Cook signed👀 - 4 / 48 / 30 mil guaranteed

[Mister Defense]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Now, no distractions, obstacles.

 

And four years! 

 

Josh Allen has his guy,  Great things coming.

 

 

[Dave_Bills]

Excellent deal for the Bills. Good for James too

[Chandler#81]

SUPER BOWL!!

[GunnerBill]

2 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:

30 mil guaranteed,  so essentially it's a 5 year deal counting this one? I'm not good with understanding these things 

 

Yes. That $48 mill will essentially be spread over 5 years because the amortised signing bonus will start immediately and some of that money will hit the 2025 cap. 

 

EDIT: but the $5.7m cap charge already due this year has to be accounted for too. So if it's a 4 year $48m extension that leaves him with a 5 years $53.7m contract...... 

Edited August 13 by GunnerBill

[dollars 2 donuts]

Glad he is in.

 

would have preferred the 3 yrs 36, 24 guar.

 

Just hope they have room for McGovern and Torrence next year. 

Edited August 13 by dollars 2 donuts

[SCBills]

4 years works for me.  He hardly has any miles on the tires from UGA and we don’t exactly run him into the ground either. 

[haroldwaide]

When McDermott was able to talk him into warming up last week, plus he returned to practice, I figured a reasonable deal was close.

 

Congrats to both sides.  Now win the damn Lombardi 

[Walking Tall]

1 minute ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

Glad he is in.

 

would have preferred the 3 yrs 36, 24 guar.

 

Just hope they have room for McGovern and Torrence next year. 

I hear what you are saying but we will probably lose one of those two. Just the nature of the beast. 

[SydneyBillsFan]

This is great news!

 

If he could improve his pass pro it would become an epic deal.

 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

[Wolfgang]

Sweet...

 

Now the endless worrying and hand wringing on the subject can be put to bed...

 

Go Bills!!!!

[Augie]

14 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

Is this real? I’ll assume so and say whooooooooo now I can go back to complaining about Kincaid’s pencil legs 

 

That would be a pretty bold joke to play, and a dangerous one unless you have a connection in WITSEC. 

[eball]

Love it.  He wanted to be here, and they came significantly off that ridiculous 15M number.  Great for both sides all around.  I’ve been on record all along that Cook is a very important piece of this offense and not easily replaceable.

 

[foreboding]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45963843/james-cook-bills-reach-4-year-48m-extension-rb-hold-in

[Mister Defense]

2 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

Glad he is in.

 

would have preferred the 3 yrs 36, 24 guar.

 

Just hope they have room for McGovern and Torrence next year. 

 

They'll have plenty of room.

 

If only a few of the defensive picks in the draft make it, become starters, there will be a windfall of money. No more Jones after this year, maybe no more White or Jackson, no more Esmeralda (depending on how he plays), no more.... 

 

Means $$$$$$$$

 

If more than that come through, well, the sky is the limit for what the Bills will be able to do. 

 

I believe this is what they are counting on, and will use this money to then help the offense, first and foremost locking up O-line players in one of the best lines in the NFL.

 

 

[Dr. Who]

14 minutes ago, ***** said:

Seems like a long deal with lots of guaranteed money for a RB.  More than the Bills could afford. 
 

hes 25 now.  Most RBs don’t make it to 29

Hope he has life insurance.

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

I honestly didn't think it was going to happen at all never mind before the season.

 

$12 million per year likely with incentives being part of that? I can live with that 

[DrDawkinstein]

I'm guessing Beane opened around $10M per, and we all know Cook's starting number. Good compromise on both sides.

 

Took some maneuvering and working leverages, but they got it done.

 

No one will remember all the thread drama by the time the season starts.

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

It’s pretty amazing the extensions Beane handed out this offseason in keeping the  core together. Beane pretty much staying true to his word of drafting and resigning if it’s in the best interest. 

 

Pretty pumped Cook is staying. I didn’t like the distraction affecting our goals and arguably our best weapon outside of Allen. 

 

I’m also happy for my son who just bought a Cook jersey last year and will get more  than a year out of it. 

 

 

[BattlinBill]

So we like Cook now?😉