out and they don't even make

the end of the contract.  Seems to me, Cook can make the whole contract in Buffalo.  We should find out next spring.

[JP51]

1 hour ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

So what do you make of Dalvin Cook's tweet?

 

Honestly i think it is him responding to the pro bowl snub just saying bro chill keep doing what you are doing and get paid don't worry about the popularity contest... just my guess

[PoundingDog]

Zack Hiller, both Cook's agent, is the owner of LAA Sports & Entertainment agency (out of NY). That agency followed up on Dalvin's tweet publicly. Maybe it is nothing.

 

By the way, they just announced "welcome to the family" to O'Cyrus Torrence. Another guy who is going to get paid in 2 years. 

[BeastMaster]

I have also been a supporter of not paying RB's, but a true top flight RB should at least be made a fair offer to retain

 

Cook is on the cusp of potentially being one of those backs IMO. His smoothness as a runner is a thing of beauty, and he is also a very good pass catcher and appears to have fixed his ball security issues

 

I would make him a fair offer. If he decides he wants to go somewhere else cause a team wants to pay a hefty price for him, then I let him walk and take the compensatory pick to draft another RB

[Ya Digg?]

2 minutes ago, BeastMaster said:

I have also been a supporter of not paying RB's, but a true top flight RB should at least be made a fair offer to retain

 

Cook is on the cusp of potentially being one of those backs IMO. His smoothness as a runner is a thing of beauty, and he is also a very good pass catcher and appears to have fixed his ball security issues

 

I would make him a fair offer. If he decides he wants to go somewhere else cause a team wants to pay a hefty price for him, then I let him walk and take the compensatory pick to draft another RB

Boy the Giants certainly found this out the hard way, didn’t they? 

[GolfandBills]

If it’s under 10/year I’m in on that for sure.  He’s a huge part of this offense 

[Sierra Foothills]

2 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

So what do you make of Dalvin Cook's tweet?

 

2 hours ago, Process said:

Not reading too much into it. More just a sign he'll be looking for big money at some point. It's not the first time Dalvin references money. 

 

The specific reference to "a few weeks" is interesting though. Maybe it's something. Who knows. 

 

1 hour ago, JP51 said:

Honestly i think it is him responding to the pro bowl snub just saying bro chill keep doing what you are doing and get paid don't worry about the popularity contest... just my guess

 

But what do you make of him saying "Just keep doing what your doing and let the bag in a few weeks speak for itself."

 

[Sojourner]

2 hours ago, GoBills! said:

Id give him a nice 2-3 year deal...We haven't had top 5 RB talent in a long time.

 

Fun facts about Cook 👨‍🍳 

Averages more yards per attempt than lynch, Mcgahee, Henry

Less fumbles than - Lynch, Mcgahee, Henry

 

He does have 19tds vs them having 17,24,27. But Josh vultures plenty of those.

 

lmao that’s a rough argument though my friend. None of those backs had a guy like Josh where you worry about the pass. 
 

The best was probably Travis when he had Bledsoe but Bledsoe was on the downward trend of his career. His first year with the aging Moulds and Peerless was it. 
 

Put Cook on those teams and he isn’t as productive. Certainly not to the tune of 1400 yards that Henry was. Don’t think he puts up the same numbers as the other guys either. 
 

Close but he’s not replicating his in an era with no real QB threat and punishing tackling. I like cook, a lot. But you can’t compare the situations given who the QBs were and Josh. 
 

 

Edited Friday at 04:47 AM by Sojourner

[Dr.Sack]

Cook has great game speed and has shown a willingness to do the dirty work in short yardage.

[RunTheBall]

Beane is going to re-sign most if not all our guys that are up for second contracts. It’s the Buffalo way, you reward those guys who you’ve developed and they’ve produced. Here’s the order 1) Groot 2) Benford 3) Shakir 4) Cook 5) Bernard

 

Beane is going to make them all reasonable, competitive offers. If one or a bunch of them only care about making as much as they possibly can, Beane will let them walk. If we can get rid of Diggs and be better, we can get rid of any of these guys and be better. Don’t think jettisoning a #1 WR who was getting PAID doesn’t send a message to the entire roster that no one person is bigger than the team.

 

Part of drafting character guys is they are mature and intelligent enough to know that they don’t have to be the highest paid player at their position to be financially set for life and in a good culture/situation. If we misjudged one or more of them, then best of luck to them in getting as much $ as they can. Beane won’t low ball anyone but he won’t pay a premium either. I like that philosophy.

 

 

[Freddie's Dead]

1 Adam 12, pay the man....

[Scott7975]

I love Cook. I don't think I love the idea of paying 20m (not saying thats his asking, just going by the tweets in the thread) for a RB. Maybe 10m or something.

[Solomon Grundy]

4 hours ago, PoundingDog said:

Does Dalvin know something we don't?

 

 

Maybe incentives??

[GunnerBill]

51 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

lmao that’s a rough argument though my friend. None of those backs had a guy like Josh where you worry about the pass. 
 

The best was probably Travis when he had Bledsoe but Bledsoe was on the downward trend of his career. His first year with the aging Moulds and Peerless was it. 
 

Put Cook on those teams and he isn’t as productive. Certainly not to the tune of 1400 yards that Henry was. Don’t think he puts up the same numbers as the other guys either. 
 

Close but he’s not replicating his in an era with no real QB threat and punishing tackling. I like cook, a lot. But you can’t compare the situations given who the QBs were and Josh. 
 

 

 

I agree he isn't built to play 20 years ago. That said, some of the bigger, more physical backs of then would not be any more than short yardage backs today. The game has changed. I mean Jerome Bettis is in the HoF. He couldn't start in the league today.

[Sojourner]

13 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I agree he isn't built to play 20 years ago. That said, some of the bigger, more physical backs of then would not be any more than short yardage backs today. The game has changed. I mean Jerome Bettis is in the HoF. He couldn't start in the league today.

I don’t disagree but I do feel those 3 would easily put up 1100 yards, 40 receptions and 400 receiving yards in todays game.

 

Lynch>Henry>Cook>McGahee
 

Henry had his best year as a receiver in tandem with his rushing high, 2002.

 

Marshawn would easily thrive. He’s not far removed. That dude was no slouch as a receiver. Especially during that 3 year prime Seattle had during their NFCC and back to back super bowls. 
 

Now while I don’t think they’d excell as much in the passing game as cook, you give them 6 man fronts like Cook and the guys see regularly because of Josh? Those guys would eat. Handsomely too. 
 

Again, I like cook. A lot. But having Josh in comparison to Bledsoe/Van Pelt/Johnson/Losman/Edwards that the others had is rough. 
 

Literal difference between night and day. 
 

 

 

Edited Friday at 05:55 AM by Sojourner