James Cook's Contract Standoff: How Does This Get Resolved?

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00:00buffalo though who and i feel barrel because cook has done everything right he has said the

00:06right things he's done the right things he showed up at camp he wasn't a distraction

00:10but now we're getting ready to play pre-season football and he's like how many more risks am

00:16i going to take before i actually get my contract i don't blame them and i still think it's going

00:21to get done do you yeah i think so james cook is in one of those we're in a pretty interesting spot

00:27with some of this nfl stuff and usually i feel like you get contract standoffs and you could get

00:33maybe like a 50 50 split of you know fans blaming the athlete i feel like all the organizations are

00:41in the wrong now it's pretty fun everyone's like just pay him because nobody believes these guys

00:45aren't actually going to get paid and if you're james cook like we don't know sometimes if running

00:51backs are going to get the you know the follow-up contract this is the first contract realistically

00:57that james cook is trying to secure so he should be very strict in his asking and whether or not

01:03he is going to show up and the bills need james cook as a safety net i think there's a chance that

01:09one of the trio of kincaid khalil shakir or keon coleman could break out this year one of them right i

01:17don't think all three of them that's ridiculous but what they need then behind that is the safety net

01:22that is james cook like i think we he did finish tied for the league lead in rushing touchdowns and

01:29it's not because josh stopped running them in himself he still had 12 of his own james cook

01:35had himself a fantastic season an incredible playoff run and the bills will be worse if he's

01:41not on that roster

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