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I'm your host, Anthony Prohaska. Find me on Twitter at
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just p r O A n T. In tonight's episode
of Disguise Coverage, this has been one that I've kind
of I'm not even kind of I've been meaning to
get to for a bit, and with James Cook reported

(02:01):
to mandatory mini camp today and some contract stuff that
came out the back end of last week and into
the weekend, it felt like even more of an impetus
to drop this episode. Also some general housekeeping for those
view keeping track, apologies for not doing an episode last week.
I owe you multiple episodes either this week or next week.

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Kind of pieces some things together from a podcasting schedule standpoint,
while also having some day job and life things, not
in a bad way, but just marrying and merging all
of those things. So you will get multiple weeks of
multiple episodes of Disguise Coverage sometime in June. It could
be this week, could be next, I don't know, but
keep your ears to the ground and you will stay tuned.
But this episode is James Cook episode. Yeah, just recent

(02:42):
news was kind of the impetus for it. It's been
something that I've had on my mind really since Kam
Moore says, at least we're on in a Dolphins or
Bengal situation. That's very fair. This episode has been something
that really was on my mind throughout the year as
he not in some big like foreshadowing type of way,
but as James Cook continued to impress, and I thought

(03:06):
he improved in several areas that I wasn't expecting him
to improve, Like even though the metrics don't really weigh
it out, but his yards after contact is some of
this power and contact balance that he showed this year.
Just I thought we saw very much improve James Cook
in twenty twenty four, then the version we saw in
twenty twenty three, and the version we saw in twenty
twenty two. And that's what you want to see with

(03:26):
a player that you draft. You want to see them
make incremental improvements or marginal improvements or significant improvements, something
to maintain an upward trajectory, show that hey they're starting
to put things together. Hey they're starting to improve. This
is awesome, Like now we can keep this homegrown talent
and continue to find success and maybe they continue to
develop or they just have success in the system. It's

(03:47):
a win win. But with the running back position. It's
a bit of a catch twenty two for running backs themselves.
And even if you're a fan of the running back position,
or a fan of James Cook, or fan of running
backs in general, we've gotten to this spot where the
positional value for running back and this isn't really news
or revelatory information. The positional value for running back is

(04:10):
not tremendously high. Right now, we are several years removed
from Cole Comet essentially making the same, if not more money.
I believe in Saquon Barkley, and so it's in no
disrespect to cole Comet, but Saquon Barkley was still an
elite running back even though he had the injury concerns.
You can make the case that maybe his cost was
knocked down a bit because of the injury concerns. And
not that cole Comet's a bad tight end, but just

(04:31):
where he is amongst tight ends versus where Saquon Barkley
is amongst running backs, those things just kind of don't
add up. And we're still in that period for the
running back position. Saquon Barkley has gotten paid, Derrick Henry's
gotten paid. We saw what the Niners gave Christian McCaffrey,
and so we're starting to see some guys get paid

(04:51):
a little bit here and there, But on the large
the running back position is not one that is tremendously
value is valued, especially compared to what it was in
I don't know even throughout the two thousands, but especially
the nineties, the eighties and seventies, so on and so forth,
with a lot of offenses went through the run game,
they went through the running back, so on and so forth.
And so you have this guy in James Cook, who

(05:13):
somebody who spent a second round pick on, who is
arguably the second best player on your offense, not name
Josh Allen. I think it would be between like him
and Dion Dawkins or Spencer Brown. If we're talking like
everything holistically, we're talking about just pure weapons, it's between
Cook and Shakir, And I think Shakira is awesome, but

(05:34):
I mean Cook is just a stand now running back.
I think you can have that battle a little bit
if you wanted to kind of have that argument with yourself,
that'd be a fun discussion. But Cook at worst is
arguably one of the best players on the Bills offense,
and it's not by default, it's because he's a good player.
And granted they're not a loaded offense in terms of
top tier eight tier talent on the offensive side of

(05:54):
the ball, and so this is something, like I said,
that was kind of just in my mind the season.
You have this player that you drafted and you spend
a second round pick on who's on a rookie deal,
and he continues to improve, and that should be things
it's like, oh, that's awesome, like can't wait to see
them pay him or will they pay him? But then
it's kind of almost like, well, he's a running back,
running Max, don't get sec second contract, YadA, YadA. Then

(06:15):
we get to the Chiefs game and the e and
the playoffs, and he plays pretty well, doesn't see a ball,
doesn't see the ball a ton in the second half
or necessarily even in the game as much as he
should have, especially with how Josh Allen struggled through a
good chunk of that game, especially in the beginning. I
thought they'd go to the run game, specifically Cook a
little earlier. Joe Brady did not. That's a conversation for
another time, but you end the year on that note

(06:36):
with Cook having some really strong plays against the Chiefs
and one not great pass pro rep that some people
like to focus on. And then we go into this
offseason and we have some comments from his brother, we
have some comments from him, and things have been kind
of just creeping up little by little, depending on where
the news cycle is, where the off season cycle is,
sometimes it's big news, sometimes swept up under the rug

(06:57):
or overshadowed a little bit by whatever else is going on.
And so again I say all this to say, I've
been meaning to kind of get to this episode, but
other things have been more important or of taking prominence.
But now we're starting to get to a spot where
I think we kind of have this conversation, especially with
James Cook reporting to Mandatory mini camp today. And I'm
gonna switch to the banner here that follows in line

(07:18):
with the episode titled The Buffalo Bills and James Cook
Valuable skill Set and more. Also, as I normally mentioned
on the show, I've mentioned on the socials questions, thoughts, comments, concerns,
anything you folks have in regards to James Cook, or
honestly anything with the Bills. Put it up into the chat.
I will pull up anything and everything as much as
I physically can. Super chats as always get priority because

(07:39):
I respect the monetary donation, and because I see the
color and it attracts my eyes and pulls me away
from my notes. I see some conversation going back and forth.
Already it looks like two people are arguing, which is
it's just awesome. So yeah, but questions, thoughts, comments, concerns,
put them up into the chat. I will bring them
up as much as humanly possible throughout the show. So

(07:59):
you've already meant in the chat that he jam he
being James Cook, and I mentioned this as well, that
he reported uh to mandatory mini camp. RJ even said this.
You know, I'm actually surprised Cook is practicing let alone
here for OTAs. Maybe there is a contract in the
future for him. Yeah, Cook was asked about it today.
He got drilled with questions maybe like six minutes, seven minutes.

(08:19):
It's it's up on the bills YouTube. But he was
kind of standard James Cook, quiet, stoic, just short, kind
of direct answers that didn't really give you much and
but goes about it in a way where Okay, maybe
he's just quiet and reserved or is it like, is
he upset? Is he angry? Maybe he kind of is?
Is there something to read into here? But nothing really

(08:42):
nuts in relations to RJ what you said. I think
someone asked him something along the lines of, oh, you know,
how come you're here? Why did you show up today?
And Cook was straight up like, because I like money
or I like getting paid in essentially in a reference
to being fined if he wasn't showing up to mandatory
Mini camp. So you know, I don't know how that
makes anybody feel, but that was his answer. I'm paraphrasing,

(09:04):
but it essentially was, you know, referencing that if he's
not there, he's going to get fined, and he doesn't
want to lose money, so he's going to show up.
But he is there. And you can check out that
interview today from Bill's Mandatory Mini Camp. Again, not a
lot of details. We've known this for years. He is
not a very chatty guy on the mic in any way,
shape or form. Like He's just very reserved. He's quiet.

(09:26):
He goes about his business a lot, and a lot
of his comments too today at Mandatory Mini Camp. Were
you know, whether it was him just given the right
answer to give the right answer or not. But everything
for him was just you know, I'm not focused on it.
You know, my feet are on the ground here, so
that's what I'm focused on. Just working hard, getting better,
you know. And they were trying to feed him questions,
you know, oh, what are you what are you looking

(09:46):
for in camp? Or you know, how focused are you
on the contract, and he was just like, I'm not.
I'm just here to work get better every day. You know,
I want to win, you know, hey, do you want
to be here long term? Of course, you know I
want to win a super Bowl here? That's my goal.
Hey are you upset to see some other running backs
that were getting paid this offseason? You weren't? He was like, no,
why would I be upset at you know my peers
doing well like that doesn't even anything to do with me.

