{"id":15682,"date":"2025-07-22T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15682\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:08:10","slug":"buffalo-bills-running-back-james-cook-will-report-to-training-camp-amid-desire-for-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15682\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Bills running back James Cook will report to training camp amid desire for new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/player\/james-cook\/868853\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/player\/james-cook\/868853\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Cook<\/a> does not appear intent on holding out.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL Network&#8217;s Tom Pelissero reports the two-time Pro Bowl running back, who has vocally sought a contract extension over the offseason, is reporting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/buffalo-bills\/296\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> training camp.<\/p>\n<p>There had been some thought that the 25-year-old Georgia product could stay home amid his pushing for a new deal. Still, Cook&#8217;s participation in on-field drills could be limited.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Miami, Cook was originally selected with the 63rd overall selection of the 2022 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in 16 games a season ago, rushing for 1,009 yards on 207 carries with a league-leading 16 touchdowns, tied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/player\/derrick-henry\/174596\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick Henry<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/baltimore-ravens\/299\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/detroit-lions\/308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/player\/jahmyr-gibbs\/985629\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jahmyr Gibbs<\/a>. Cook also added two receiving TDs.<\/p>\n<p>Cook is heading into the final year of of his rookie contract and will earn $5.27 million this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills are seeking a sixth straight AFC East title. The team opens its preseason slate on Aug. 9 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nfl\/team-page\/new-york-giants\/297\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a>. Its regular season begins on Sunday Night Football on Sept. 7 at home to the Ravens at Highmark Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Cook does not appear intent on holding out. The NFL Network&#8217;s Tom Pelissero reports the two-time Pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-15682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}