{"id":121258,"date":"2025-06-11T11:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/121258\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:46:13","slug":"bills-running-back-james-cook-is-at-bills-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/121258\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Running Back James Cook Is At Bills Minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buffalo Bills running back James Cook is in Buffalo and participating in the Buffalo Bills&#8217; minicamp.<\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of speculation that Cook would skip the minicamp because he wants a new deal from the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenew961.com\/tags\/buffalo%20bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cook is in the final year of his rookie contract and wants a new deal worth around $15 million dollars per year. The Bills have balked at paying that much for now.<\/p>\n<p>Why Is James Cook At Minicamp?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is simple: money. <a href=\"https:\/\/thenew961.com\/tags\/buffalo%20sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cook<\/a> was asked by reporters why he showed up to minicamp and said, &#8220;I like my Money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The big question is, is Cook worth the contract he wants? In his career in <a href=\"https:\/\/thenew961.com\/tags\/new%20york%20sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buffalo<\/a>, he has rushed for over 2600 yards, scored 20 touchdowns, and has been a force in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Last season in the playoffs, he rushed for 272 yards and three touchdowns in three playoff games. He also caught six passes for 64 yards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenew961.com\/james-cook-traded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: DO THE BUFFALO BILLS MAKE THIS TRADE TO SEND JAMES COOK TO NEW YORK?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are those the type of numbers to get a contract like Saquon Barkley, who signed a new extension with Philly in March? <\/p>\n<p>Some people say yes, some say no. What do you think? Let us know <a href=\"https:\/\/thenew961.com\/james-cook-buffalo-bills-minicamp\/mailto:dave.fields@townsquaremedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE <\/a>or send us your thoughts using our APP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/attachment-900-1.jpg\" alt=\"The New 96.1 WTSS logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Check out some photos of James Cook in action from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Photos Of Buffalo Bills Running Back James Cook<\/p>\n<p>Check out the best photos of James Cook from the 2024 NFL season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/961thebreeze.com\/author\/davefields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dave Fields<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills running back James Cook is in Buffalo and participating in the Buffalo Bills&#8217; minicamp. There was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,7430,2086,7,6,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-121258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalo-stuff","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114664569819738006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}