(10:07):
I'm focused on myself, just trying to get better. So
on and so forth. Kind of Vincent repeat answers and
actions from James Cook, and so I wanted to lead
with that. It's kind of the table setter, you know.
Just in case people didn't catch that, or if you
have thoughts on it, feel free to put it up
in the chat. I'm gonna go backwards into the chat
a little bit now and take a peek at some
of the comments, start to pull some things through, and

(10:28):
as I do that give you a little intro for
this episode or kind of an idea of what we're
going to do in this episode. Got some advanced metrics
that I want to talk about with relation to James Cook.
Also some Ray Davis stuff. Also we're going to be
talking about some scheme and structure stuff, James Cook's specific
fit in this offense, how his skill set ties and
aligns with the role that you know, the Bill's running

(10:49):
backs have in this offense, and then you're talking about
what he means and how easy it would be to
replace him or how not easy it would be to
replace him. I thought about doing some film for this episode,
just in case anybody you know had that in their
back of their mind or wants to ask. But we've
been getting dinged for film in random spots and I
didn't want to deal with the complications of it. But

(11:12):
I post a ton of his tape on socials again,
So if you want that, find me on Twitter at
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is there. Okay, but Connor says, I never thought Cook
was the type of person to cause drama like in
a hold out Happy Wolverine says, if Bosa is worth

(11:35):
twelve and a half and Cook is way way way
more important than him than what with a question mark
an exclamation point, I think it really comes down to,
is Cook way way, way way way more important given
the positional value of an edge and what Bosa can
be if he's healthy. Granted, the injury muddies the whole
thing for Bosa and his injury history muddies it, but

(11:55):
defining importance, I think it's a significant part of that.
Low says, we're seeing the true difference makers be paid. Well,
it hasn't really seeped outside of that much. I think
it's a fair point. I think also kind of tied
into all of this, whether rightly or wrongly, the way
Cook has gone about it or about his contract demands.

(12:17):
And we're gonna get into the contract specifics. It's the
first thing I'm gonna lead off here. I have a
graphic breaking down some some of the running back market
and contract values and stuff. But whether rightly or wrongly,
I don't know. It feels like he could have gone
about this a better way, And especially with how the
Bills came off of the Stefan Digg situation last year
and trading digs out of the blue and kind of

(12:38):
significantly hurting themselves at the wide receiver position, having to
adjust accordingly, but knowing that they were going to hurt
themselves and do it anyway. It just seems like kind
of causing a stir isn't the best recipe for success
for being here long term, or kind of getting what
you want from this regime in this organization. And then
especially looking at the guys who got paid this offseason,

(12:58):
guys like Greg Russou and Rubber Art and Christian Benford
and khalilsha Kiir, It's all guys who just show up
and do their work. I'm not saying if Cook didn't
say anything that he would have gotten rewarded with an extension.
I'm just saying the way he's gone about it, I
don't think has helped his case necessarily. Given again, how
the Bills are traditionally done business, his positional value already

(13:21):
not helping him, and then the Bills coming off of
the Stefan Diggs situation. It's just I just feel like
he could have gone about this a little better. Happy Wolverine.
I'm sensing a pattern here that you're big time into
James Cook and probably want to get an extension. Happy
Wolverine says Cook as a durable, as f nice there,

(13:42):
fastest lightning, and a serious weapon, the best back that
we've had since Freddy. Oh okay. Music blogger eighty seven says, oh,
this is too Happy Wolverine, saying you're thinking with your heart,
not your head. Cook is worth ten MILLI year, not
fifteen or twenty mil a year. Fair enough, Okay, James
says it's ant season. Appreciate you, James, thank you very

(14:04):
much for being here. Oh Joe in relation to the
Bosa comments, saying Bosa is only on the hook for
one season, That is a fair point. Kay Morey says
Cook is awesome. I don't think he'll get a top
of the market contract, at least not from the Bills.
And then Joe follows up with his Bosa is only
on the hook for one season comment and says, so
you can front load and stomach twelve and a half

(14:25):
a bit easier knowing you aren't on the hook. I
think that's fair, James says, Jimbo wants to ring just
the tippy Canoe says, I don't see James Cook having
a Broadway career when he's finished with football. That's fair.
So I think with all this contract conversation, I'm seeing
well to the comments. See more of these. Well, this

(14:49):
is a good comment from Roy saying, with possible extensions for
Connor McGovern Andreck Horrance looming after this season, how much
is being willing to spend on a running back? Very fair?
And David Edwards is a UFA next year. So do
you want to save some of that Cook money and
keep this offensive line together for another year? Another two,
maybe another three, depending on how you allocate it. Do
you use some of that money to go after another
edge next year? Because I think whether Bosa succeeds or

(15:12):
not this year, he's only got to be here for
one year. Does the interior of the defensive line work?
Are you? Do you? Because you know Larry Ogunjobi's on
a one year deal, you got to find somebody to
fill his spot next year, either in free agency or
the draft. Are you looking to fill Matt mclonald's spot.
Are you looking to fill a safety spot? Depending on
what's going on. So there are some other questions that
you know, fifteen or twenty million dollars a year that

(15:33):
Cook is asking for, that money could go to other
places significantly, And if and if it came down to
like keeping the offensive line intact or keeping James Cook,
I do like James Cook, but I would choose to
keep the offensive line in tack intact. I want to
pull up. So a lot of the conversation here is
going back and forth with everybody talks about the money

(15:54):
and like this money isn't that bad? Or fifteen million
isn't that bad? So I want to pull that up.
Pull this up. This is a graphic courtesy of over
the Cap, who does really awesome work with their just
salary cap stuff in general, but especially when it comes
to like the user interface and how everything looks and
how clean and nice this is. So this is the
top thigots twenty running backs. Somebody feel free to count

(16:15):
it for me and tell me if I'm wrong. The
top twenty running backs in the NFL by average annual
value of their contract. So it's not filtered by that
first column of total value. It is filtered by average
annual value. While you folks look at that, oh, I
want to stop, Roy says the tree. The tree looks
good in gold. I appreciate you for that.

Speaker 3 (16:35):
Roy.

Speaker 1 (16:35):
I'm gon actually gonna pause. I'm gonna remove this real quick.
Thank you. Shout out to Roy there and noticing the tree. Yeah,
got a little bit of yellow on top, and then
some gold and some silver garland underneath there. There's no
major holidays in June. I don't really know what to
do for you know, for June, I debate on different things.
So I just go kind of like a summary feel,

(16:56):
you know, the yellow lays on top and then some
gold and some silver on the bottom. I thought that
was fun. I appreciate you for noticing. Thank you very much. Roy.
All right, let's go back to the stage. All right.
So I also want to say this, you know, while
you folks look at this, I want to say I
am all in favor of James Cook getting paid, whether
it's with bills, whether it's whether it's somebody else. I

(17:18):
think it's professional athletes in general, especially in the NFL.
Your shelf life is so short. Regardless of the position,
your next snap could literally be your last on the
practice field, on the game field, whatever. So I have
no problem with anybody chasing the bag at any point
in time. I do not care. I would love for

(17:41):
guys on teams that I like your guys in general,
to do the hometown discount thing, or to do the
thing that helps benefit the team so they can pay
it forward, takes less money, so that money can go
somewhere else so they can try to win a championship.
You know, I get it. Fack nice Mahim. Heins reference
from km Orrey saying your last snap could be on
a jest also true, you literally, but all jokes aside,

(18:02):
like you never know when your NFL career is gonna end.
You have no idea, You have no I mean even
look at he came back from it, but Ricky pearsall
got shot last year before it even took a snap
on the field as a rookie, Like, you have no
idea when your career is going to be done. So
I have no problem with anybody trying to secure as
much financial security for themselves and or their families whenever

(18:25):
they can, and if Cook thinks that this is when
his value is the highest, and this will be his
best chance to chase as much money as he can,
I got no problem with him doing that. You know,
you could have go He could go about it, maybe
a better way potentially, But I have no problem if
his thought and end goal is I want to get
paid as much as I can. Do you like, I
got no problem with the dude chasing the bag. It's unfortunate,

(18:47):
you know, for teams that might be strapped a little
with cash and want to keep a player like that.
But if you can't, you can't. I got no problem
with the dude chasing the bag. I just want to
put that out there. I do not care. If he
wants fifteen million a year, God bless him, go at
after it. If he wants twenty, God bless you, go
after it. And also, who knows, for as much as
we're saying, he could have gone about this better, maybe
some team out there gives him seventeen million a year

(19:09):
or something that we're like, oh, no, one's going to
pay him that. All it takes is one team to
overpay and give you that money, and boom, he's good,
and he set and he gets what he wanted. So
if that's what he values over anything, cool do you?
God bless you? But this is the rankings for several
running backs here in terms of average annual value. Now,
there's been multiple reported reports. Earlier in the off season,

(19:32):
it was reported that Cook was looking for about fifteen
million a year, so you can see where that puts
him in the conversation. Some reports have also said that
he's looking for about twenty million dollars per year. That
you can also see where that puts him in the chart.
Either way, even if we start with the lower amount,
if we start with the fifteen million per year, that
would put him into the top top tier of running

(19:53):
backs in the NFL from an average annual value standpoint,
And for those of you listening at home, I will
give you those numbers. Taekwon Barkley sits at the top
with twenty point six million dollars annually. Christian McCaffrey's second
at nineteen. Derrick Henry is third at fifteen. Jonathan Taylor
of the Colts is fourth at fourteen. So if Cook

(20:14):
got fifteen million a year, he would be tied for
the third highest paid running back in the NFL. If
he got twenty million per year, he would be tied
for second, or no, he wouldn't be tied for second.
He would be second between Christian McCaffrey, who would then
be third in Saquon Barkley. At first, I personally as
and I like James Cook a lot, and I'm gonna
tell you why as we go forward in this episode,

(20:35):
I think both of those rumors and or reports are
a bit too rich if we're being honest, or for
at least my estimation, if I had to give James
Cook a contract extension, or if I'm offering him a deal,
I mean, I'm gona try and get inim as low
as possible because I'm trying to do it benefits of
the team. But I could see him realistically getting money

