{"id":79656,"date":"2025-08-13T13:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/79656\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:03:08","slug":"james-cook-bills-reach-4-year-48m-extension-after-rbs-hold-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/79656\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cook, Bills reach 4-year, $48M extension after RB’s hold-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alaina GetzenbergAug 13, 2025, 07:36 AM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n

Running back James Cook<\/a> and the Buffalo Bills<\/a> have reached agreement on a four-year, $48 million contract extension that includes $30 million guaranteed, his agents, Zac Hiller and Matt Leist of LAA, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The extension comes a day after Cook returned to Bills practice Tuesday following a four-day hold-in that resulted in the running back missing Buffalo’s first preseason game. Cook was in full uniform and fully participated throughout Tuesday’s session.<\/p>\n

“James could only envision himself as a Buffalo Bill,” Hiller said. “We are extremely thankful to the entire Bills organization and glad we could make that happen.”<\/p>\n

PlayerTermsQB Josh Allen6 years, $330MDE Gregory Rousseau4 years, $80MCB Christian Benford4 years, $76MWR Khalil Shakir4 years, $53MLB Terrell Bernard4 years, $50MRB James Cook4 years, $48M<\/p>\n

The Bills had maintained that they wanted to pay Cook throughout the offseason, with negotiations beginning early in the offseason and running into training camp.<\/p>\n

Cook is a two-time Pro Bowler and Buffalo’s lead running back, but he’s still part of a group. He was on the field for just over 45% of offensive plays last year, with Ty Johnson<\/a> often coming in on late downs and Ray Davis<\/a> also getting some opportunities.<\/p>\n

A member of a Bills offense that broke records, Cook tied a team record with 16 rushing touchdowns (O.J. Simpson) in 2024 and was fifth in yards before contact per rush (3.1). He took a significant step forward during the 2024 season, doubling his total touchdowns from the previous two seasons of his career (nine) in one year (18).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alaina GetzenbergAug 13, 2025, 07:36 AM ET CloseAlaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-79656","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\/79656","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=79656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}