James Cook Secures 4-Year, $48M Deal with Buffalo Bills

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00:00The Buffalo Bills fans exhaling here.

00:02Why?

00:02They got James Cook back in the fold.

00:04He did everything right.

00:05Didn't slam the team, gets upset at times, shows up to camp, puts his work.

00:10But you know what always helps out?

00:12When your all-world MVP quarterback gets in front of the microphone and is like,

00:16this guy's got to be signed, man.

00:17Like, we really need this guy.

00:19You know what happens a couple days later?

00:21The guy gets signed.

00:22Four years, $48 million.

00:24He's happy with the pay.

00:25You can give him the football 25 times a game.

00:27And away you go into your season.

00:29This is how good organizations handle things.

00:31Hey, player's not too happy right now.

00:33Player shows he's going to come to camp.

00:35Player's going to work out hard.

00:36Player's going to get paid.

00:37Hey, Cincinnati Bengals, Trey Hendrickson, we're looking at you.

00:40But the Bengals get their man four for 48.

00:42Love to see this.

00:43Week number one, they're hitting the ground running, Joe.

00:46Yeah, I mean, listen, he was a necessary part.

00:49And they're pretty good in the running back spot here, right?

00:52Ty Johnson, Ray Davis, and now Cook.

00:56I mean, they are pretty good in the running back spot.

00:59But clearly, Cook was a difference maker there.

01:04And it's not like the Bills had always, you know, they were on the fence about paying.

01:08The Bills had always maintained they wanted to pay him.

01:11They said it throughout the offseason.

01:13They said it when the, you know, when camp began.

01:16It was, to me, it was just a matter of time before they got there.

01:20And now the guy's got, you know, a $45 million deal, $30 million guaranteed.

01:25And all of a sudden, I mean, they've locked up Josh Allen, their defensive end, Rousseau,

01:30their cornerback, Benford, Khalil Shakir, locked up now for another four years.

01:35Their linebacker, Terrell Bernard.

01:37And now James Cook, all locked up for the Buffalo Bills for the foreseeable future.

01:42That's pretty impressive.