(20:56):
anywhere from like the David Montgomery Ormandre Stevenson tier where
you're making nine to nine point one million a year.
I could see him getting anywhere from that up to
where Alvin Kamara is at twelve point twenty five million
a year. I think the sweet spot for him is
the Joe Mixon Aaron Jones kind of range. I could
see him and for those of you again listening only

(21:17):
Joe Mixon has an average annual value of nine point
eight seven five. Aaron Jones is right even at ten
million dollars per year. I could see Cook getting a
three for thirty, a two for twenty, a two for eighteen,
a two for nineteen, something like that. I don't think
he's gonna get the term that he wants. I you know,
if he gets that average per year, I think it
would be more on short term deal. Again, the running

(21:40):
back market in general, teams aren't shelling out cash or
running backs first and off and first and foremost, they're
not showing out cash second ball. They're not shelling out term.
So you're not gonna get Even if he say he
wants fifteen million a year, I think he's more likely
to get a one year fifteen million dollar contract than
he is a two year thirty and definitely more than
a three year forty five. Like, you're not gonna get

(22:00):
the term and the money you want, which is really
interesting for his contract, you know, wants or demands according
to the rumors, because if he wants that much, I
don't think you're gonna get the term, And so does
that money offset the term depending on how much of
it is guaranteed. Do you feel better getting fifteen in
one year instead of getting twenty over two? You know,

(22:21):
how does that kind of what happens to you in
the one year that you get the fifteen? Do you
get another significant deal or do you start to plateau?
Do you get worse? Do you get hurt? There's so
many pros and cons again, which is why I have
no problem with any dude chasing the bag in any
shape point in time. But I do think that tier
of nine million a year to twelve, twelve and a
half somewhere in that range is fair fair game for

(22:43):
James Cook given the production that he's had, and I
do still do think he's on an upwards trajectory. Now
there are some questions in past protection, and there are
some questions you know, for me in terms of being
a complete back that that ties into in addition to
what his skill set is. But I would have no
problem giving him, especially with a good offensive line. But again,

(23:03):
now you can kind of play Devil's advocate and be like, well,
with a good offensive line, any running back could kind
of run behind that line. I think that David Montgomery
to Aaron Jones really is the sweet spot for me
nine million a year, ten million a year. I would
be fine given him eight million a year, nine million
a year, because I do value him and I do
think he adds I think he adds more of a

(23:24):
boost to this offense than he gets credit for, especially
since he had these demands and all the fans have
kind of knocked them. Not all the fans, but a
lot of fans have knocked him for and kind of
overplayed out bad some of the negative aspects of his
game are and kind of downplayed some of the positives.
But I thought I wanted to start out with this
craft to kind of show you folks where we are

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in the running back tiers from an average annual value standpoint,
and also, if you're looking at it also too, James
Connor is awesome. I just want to put that out there,
like James Connor is a fantastic running back. Does not
get talked about enough in Arizona. I really love what
the Cardinals do offensively and defensive from a schematic standpoint,
and several of their players. That conversation is neither here
nor there. But yeah, you're looking at this deal potentially,

(24:08):
and you're looking at all the names like should he
get paid more than not even paid more. But if
you play the would you rather, would you rather have
James Cook or ramondre Stevenson or David Montgomery or James
Connor or Joe Mixon or Aaron Jones or Josh Jacobs
or Alvin Kamara or Jonathan Taylor or Derrick Henry or
Christian McCaffrey or Saquon Barkley, even if you want to
go a little for you below Ramandre Ashton Gent he's

(24:29):
there at eight point nine to seven three this year,
but he's on his rookie deal first round pick, high
type of pick, and then below genty Chubba Hubbard or Cuba,
DeAndre Swift, Tony Pollard, Devin Singletary, b Jhon Robinson again
another dude on the rookie deal, Jalen Warren of the Steelers,
Jordan Mason, and then Najie Harris. So again you kind
of play this game. You look at this type of list,

(24:50):
figure out what type of tier he falls in for
you where you feel comfortable paying him. I realistically again
could see him any getting anywhere between nine and twelve
million per I think the the sweet spot is nine
to ten. You know, like nine and a half ten
and a half maybe, And for me, I'd be fine
paying him eight and a half to nine and a half.
I'd even go ten. If he signed a one year ten,

(25:11):
I'd be okay with it. I would take him back
for that. I don't mind giving him some money, but
on a shorter term. I'm not going to commit long
term to a running back that I do think has limitations.
You have to be a special kind of running back
for me personally, to get a long term commitment, you
have to be Saquon. You have to be a force
multiplier and a game changer in almost every former in fashion,

(25:32):
and if you're not in all the areas, then you're
just so good in a couple like Saquon is a
game changer in every form and fashion. Christian McCaffrey, game
changer in every form and fashion. Derrick Henry. You know
what you're getting with Derrick Henry, but he's so good
at the thing that you know you're getting that it
just doesn't matter and you're okay with it. Jonathan Taylor

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good in a lot of forms of fashions. Kamara one
of the best contact balance running backs I've ever seen.
And then as a receiver, as a runner and a
pass protector. Josh Jacobs finally got paid a bit underrated.
I'd like Aaron Jones for a while. Joe Mixon does
a lot of good, very things. Connor I've already talked about,
is being underrated. Montgomery has shined since he's gone to
the Lions. But again kind of focusing that in so

(26:15):
just stick of the tears. Who makes what, how they
make it? All that type of thing. I'm gonna leave
this up for people to look at and we go.
Music blogger says, give Cook three hundred carries this year
and let him walk draft his replacement next year. I
think that's fair, and I also think that's possible. I
mean they did it with Motor and Moss with each

(26:38):
other with well Motor with Moss and then kind of Motor,
both guys with more backs that they brought in, and
then Cook kind of doing it for Motor after Cocoa.
Mung says, home run speed is more valuab than running
backs get credit for. Absolutely, he has speed vision and
top end speed that is legitimately rare. I agree, We're

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going to talk about that in a bit. Music blogger says,
so my ten million dollars per year comment would put
him at eighth overall. Not bad. No, I mean he'd
get paid like a top ten back, which I think
is good. He just wants to be paid like a
top two or a top three or four, and I
think that's a little much. Lewis says, as much as

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people are parentheses rightfully talking about cook speed, his tackle
breaking slash patients patients that he demonstrated in twenty twenty
four is what's making me consider if he should be
paid or not excellent comment. I will be talking about
that in a bit. Joe says, I'm aokay with putting
Cook right in that Jacob's Kmara bracket even one million higher.
I wouldn't pay him more than Kamara or Jacobs, but

(27:39):
I could understand someone else paying him more than Kamara
or Jacobs, which I think is fair. Rice. I will
never be blamed a player for trying to get paid,
whether we agree with them mount or not. That is fair.
James's question, if Cook has a career or fourteen hundred
rushing seventy catches, do we franchise him? I don't. I

(28:00):
don't think so, cam Moore, He says, I think somebody
will give him Josh Jacob's money. That's fair. Curtis says,
eighteen touchdowns is a lot of touchdowns. Yes, he did
have a lot of touchdowns, and a bunch not bunch,
but several were like explosive touchdown ones like sixty five yards,
forty nine yards fifty like good chunk yardage, not just like,

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oh he's inside the five. It was well blocked and
he kind of fell in the end zone. So he
earned a lot of those touchdowns. Well, he earned everything,
but he quote unquote earned a lot of them with
the long distance and his skill set playing into it.
But I just personally wouldn't use touchdowns as like a
barometer of what a good running back is or not,
just because there's so much that goes into like getting

(28:41):
getting like what who or what got the offense down
into the spot for them to score. Where did the
touchdowns come from? Is they are they inside the five,
inside the ten? How many of them are twenty plus,
thirty plus forty plus, so on and so forth. But
I do think he earned a good chunk, and I
do think a majority of his touchdowns are reflective of
his skin set. He made a lot of his touchdowns work,

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he made the unblocked defender miss, he beat somebody around
the corner and got to the pylon or got to
the edge when it wasn't blocked for that. But his
speed made the difference, His vision made the difference, his
footwork made the difference. And that's just some of the
ones like inside the red zone, in the low red
zone that's not even talking about, like the forty nine
yard touchdown against the Dolphins in Week two, or I

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think what the sixty five yard are and the snow
against the Niners. He was pulling out a lot of
big touchdown nuts Spin says game changers. Who oh. In
terms of running backs, Barkley, cmc Henry Taylor, is Kamara
and Jacobs. I think Alvin Kamara is a game changer
at the running back position. I think that's where it
starts to like in terms of like hard and fast
game changers, Kamara is where I start to draw the line.

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Jacobs is close though. I think Jacobs is a really
good running back, and just how he fits into a
gap scheme plus even zone as well, I think is
significantly important. But I mean, he he played so good
with the Raiders for years when they were terrible, and
then was another boon for the packers. Oh, Aaron John Man,

(30:10):
Aaron Jones is so electric, I don't think. Oh, but
he's also like a deep threat, and you get him
on a rail route. I would hard and fast line.
I would draw it to Kamara for sure. I think
you could make a case for Jacobs or Jones being
game changers, but I would hard and fast. I draw
the line of Kamara, so Saquon cmc, Henry Taylor, Alvin Kamara.

