{"id":656817,"date":"2026-05-21T17:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/656817\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:17:09","slug":"with-james-cook-not-at-bills-otas-frank-gore-jr-gets-more-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/656817\/","title":{"rendered":"With James Cook not at Bills&#8217; OTAs, Frank Gore Jr. gets more work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bills head coach Joe Brady said he was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/joe-brady-pleased-with-attendance-at-bills-voluntary-work-great-guys-who-want-to-be-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pleased with the attendance<\/a> at the start of Organized Team Activities. But one high-profile Bills player wasn\u2019t there: James Cook.<\/p>\n<p>Cook, who led the NFL with 1,621 rushing yards, was not present for the start of OTAs. It\u2019s unclear whether Cook plans to attend voluntary practices for the rest of the offseason, and there\u2019s been no reason given for his absence. Missing OTAs will cost Cook his $250,000 workout bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Often when star players aren\u2019t at OTAs, that\u2019s a sign that they\u2019re not happy with their contracts. Cook just signed a four-year, $46 million contract nine months ago, so it would be awfully early for him to become unhappy. But last week Dolphins running back De\u2019Von Achane signed a four-year, $64 million contract, which could have changed Cook\u2019s assessment of whether he\u2019s being properly paid as the NFL\u2019s leading rusher.<\/p>\n<p>With Cook not on the practice field, third-year running back Frank Gore Jr. got a lot of work at the start of OTAs. Matt Parrino of Syracuse.com reports that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/buffalo-bills\/2026\/05\/joe-brady-explained-how-josh-allen-and-dj-moore-are-building-chemistry-at-bills-otas-observations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gore looked explosive and decisive<\/a> during the non-contact practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bills head coach Joe Brady said he was pleased with the attendance at the start of Organized Team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-656817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}