Joe Marino talked about the pass pro argument and it turns out the Bills ask a RB to pass pro at a VERY low rate. And they asked James cook to do it a very small amount of times, not even once a game. While its true he is not good at it, it is also true they dont ask RB's to do it much. In additon to pass pro he is not an ideal back on short yardage and has suspect hands. Agree with the overall assessment, he is a two down back and not worth what he put out there.
People get so emotional about this stuff though, it is all just black and white. I see the case from both sides and I am not at all surprised they are not coming to an agreement. In this case I think it makes sense for Cook to want to get paid, he will have one chance to get a good payday. RB's get screwed by the current structure for rookies because they have such short career spans. If he plays this year he risks injury and never getting it (Bills have the leverage). However the Bills could look at him and say, he is not worth 15M AAV, on the open market he may get 10-12MAAV but we don't value him even there. So they are at a stand still, Cook and his reps will have to decide what the best course of action is. I woudl not be that surprised if the Bills are not that in interested in an extension at what his market rate would be. If he sits, he takes a hit on some of the 5M coming to him this year and teams may downgrade him just because of his potential to hold out.