(30:33):
I also think, I mean, if we're just going from
the top, but I also think b John Robinson is
a definite game changer, and I also think Ashton Gent
is in there. Yeah, so that's fair. So I would
say a hard one, two, three, four, five, I would
say the top five or game changers. So is b
Jehon Robinson, John Robinson's So is Bjeon Robinson. So is

(30:56):
Ashton Gent. Ah Nix Aunt told me he secretly wants
to tank for Jeremiah Love instead of paying Cook Yo man.
Jeremiah Love running back for Notre Dame Long Speed. He's
got some power playing with a brace on his leg
and the playoffs and carrying defenders into the end zone
and breaking tackles. Man, that boy can play. Yeah. Love

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is a sweet one. Love is a sweet one. Uh what,
as Roy says, from the sounds of it, I don't
think Cook would take ten million dollars a year. It's
all gonna depend on the market. I think he's gonna
test free agency and then we go from there. Who knows.
Maybe no one offers him above nine. Maybe no one
offers him above eleven, and so he's like, Okay, I'll
go with the best team that offered me ten. We

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don't know until he gets to the market. Maybe there
is a team out there that pays him fifteen or
gets close to fifteen, or gets close to twenty. I
don't think twenty is gonna happen, but maybe gets close
to fifteen. We'll see. Timbosa's Cook seems like he's got
good character as well, like in the locker room, and
has done everything the bills asked. I think that's fair.
Connor says, I think Jacobs did change the Packers' offense

(32:02):
in a very positive way. Absolutely, their their gap scheme.
Runs just started hitting a lot more with his power
and his his body control and how he's built with
the speed and like the short the short area burst explosion. Yeah, man, yeah,
I on't see music. Balaker says, did you guys watch
his press comments? He seemed unhappy? See but this is

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what I mentioned earlier. I don't know if he seemed
unhappy or that's also just kind of par for the
course for how James cook is like He's been that
way since he came in the league. It's like, hey,
you got drafted, how do you feel? And he's like, yeah,
I feel good, happy to be in the NFL, and
you're like, oh, okay. That's just kind of how he
he's always been. Joe says, I'm a huge fan of Hubbard.
Not elite, but deserves a lot more shine. I hope

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he see he gets some more shine. I also think
Bryce Young played well down the stretch in some of
the Panthers tape I've watched, and that wasn't talked about enough.
I also like Jaylen Cooker, so shout out to the
Panthers offense. Spinn says, how is Jenti a game changer?
What game has he changed in the NFL? He hasn't yet,
He hasn't played in the NFL. I believe in his
projection because of his play style and his skill set.
So I would consider him a game changer, the type

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of skill set that he has, the traits that he has. Again,
I know that he hasn't done in the NFL yet,
and it's all projection, but I'm a believer in his projection.
I just think the tape was very strong, his skill set,
him doing it against top tier talent and defenses even
when everybody and their mother knew he was the focal
point of the offense and he was getting the ball.
Just the vision, the pace, the contact balance, his contact

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balance is almost oh. I mean like Kamara is an
alien when it comes to his contact balance, but Genti's
is up there, man, And that's a significant compliment coming
from me at least. So I think Genti's got game.
I'll say game changer potential if it makes you feel better.
But I just think his skill set is tremendous. We'll

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see what he can do with the Raiders with how
they've been built. But yeah, I think genty has game
changer potential. I'll say because he hasn't done it yet
in the NFL. But fair point, I said, you know,
I don't know how many teams will pay for that billy,
he says, the Cowboys with the Yeah, the Cowboys would
pay James Cook. Jerry Jones would give Cook a nineteen
million year. Oh Joe's Matt happy, he says, yes, and

(34:16):
got him from Greg and our league. I am here
for him and proud oh boy. Jalen Coker. Yeah, I
thought I wanted the Bills to get him as a
UFUDFA out of holy Cross. They did not. But conversation
for another time. So that's the contract situation, right. Kind
of put that into perspective, taking a peek at what
these guys make in terms of the running backs, what
the market looks like, what Cook is rumored to want,

(34:38):
kind to see what that would look like in terms
of the projection. Just having that conversation as far as
what Cook is, I want to talk about what he
is before we get to some of the numbers, because
I do think and I'm gonna talk out of both
sides of my mouth a little bit here. I do
think the Bills offensive line is the engine that drives

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the Bills. They are a strong group. They pass protect well,
They're versatile in the run game. They can block gap scheme,
they can block zone. They are physical yet athletic. They've
got good combinations of skill sets and traits in different
quantities across the board, across the starters, everybody can do
a little bit of something like the other but also different,

(35:20):
like the sliders are tuned up and twitched in different
ways or tweaked in different ways. I should say so.
The offensive line is very important, and I do think
most running backs would have success behind this offensive line
and with this run game, and with the run scheme.
That being said, I do think James Cook played above
the scheme and did a lot more from an individual

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level than gets credit for. In twenty twenty four. There are, man,
just those duo runs that Eric and I have broken
him down in the film room. I've showed him here
in this Guy's coverage. I've showed him on Twitter those
runs where it's designed to get that unblocked defender. And
he even did going back to twenty twenty three when
Dorsey was running the offense before Brady took over. Cook's

(36:03):
ability to function on duo and just know where that
unblocked defender is going to be and make him miss
if it's a corner. He's shown he showed the ability
in twenty twenty four that Okay, cool, I can run
through that guy, or he's still fast enough to run
or run past a corner. If it's a linebacker, you
can shake him and get through them a little bit
because he's got some wiggle ran with a bit of
better pad level this past year, had some better yards

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after contact in twenty twenty four, which I want to
talk about the speed and the juice that is there
with the displacement that the Bills offensive line creates. I'm
talking about both horizontally and vertically, their ability to take
guys and move them out of gaps left and right,
and their ability to take guys and displace them vertically
and knock them back several yards. His speed in his
pace allows him to eat up those yards, those available

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free yards, eat them up very quickly. Now, yes, you
could say on the other side, well, if the offensive
line's creating space, anybody can eat up those free yards. Sure,
but his juice and his past and his decisiveness, especially
the kind that he showed in twenty twenty four, allows
him to take more advantage of that space that the
Bill's offensive line creates. And then the scheme versatility that

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he started to show again. He was this zone runner
in college, really had a good feel for pressing that line,
letting the hole develop, and then flowing like water wherever
he needed to. If he needed to stay front side,
he'd stay front side. If you needed to cut back
one hole or two or three, he could. If you
need to cut all the way back across the grain
and get outside the tackle box, he could. He had

(37:29):
that feel, he had that speed, but the gap scheme
stuff was you know, his time was off a little bit.
It was almost like he got a little bit too
ahead of himself, wouldn't let the blocks develop. We saw
significant change in that year over year with the Bills,
and then even more so in twenty twenty four. This
offensive line again is the straw that stirs the drink
in a lot of ways. But the schematic diversity that

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the Bills run game had in twenty twenty four and
really that they've had for the past couple of years,
that week side mid zone run duo, and then all
the tackle pull stuff, whether it's dart or whether it's
tackle long trap. They ran some GT counter, they ran
some power. They're doing things out of spread against light
and neutral boxes. They're doing stuff out of condensed formations

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with six offensive linemen and multiple tight ends. Or Reggie
Gilliam on the field and they're going heavy and they're
running stuff. His pacing, his vision, the way he started
to set up his blocks and let things start to
breathe and develop and pace and then step on the
gas and hit the hole. I think he's really started
to develop as a runner. And for as good as
the offensive line is. And again, if I had to

(38:34):
pay James Cook or pay multiple members on the offensive
line to keep them together, I would pick the offensive
line option. But I do think the replaceable aspect of
this conversation, like, oh, it's fine, you could plug anybody
in there. It's fine. You could plug in Ray Davis
right now. It's fine. You could plug in Ray Davis
and Ty Johnson then they can do the job. It's fine,
you can draft anybody. I don't think it's as easy

(38:57):
as that. Again, I don't want to pay him fifteen
million a year. I don't want to pay him twenty
million a year. But James Cook on tape made a
significant difference for this run game. Again, even just in
some of them trying to think the first Chiefs game

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or the second the low red zone touchdown, not the
sick one in the AFC Championship where he essentially makes
the play happen himself and reaches across the goal line
on what was at fourth and one. I'm thinking the
other one I think was that the first game when
they were at home against the Chiefs where he gets
a carry to the right and it's not blocked and
he just beats chanall to the outside like the play

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isn't really blocked and he's like, I'll do something. Any
scores And he does that all the time, like he
makes something out of nothing. Because the speed, the vision,
the decisiveness, I don't think it's necessarily easy to replicate
any of those pieces, right. It's not easy to get
a running back with the kind of speed long and
short term burst both that he has. Let alone have
a guy who has that, plus the vision, plus the decisiveness,

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plus the ability to function in both zapp both gap
and zone schemes. That's a hard thing to just replicate.
Be like, oh, yeah, you just get another fast running back,
it'll be fine. I just don't think it's that simple.
Is it impossible? No? But I do think Cook deserves
more flowers than he's being given credit for. I think
during the season it was all like, man, Cook is awesome,

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Cook is sick, This is great, And then reports started
to come out that he really wanted to get paid,
and I feel like everybody was like, oh, well, he's
not He's not that good anyway. And I know I'm
using hyperbole and not everybody thinks that way, but I
do think he deserves more appreciation than he gets as
a receiver. Yes, there are some drops, there's that one
against Jacksonville, but he also you know, I still think

(40:42):
he's a weapon in the past game, whether it's as
you know, I'm up the sideline on those rail routes
or those wheel routes, or him just finding space as
a checkdown guy. He started to get better rhythm with Alan,
get into this, into the soft spots, getting on the
same page with Alan crossing his eyes, helping in the
scramble drill or helping as a checkdown guy, or even
that crazy off script throw that Alan makes to Cook

(41:04):
against the Lions, where Alan's rolling to his left and
Cook comes open and Alan fire's side arm opens up
to his right and fires it in there that's a
crazy alien throw from Alan. But Cook also runs a
route after the scramble drill like. Cook pretends like he
fakes like he's going up the sideline and then he
cuts it back inside to get open for Alan. Like

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he does have an impact on the game as receiver.
Now again you can play Devil's advocate and say, well,
Ray Davis has had some great pass catching moments. Ty
Johnson has had some great pass catching moments, Which is
both of those things are fair. I just think Cook's
ability and his usefulness and his role, what he means
to the offense and his skill set are being a
bit downplayed by the fan base. Again, I'm not saying

(41:47):
he deserves fifty million a year. I'm not saying he
deserves twenty. I would not give him that, But he's
better than he gets credit for it. That for me,
is what makes the conversation so hard, because I do
think he's a very valuable piece for this offense. I
do think he's a piece that you can't easily drop
in another guy and replace that production. I do think
you'd have to tweak some of your rates in terms

(42:07):
of calls or designs or concepts. You have to tweak
some things because again his speed does make a difference. Again,
just on those duo runs alone, you have that designed
unblocked defender, and usually it's a corner and nickelback. Some
man can be the safety, but usually it's a corner
that nickelback. It'll be on that outside. But depending on
all the scheme develops, sometimes you got to hit it

(42:28):
up inside. Sometimes they gum up the works inside and
you got to bounce that thing outside. Cook has the
speed to just bounce it outside, turn the corner and bang,
like make a difference consistently, even when you know it's coming.
There's even the one against the Ravens this past year
in the playoffs where he cuts a run back. Marlon

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Humphrey is slow playing it on the backside, like watching
for the cutback, Like he doesn't shoot down the line,
he doesn't scrape over the top like he's waiting for
the cutback. And Cook still hits the cutback and gets
across his face and Humphrey reaches out. He just gets
cooked by a piece of his dreads, and Cook just
runs right through it and keeps on going. I think

(43:12):
he's better than he gets credit for. Right now, I
think he's being downplayed a bit. I don't think. Again,
what he wants I think is a bit unrealistic for
the bills and even for me, Like if I'm a GM,
I'm not paying him that. But I do think he's
better than he gets credit for, which is again, is
what Muddy's this whole conversation. Now, some numbers. Just read
these in order, read them slow. For those of you

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you know well, I'm not showing them on the screen,
for those of you who for those of you listening
only and not watching, I don't have anything on the screen.
I'm just reading them. So James Cook in twenty twenty four,
I've got some James Cook numbers, and then I've got
some James Cook and Ray Davis comparison numbers. So James
Cook amongst forty six running backs with at least one
hundred carries in twenty twenty four, again forty six running

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backs with at least one hundred carries. This past season,
he was eighth in EPA per attempt. He was seventh
in EPA twenty sixth in broken tackles plus misstackles forced
per attempt, and he was eighth in yards per attempt.
That was per Sport's Info Solutions per PFF their advanced metrics,
there were forty seven running backs to qualified. I don't

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know how there's abscrepancy there, but he was eleventh in
yards before contact per attempt and fourteenth in yards after
contact per attempt. Explosive runs between he and Ray Davis.
This is what I thought. This was very funny. Actually
know one more before I go into there. James Cook's

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yards after contact per attempt in twenty twenty four three
point three yards after contact per attempt in twenty twenty four.
It was two point seven in twenty twenty three and
two point nine in twenty twenty two. So he improved
as versus his rookie year versus last year, and especially
versus two twenty twenty three, over a half yard more

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after contact per attempt. And I know that doesn't seem
Oh man, it's a half yard. What does that matter?
That's the kind of the difference between like second and
five and almost second and four, or a third and
one versus third inches, or you know, actually getting spotted
as a first down that matters. So the three point
three yards after contact per attempt, and I think again,
I think that matches a bit with the improvement we saw.
I don't think he's ever gonna be Derrick Henry where

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he's just running through shoulders and running through dude's chess.
But you saw more of a physical presence to James
Cook's running game in twenty twenty four. He was running
through some shoulders, he was running through arm tackles, he
was breaking some stuff and falling forward a lot. It
took multiple guys to bring him down, and especially around
the goal line some of those touchdowns he was finishing
through contact with authority to cross the goal line. So

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wanted to put that out there for his yards after
contact per attempt in overall with his holistic numbers. Now,
so James Cook and Ray Davis pieces James Cook eight
explosive runs on two hundred and sixty nine attempts in
twenty twenty four. And I want to confirm a number,

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and these eight, I would say, you want to confirm
because people define explosive runs differently by the site. So
these are runs of ten or more yards, these explosive runs.
This is per PFF show show. So James Cook twenty
eight explosive runs aka twenty eight runs of ten yards
or more on two hundred and sixty nine attempts. That
is a ten point four explosive run rate. Ray Davis

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thirteen explosive runs on one hundred and twenty five attempts.
That's also a ten point four explosive run rate, which
I thought was hilarious, Like the same explosive run rate
between Cook and Ray Davis. Very funny. James Cook forty
eight misstackles forced on the year, That zero point one
to eight miss tackles four per attempt. Ray Davis thirty

(47:02):
miss tackles forced on the year. That is a zero
point two four rate of mis tackles force per attempt.
So more mis tackles forced for Davis than Cook. I
think that makes sense. He breaks more tackles the lowest
center of gravity, being a bit more bowling ballish in
his nature. Low says, not sure why my yards after

(47:23):
contact per attempt are slightly different. Got mine from NFL PRO,
which I believe pull from next gen. They do proll
from next Gen. And this is such a lou This
is such a great point, Like there are there are
certain things I use next Gen for. There's certain things
I use PFF four, there's certain things I use sports
Infos Solutions for and what's super annoying is they all
like tend to track things differently. Sometimes it's like small.

(47:45):
It's like somebody has somebody at ten point one versus
like ten point three. Others it'll be like big. Like
I've seen metrics where they'll have, you know, this person's
rate is nine point seven and another site will have
the same rate and it's like eleven point four, and
I'm like, I don't and I don't understand how they
get there. I know people who work in the NFL
office and who work for some of these third party

(48:06):
metrics providers, and I've tried to figure out how and why,
and they don't really know the answer either, So they're
just kind of weird. I trust, I will say I
trust Next Gen over anyone for everything. I was just
gathering all these other advanced metrics from PFF that Next
Gen didn't have for me, so I like to keep
everything on an even scale, which is why I kind

(48:28):
of kept it that way. And I also trust some
of the stuff that Sports Sports Info Solutions had and
then I was gathering other metrics from there, so I
just tried to keep it as holistic as possible. But
on the whole I trust next Gen more than anyone.
But yeah, it is frustrating. You'll get different even the
coverage ones are the biggest ones too, right. You'll be like, oh,
how many how many times does a team you know

(48:50):
run cover three? And it'll be like, feel three different sites,
three different percentages seventeen percent, eighteen percent, thirteen percent. You're like,
what that shouldn't be different at all? And the seventeen
eighteen can be close. If it's like one or two
percentage points that can still Okay, that's negligible, but yeah,
fair point. Sorry not to get off on a tangent.
But I don't know, people, I don't know if it's
human error. I do actually know this answer. Some sites

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use humans to do the grading and the charting. Some
sites use AI to do it, and they've taught them
how to grade. They've taught the AI how to grade,
and then they use AI to grade everything. So humans
versus computers we have a skin that situation. Okay, So

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though James Cook and Ray Davis explosive runs misstackles forced,
now this next piece James Cook and Ray Davis in
twenty twenty four versus neutral and light boxes neutral boxes
are traditionally seven defenders. Light boxes are quantified as six
defenders or less. I pick that cutoff because heavy boxes

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for playing at home, are you traditionally eight defenders are
more in the box. Ray Davis saw a lot of
heavy boxes, not because teams are like, oh, ray Davis
is on the field, we got to load the box,
but because he got some of that. James says, we
need analytics or the analytics. It's a brave new world.
That's funny. I like that Ray Davis saw carries in

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I don't want to say garbage time, but essentially the
end of game run the clockout scenarios where you got
some backups in there for the bills or you're just
trying to run the clock out, and so you're just
sitting there lining with a super condensed formation in a
heavy look. Maybe one receivers on the field split out wide,
but the defense knows, hey, they're running the ball. Let's
put ten guys in the box. And you're just like, Okay,
here's a yard, let's run off forty seconds. Here's another yard,

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let's run off forty seconds. Up, we lost two yards. Cool,
we're running out forty seconds. Boom, so Davis saw those
kind of those context mattering carries, which also influenced his
overall numbers, like it's hard to see Cook, I'm sorry
Cook and Davis and be like, oh, well, welcome me
to and break more tackles, Like woll, it's hard to

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break tackles when you got like ten defenders in the
box and they know you're gonna run the ball because
there's a minute and forty left on the clock, but
the defense has two timeouts and the game is kind
of done. Like just that context matters. So I wanted
to compare Cook and Ray Davis in twenty twenty four
versus neutral and light boxes because I thought that was
more encompassing of I don't want to say real game scenarios,

(51:24):
but times on the game mattered more, if that makes sense.
So attempts again, Ray Davis James Cook in twenty twenty
four versus neutral and light boxes seven defenders or less,
seven is neutral, light is six or less attempts. James
Cook one hundred and twenty six attempts, Ray Davis fifty attempts. Oh, also,

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this is amongst fifty three qualifying running backs. So James
Cook's one hundred and twenty six attempts in this area,
was twenty fifth out of fifty three qualifying running backs.
Ray Davis is fifty was last fifty third out of
fifty three qualifying running backs EPA per attempt. James Cook
was ninth in EPA per attempt out of those fifty

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three running backs versus neutral and light boxes, but Ray
Davis was nineteenth, So ten spots below and from a
point standpoint, not too crazy. James Cook was at point
positive point zero five. Ray Davis was positive point zero
one yards per attempt. James Cook was sixth with five
point four yards per attempt. Again, that speed makes a

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lot of difference with its the gap scheme, his own stuff.
He turns up those three yards and open alleys and
lanes very quickly. So Cook sixth and yards per attempt
at five point four yards, Ray Davis twenty second at
four point eight. So you no bit of a of
a drop from six to twenty second, but you know,
a little over a half yard difference. Again, I think

(52:48):
that's due to the speed of Cook kind of making
up for that. A stuff rate those are stuff is
a run that goes for zero or less yards. Cook
his stuff rate fourteen point three percent. That was twenty fourth.
The higher you are, the better, The higher the ranking
the better. Here I should say, the higher the percentage,
the worse you are. So Cook fourteen point three percent,

(53:09):
which was twenty fourth out of fifty three. Ray Davis
twenty four percent, so ten percentage points higher. That was
fifty first out of fifty three. But again, when are
his runs coming end of game scenarios? You know kind
of people, even if it's in these end of game
scenarios and they're not stacking the box, you kind of

(53:30):
know the run is coming. So maybe you're getting a
run blitz, maybe you're getting the defense selling out a
little bit. So that still influences things a little bit here.
But I do think the stuff rate or lack thereof
for Cook is also indicative again of that speed because
he turns out yards very quickly, and the decisiveness. He
sees a hole, he gets it. He knows how to
let the play developer, he knows who to be. He's
got that speed, he's confident in it. He's schemed diverse

(53:52):
at this point and a plus runner in both gap
and zone. It's really interesting piece there. Again, there's no
heavy box numbers here, So Ray Davis being fifty first
out of fifty three qualifying running backs and stuff rate
is very interesting. But again I do think and the
game scenario is still impacted a bit, but that is
one to know positive play rates, so these are runs

(54:12):
that generate positive EPA, essentially runs that are a win
for the offense. James Cook forty five point two percent,
which was eighteenth, Ray Davis forty six percent, which was fourteenth.
So Ray Davis is higher in this regard. Yards after
contact per attempt. Oh, this is a good one for
lou if you're still watching. Uh So this is for

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Sports Info Solutions. They had James cooks the yards after
contact per attempt at three point four, PFF had him
at three point three, so zero point one difference. Fun
So yards after contact per attempt James Cook eighth at
three point four per Sports Info Solutions, Ray Davis nineteenth
at three point one, so you know, point three difference
not a huge difference. There eleven spots in the rankings,

(54:57):
but the actual yards after contact per attempt is close
than the ringings indicate. But Cook finishing ahead of Davis again,
a kudos to Cook. I think improving this area. But
this is also another one where I think the you
have the tackle breaking ability and the run through ability
of Davis, but I think the speed will kind of

(55:18):
you gotta get that bowling ball where he'll kind of
ping kind of pinball off defenders and then kind of
go down where if Cook gets through a guy, that
speed is kind of carrying him forward and propelling him
for that. Juice is propelling him for it a little bit, Dave.
They're just different running styles. I think Davis is actually
shiftier and has more like kind of make a man

(55:38):
missing a foam booth capability, almost like Devin Singletary, not
to that level, whereas Cook is more of a slasher,
and I woulds say he runs like a solemn style skier.
But again I think that speed, both the long speed
and the short term juice and burst make a difference
in this area. So again, even when we're not talking
heavy boxes yards after contact or attempt neutral and light boxes,

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Cook averages more than Davis. And that's with Cook seeing
significantly more attempts again one hundred and twenty six to
Ray Davis's fifty broken and mistackles forced per attempt. Pretty
similar here. Cook was at sixteen point seven percent, which
is twenty third. Ray Davis was at sixteen percent, which
was twenty six and that's it for their numbers. So

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for those of you playing at home, I don't know,
Lou says, yes, of course, I'm still watching her, so silly,
I don't know, man, you could have tuned out. I
don't know. I also, I mean there's other sports going
on to night. Nobody tell me anything that's going on
because I avoid all spoilers or anything and everything baseball
and basketball, all that kind of stuff. But yeah, so
those are some the advanced metrics kind to put things
in perspective. So Cook, I think, from an advanced metrics standpoint,

(56:44):
outperformed Davis in a lot of areas, but didn't helpperform
him to this crazy en degree. It's not like Cook
was ninth and Davis was forty fifth, or you know,
these giant gaps in whe whether it was the actual
metric itself or the it wasn't a huge discrepancy on
a lot of them. Aside from excuse me, the stuffed

(57:05):
rate standpoint. I do like Ray Davis. I do think
he's a very good rotational back. We'll see if he's
built for more of a heavy workload this year, because
I do think he is going to get more of
a heavy workload. I think they're going to try and
incorporate him more into the offense. And I do think

(57:26):
he's a fit for kind of the downhill style of
the Bills offense, and they want to continue to build
more of this bully on offense, and they want to
run through your face and run through your chest. Ray
Davis is the guy for that. I think Cook started
to add some of that to his game last year,
but still kept the speed and the juice and the burst.

(57:48):
And I think that is what is so intriguing to
me with Cook, that just does he improve again this
year with yards after contact per attempt? Does he continue
to build on the physical nature of his game in
terms of like the power. He's never gonna be a
power back, but you know what I mean, Like, does
he continue to add more to the power game in addition?

(58:09):
But he doesn't slack off in the speed, because that's
one thing, right all. You know, he started breaking more
tackles and running through guys, but he felt slow or
sluggish out there. He did not, like I don't know
if it was a mentality standpoint, or he added a
little more weight or a little more muscle, a little
more density to him. But man like I I really

(58:29):
do think he improved a lot last year from a
physicality standpoint, and that is good in and of itself,
but that paired with not losing the speed that's scary.
I just think he matters so much for this offense. Now.
One thing that we didn't talk about pass protection. Ray
Davis is a better pass protector than James Cook. And

(58:50):
from a pass protection standpoint, Cook really hasn't had even
just throughout his career like a ton so as a
rookie in twenty twenty two, only eighteen and this includes
the playoffs eighteen pass blocking reps in twenty twenty two,
is a rookie forty one as a second year player
in twenty twenty three, but then only fourteen in twenty
twenty four. I think he improved as a pass protector.

(59:14):
I still don't think he's there yet. You know, you'll
get you know, he's got he against the Jets at home,
you know he you know, hits his Molli block and
he reads, gets to the outside, checks inside, gets outside,
sees Quincy Williams coming off the edge, hits him in
the legs, flips him, torpedoes him, takes his legs out
and you're like, that's an awesome block. And then Leo Chanal,

(59:37):
you know, rushes in the AFC Championship game and Cook
tries to give him a shoulder Shanal gets through, kind
of heats up Allen. It's it. It's a bit of
a mixed bag with him. I do think he has
improved as a pass protector. I don't think he's ever
going to be a plus pass protector. And that's just

(59:57):
for me. It's just because of the size in the
frame that he has. He is not slender, but even
just compared with like Davis and Ty Johnson, who are
good examples, right, you've got guys who are stockier, a
little more dense, different center of gravity in terms of

(01:00:21):
where their weight is throughout their body and how they
are proportioned, how they are built. So I don't think
it's necessarily something that Cook's technique is going to have
to be on point every single time when he passed protects,
because he's gonna be just by default if some guy's

(01:00:43):
blitzing and coming at you, right, you're going to be
the nail more often than you're gonna be the hammer,
So your form has to be on point. If you're
not the biggest do it. Even if you are got
some meat and some thickness to you, like in some density,
your form still has to be on point. So his
technique is improved, but it's still not there yet, and
then he doesn't have the margin for air because of
how he's built in his frame. I think he's a

(01:01:05):
willing blocker and he reads his assignments like you could
see him key in and be all right. But I
just think it's a miss bag. And he's had some
really impressive pass pro reps the past couple of years.
He's also had some really black kind of ones. But
I do think it's a significant part when you're talking
about a guy that wants to get paid, like a

(01:01:27):
top three back or five back or top tier however
you want to quantify it, Like you look at those
dudes like Sequon Barkley is a good pass protector. Christian
McCaffrey is a good pass protector. Album Kamara isn't a
stud pass protector, but he can carry and hold his own.
B Jon Robinson is a good pass protector. I mean,
he's not paid there yet, but he will be in
a couple of years, if not next year. Like that

(01:01:48):
type of level true three you know, quote unquote three
down back, you need to be able to pass protect.
And with Cook's ability as a receiver, I do think
his lack of ability as a pass protector hinders the
receiving ability is when are you catching passes on passing downs?
So you need to be on the field for those
passing downs. But can you be on the field if

(01:02:10):
you're a liability potentially in pass protection, And then someone
might say, like that's fine, just don't have a pass protector,
send him out on the routees. Fair, But then you're
only running five man protections with your offensive line. That's
how you can get gamed up. That's how you can
get caught if teams know you're gonna be running a
lot of five man protections. Like that type of predictability
and tendency giveaway also hurts you a little bit, So

(01:02:34):
it is something that plays into it. And I do
think Davis is a fine pass protector. He's got the willingness,
he's got the readability, and the end in terms of
scanning and figuring things out assignment sound. I do think
Cook is willing, and I do think Cook is assignment sound.
They're just built differently physically, and I think Davis being heavier, shorter,
a little more stocky, lower lower center of gravity, a

(01:02:55):
little more dense in terms of how he's built and
how he's proportioned, helps him kind of with stand the
nail versus hammer type of aspect that occurs when running
backs gets splitz are in general. James says, the tree
is glowing tonight, or it could be me. It does
kind of look like it because the garland is gold
and silver down there and then yellow up there, so

(01:03:15):
it's like intensifying the lights, which is fair. Argie says
Cook is kind of awful at Passport. I won't say awful.
I don't think he's a plus there. I think he's
I think he's inconsistent because there's some really great reps
with him in Passporo and there's also some really unfortunate ones.
So he's just inconsistent, which again I think ties a

(01:03:37):
lot into how he's built and his size and frame.
A question here from the entertainment, Hey, Aunt, do you
see Brady doing some two back stuff this year. I
would like that. I mean they did at times last
year we saw like Ty Johnson and James Cook, but
I would like more two back stuff. Give me any combination.
Give me Cook and Tie, give me Cook and Davis.

(01:03:58):
Give me Davis Tie like whatever. I'm a good I'm
a fan of good old pony personnel. Give me some
two back stuff. Get creative again. One of the run
games I loved well. Two of the run games I
loved last year. I've talked about it on social a bunch.
I've broken it down. I've I've shown a bunch of clips.
The Buccaneers run game last year and the Packers run
game last year, very creative, especially from a gap scheme perspective,

(01:04:22):
and they did a lot of cool stuff with two
back sets split gun, but you know, just two back sets,
you know, with the Buccaneers with or Shot White and
Bucky Irving, and then the Packers really was Josh Jacobson
like a whole cast of dudes. It was other running backs.
It was Jade Reid back there. I would like the
Bills to lean into some of that as another give
me more pistol, as I say every year, but little

(01:04:45):
wrinkles of the offense this year. Give me more pistol,
give me more. Give me two things with the running backs.
Give me more pony personnel, So two traditional running backs,
and also give me more twenty one. I think Reggie
Gilliam is under used and I think he's a hammer
as a blocker in the run game, and I want
to see him more. James says, thirteen formation this year.
I would also take thirteen personnel. Give give me thirteen

(01:05:06):
personnel with Kincaid out. I said this on the show before,
with Kincaid split out wide, and then give me Knox
and Hawes attached to the formation. And then while we're
at it, let's go six offensive linemen and then we're
just gonna maul the hell out of everybody. Or we'll
go play action and see if somebody can run with
Knocks or run with Hawes or who's covering Kincaid one
on one outside. Give me that, Give me that. Ralph says,

(01:05:28):
do you think Davis can improve in the zone run scheme? Actually,
I'm gonna pull on some numbers here. Yeah, I think
improvement in general is capable. For I don't want to
say like everybody at all times but I mean even
just look at what what Cook was as a gap

(01:05:50):
scheme runner in college versus what he is now. Like
that ability to improve and develop up it's possible, and
I think it translates to multiple schemes. It's just a
matter of continuing to get those repetitions. I know it's
gonna sound like super kind of gota keep you know,

(01:06:12):
getting time on task, got to keep building those reps
on and so forth. But I do think it is
an area where he can improve. And I'm pulling up
his college stats. They're taking forever, uh to load, but
I do think he has the presence for it based
off of I'm trying to get these thank you finally

(01:06:32):
they loaded, going to load Ray Davis's stats. Oh you're
not gonna give me? Why are you doing this to me?
So terrible? Uh, there we go, thank you, And this
is what I thought. So in his college career, four
hundred and fifty six zone runs compared to two hundred

(01:06:53):
and eighty gaps, so he had a good mixture of
gap in zone. But he was more of a zone
runner in college than he was a game gap scheme runner,
which is why I think the improvement in zone is
more just running those reps in the NFL, because it's
not like he's unfamiliar with zone and doesn't know how
to kind of press the line or watch a little bit.

(01:07:14):
I do think him began at being creative a little
bit more and or more decisive, just kind of taking
more ownership of making things happen rather than just going
with the play. But I think that I think that
involves more time on task, more confidence, more ability to
feel like you have ownership at your spot rather than
just being like, yo, I'm a rookie. Let me do
my job and just get in get out type of deal.

(01:07:36):
But I think he's a good zone runner. I think
he's a good gap scheme runner. I think he's a
good pass catching back and a good blocker. He does
a lot of things well. He's above average and a
lot of things. I don't know if he's a plus
guy in any one area, but he's above average and
a lot of Oh he's above average to above above
average in a lot of ways. And I think he's
comfortable in zone. It's just a matter of continuing to

(01:07:57):
run him with that at the NFL level. And now
I'm going to look up his NFL stance because I
had him and then they went away, and then this year, yeah,
I will say even decently balanced with the bills and
as a rookie sixty eight gap fifty zone, so the

(01:08:17):
decent bounce almost close to fifty to fifty, which is cool. JOSEPHS.
And what is your thought on Cook against stack boxes
and whether or not that is another avenue for him
to develop. I think he's good against stack boxes out
of I have this in my notes too. Out of
thirty eight qualifying running backs, he was twelve in EPA

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per attempt at positive point zero one against stack boxes,
which again not amazing, not terrible for those of you
who playing at home. Ray Davis was twenty ninth at
negative zero point one to three, but again it's different
when you're selling out and you kind of know what's
coming versus what's not coming. What's also interesting though, Ray

(01:09:05):
Davis's yards after contact per attempt versus stacked or heavy
boxes two point seven yards after contact per attempt, which
is fourteenth James Cook two point three which is twenty seven.
Have some fun pieces. I think Cook's a good running
back in general, Like I think he feasts against the
light boxes. I think he's built for like a spread

(01:09:26):
run game like two by two, three by one. Let
him take advantage of a six man box or a
five man box if you can get in and just eat
up that free yardage because of the space and the
angles and the leverage. But I think he's a competent
back in almost anything like zone gap, light box, neutral box,
stack box. Again, he's not some hammer that you know

(01:09:47):
he's gonna pound through and run through defensive tackles and
guys like that. You want him working in a bit
more space. But his speed is an advantage even with
the heavy box, because if you're not gap sound or
you get displaced as a defense, you might not have
those guys on the back end who forced him out
of bounds. And you know, okay, turns this ten yard

(01:10:08):
run into an eleven run. Eleven yard run. Now, if
you're stacking the box and he gets through, that ten
yard run becomes like a forty yard touchdown or whatever
it is because there's nobody back there, you know, playing
safety net. But good question, Good question, Ryan says, I
think the cook can't block narrative is a weak talking
point when it comes to whether or not we should

(01:10:29):
pay him or not, or whether when it comes to
whether we should pay him or not. I think it's
valid because it's something that he needs to improve, and
it like well, like I mentioned, it's tied to his
receiving value. Like part of why I loved Cook coming
out of Georgia was I was like, oh, man, what
he could be as a runner, but what he could
be as a pass catcher. And I still don't even
think they've unleashed him as like a pass catcher because
he could run actual routes. But you're just limited a

(01:10:51):
bit if you're having him out there on third down
and he's not going to be pass protecting, Like that
means again you are so are you just running five
man protections? Are you keeping a tight end into chip
or near the line? Okay? Are you keeping are you
gonna have him chip at all? Or not do anything?
All of those things lead to certain things. From a
tendency standpoint, There's only certain formations you can get into.

(01:11:12):
There's only so many looks you can get into, and
then the concepts you can get into off of that,
and then the defense picking up on that they know
like it's more of kind of like you never want
the defense to know like, oh, if they do this,
only two things can happen. You want them to be like, man,
if they do this, twenty five things could happen. If
Cook Camp block or he's a liability, or you're not
going to use him as that blocker. You could still

(01:11:35):
use him as a pass catcher. But it just limits
the menu of what you can do, and then you
become a little more predictable and there's a little more
tendency and tells that are available to a defense. That's
where it comes from for me. I also think that's
where it comes from in the league. But you know,
to each their own, Low says, Cook is a willing blocker,
but his forum has always been i'll say spotty because

(01:11:56):
he lunges and gets off balance with it. He's prone
to mistakes and that means unreliable. I think that's fair.
I think that's fair. And again, because of how he's
built his size and frame, you don't have any margin
for air and that puts him at a disadvantage. What else,
what Claude says, if you have a running back of

(01:12:17):
Camp blocks bags is just going to send one more
than you can handle to blow up a critical play.
That's kind of what was in my head as I
was speaking. That's fair. Mhm. What else Ryan says, Hopefully
Anderson replaces Edwards's left guard, as well as Torrents taking
another steps, our old line improves even more us using

(01:12:38):
six linemen last year's skewed performance of our O line
more positively, m I think the on line was still
good even just with the five man stuff and the
sixth offensive lineman stuff is super deadly, because how do
you match that if you're a defense, especially considering the
Bills have athletic pass catching tight ends who you can
hip off and you can have Alec Anderson be that
inline guy. But I think there, I don't think they're

(01:13:02):
using six linemen kind of skewed. I think it helped
to kind of put more emphasis on the old line.
But even when it was just a five on line
on the field with twelve personnel or eleven in a
traditional sense, they were still moving guys like they have
a very competent, good offensive line. Oh good coming here
from Claude saying the problem is with Cook, it's with

(01:13:22):
the position he plays, and it's a glit of talent.
Breis Hall and Kenneth Walker don't have second contracts either.
That's a very fair, very fair point. Oh, John says
Cook's probably the most controversial player since Tremaine Edmonds.

Speaker 2 (01:13:36):
Oh yeah, yeah, maybe he might be right now.

Speaker 1 (01:13:46):
Oh that's a fun one. You might be right. I'm
trying to think of anybody else that maybe maybe Kean Coleman.
Just what I see from people, I think some people
are super high on some people are like, now he's terrible,
we made a mistake. Yeah, but Cook is a fair one,

(01:14:07):
fair shot, Ryan says in regards to Cook, But they'd
also don't use him ever. He's a willing blocker and
more reps will help make you better. I think that's fair.
But it's always just that balance of getting a guy
time on task to make him better versus how much
does it hurt you in the moment and make you

(01:14:31):
vulnerable in the moment. I think that's the type of thing.
But a fair point there, Ryan, Oh, everybody in the
chat saying Diggs, Oh, I was talking about like right now,
like on the team right now. Yeah, if it's if
we're talking like since Edmund's in total Yeah, it's Stefan Diggs.
I mean Diggs is probably more contra well, different type
of controversial than Evans. Well, yeah, but it was a
thousand percent beste fon Diggs. I thought we were talking

(01:14:52):
about just like who's on the team right now, which
I guess I read that wrong. Yeah, it would be
Stefan Tacks. Not even close. Oh, Ryan says, well, we're
lucky to have Chromer. Who's the best offensive line coach
in the league. You never let him go. Man, there's
several really good old line coaches Stoutland in Philly, Andy,
Heck in Kansas City. You've got Chromer. There's a bunch

(01:15:15):
of really good old line coaches. Chromer is legit, Like
you could make a case for Chromer being the best,
and even if not, he's still like it's because like,
oh he's a nine point seven out of ten, but
there's a several dudes that are like nine point eights
and nine point nine's Like, Chromer is so good, Yeah,
absolutely tremendous, really good thought there you no one else
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(01:15:39):
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(01:16:21):
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(01:17:08):
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salads were on point. The pizza I got, of course,

(01:17:31):
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(01:18:16):
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But I'm from Jamestown. I really like this. Thank you
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but people I forget. All the RJ in the comments
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someone's like, can they put one in Toronto or put

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chromer there, uh Lou, and then John saying just don't
steal his beach chair. Ooh, oh wow, John says, if

(01:19:00):
you had to choose three year extension at fifteen million
a year for McGovern or for Cook, wow, hold on,
I want to check. I want to check center contracts.
So Connor McGovern getting fifteen million a year at center

(01:19:22):
would make him the third highest paid center in the NFL.
Creed Humphrey is first at eighteen million a year. Cam
Jurgens is second at seventeen and then Drew Dollman was
signed by the Bears this offseason. He's third at fourteen million.
Oh ah, I don't really want to do either of those,

(01:19:46):
but I would prefer sorry, I would prefer to have
Connor McGovern back. Oh. That's a tough one though, just
because I don't like the money for either. I think
it's an overpay for either. I'd rather do. I'd rather
get McGovern Like. Ah, I don't want to give my
govern fifteen a year. I want to take that money

(01:20:07):
and give mc govern like eleven million a year, and
then I want to give the other for a one
year four million dollar contractor like a wide receiver. That's
what I want to do. I'm gonna cheat, sorry, Oh,
Joe says the first time I try one pie, which
will hopefully be in the fall, will be a top
tier moment. It's going to be one of my first
spots to hit. You better get it. Also, if you're

(01:20:29):
gonna come here in the fall, you better hit me
up when you're here. But you know, to each their
own if you don't have time. I get it. I'm
just one of the little people. But it's fine, got yourself,
swampie pizza. It will change your it will change it
will forever. Well my yeah, hiccups, what is going on here?
It will forever change you, forever change you. Umm oh,
Lou says if those are my choices in Chromer, I

(01:20:49):
trust and I'm paying Oh my god, hiccup and like crazy,
I gotta end this show in chromer, I trust and
I'm paying Cook. But I don't like either. Yeah, yeah,
I'm a governor for fifteen and cook for fifteen. I
don't like either of those. For fifteen. I'm legitimately torn
because I I don't like either. Yeah, I'm torn. I'm
gonna yeah, I'm gonna cheat and give that answer that

(01:21:10):
I cheated with. That was really tough. John, Power to
you for giving a real tough one. As we kind
of end here. Oh my god, all right, that one
was crazy. I gotta go. I'm throwing up the band.
This as tootles, folks, because I can't stop pickupping and
this is crazy. Hold on, I'm gonna take a drink
of water so I can struggle my way through this.

(01:21:32):
Thanking everybody who tuned in to this episode. I really
hope I don't hack up again. I'm like legitimately dreading it.
I appreciate everybody who tuned in live. I know we're
in the slow point of the off season, so I
appreciate everybody who tuned in to not having to be
alone on the show on a Tuesday night. And again,
apologies for I thought hup was gonna come. Apologies for

(01:21:53):
not doing the show last week. I will be doing
some extra episodes with disguised coverage this week next week
in some form or fashion, to be making up for
everything so that you still get the episode quantity and
quality of course that you should be getting with this show. Sorry,
I took a breath to make sure I would hick
up again. So yeah, so keep on the lookout for
that again. I don't have it locked in. In terms of scheduling,

(01:22:14):
and planning. It's more just when I can fit them in.
So you'll see some last not last minute, but you'll
see some social posts on Blue Sky, on Twitter. I'll
kind of just put them out put the episode. You
obviously get the notifications here on YouTube and on the
audio platforms for that stuff. So I'll put that out
as soon as I can. Got some more individual player profiles.
Probably gonna do some stuff with some film. I see

(01:22:38):
claud Claude says, a great show and I hold your breath. Yeah,
but then if I hold my breath and everybody's just
watching me hold my breath, like, I don't know what
I'm gonna do, but I appreciate you. Oh that's really nice, John,
Thank you very much for that. I don't like to
pull up positive stuff when I'm by myself. I feel
like it's corny to just be like, oh, look at this,
look at this nice thing somebody said about me, Look
at me. But I see all these nice comments that
are coming through from everybody, and I appreciate them a lot.

(01:23:00):
Thank you very much for everyone in general. But yeah,
I like that one, John, that means a lot. I
like that specific kind of feedback, and that is something
I'm cognizant ofve so thank you very much for that.
But yeah, think everybody who tuned in live for this episode.
If you have not already, whether you're watching live now
or watching later, please please please and think you drop
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(01:23:21):
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the entire cover One channel and brand. And yeah, that's
a good one, Ralph. Ralph says Josh got put on

(01:23:43):
ir all caps with an extra major voicetid I scare
the hiccups away. I don't know if the scary one
has ever worked for me. I've had to do the
whole my breath one and sometimes it works, but the
scaring one I don't think has ever worked for me.
And although I don't think any I've kind of known
that someone's gonna try and scare me. So what hasn't worked?
But this conversation for another time. I appreciate everybody who
tuned in this episode live later, audio only, YouTube, whatever

(01:24:03):
form or fashion your episode consumption comes in, I am
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(01:24:24):
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(01:24:44):
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I appreciate you. Folks more than you will know. And
I hope you and your family and friends and loved
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one another, please take care of one another. Please, I

(01:25:08):
will see you. When I see you, godspeed, as always
go Bills

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