James Cook on IG Live - "15 mill year" EDIT: Scrubbed his IG and Doubled Down on Twitter

[davefan66]

15 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Interesting.

 

Sounds like they discussed numbers on from both sides, and the Bills decided to wait.  
 

Wonder if cooks camp decides to drop demands?

[ColoradoBills]

5 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

Hell if I know.

 

I don't think anyone does.  LOL.

He could be a weenie.  

Agree about Beane and I didn't take it badly from you.  

[babulator]

 

[DJB]

Good. Beane telling Cook camp to take a hike. 

[Simon]

1 hour ago, FireChans said:

3rd now in this draft maybe. 
 

3rd rounder comp pick won’t come 2 years from now and would obviously be a lesser pick.
 

To be clear, I’m not saying I’d do it for no reason. I’m saying if it’s looking like it’s approaching a hold out situation. As much as I agree Cook is a valued piece for a championship team, if he’s going to hold out and likely not perform all that well, you should try to maximize value before that point imo. 

 

What would make you think he's likely not to perform all that well? A guy in his contract year that is all about the money is going to be in great shape and playing his ass off to get paid.

A 3rd rounder now vs a 3rd rounder down the road is nowhere near enough of a difference to just throw away a key piece to a championship run.

The idea that it is even close is nothing more than pointless posturing.

[ColoradoBills]

2 minutes ago, DJB said:

Good. Beane telling Cook camp to take a hike. 

 

It's smart GM'ing to do this now.  It puts everything back in their court.

The only thing they can do now is B word about being traded and I doubt very much they do that.

[3rdand12]

8 minutes ago, babulator said:

 

The replies about Cooks agent ^  true ?

[babulator]

This guy says his agent has negotiated a grand total of 1 contract.

 

[3rdand12]

4 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

What would make you think he's likely not to perform all that well? A guy in his contract year that is all about the money is going to be in great shape and playing his ass off to get paid.

A 3rd rounder now vs a 3rd rounder down the road is nowhere near enough of a difference to just throw away a key piece to a championship run.

The idea that it is even close is nothing more than pointless posturing.

That's right were you want a player. Very sweet spot . It's in both parties best interest to do very well this year of the contract.

 He sure is in the best Offense for him right now. To shine for both his future contract etc and the Bills

Love it

show em James !💪

2 minutes ago, babulator said:

This guy says his agent has negotiated a grand total of 1 contract.

 

Yea saw that lol

Hope all would check that factoid lol

[FireChans]

8 minutes ago, Simon said:

What would make you think he's likely not to perform all that well?

Guys who hold out don't perform all that well historically speaking.

 

Melvin Gordon famously held out the first 5 games in Charger land in 2019. He went from 5.1 YPC to 3.8 YPC.

[strive_for_five_guy]

4 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

That's right were you want a player. Very sweet spot . It's in both parties best interest to do very well this year of the contract.

 

By this same logic though, does that mean the likes of Shakir, Rousseau, Benford and Bernard may all slack off now though?

[davefan66]

2 minutes ago, babulator said:

This guy says his agent has negotiated a grand total of 1 contract.

 

His NFLPA page
 

Matt Leist

 

Works for LAA Agency that…. negotiated Dalvin’s contracts.

[ColoradoBills]

3 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

By this same logic though, does that mean the likes of Shakir, Rousseau, Benford and Bernard may all slack off now though?

 

Yes.  GMs have to trust they re-sign guys that want to bring it after their payday.

[BillMafia716ix]

Doesn’t look good for Cook. If James Cook has another big year, that number is only going to go up. I just don’t see them investing all that money at the RB position

[Magox]

It’s all negotiations.    The Bills know that Cook doesn’t want to play another year at his current contract level and they are in no rush to get a deal done.    The Bills have the upper hand and I suspect a deal gets done before the season.

[Matt_In_NH]

Beane negotiating in the press while saying he does not negotiate in the press.....

 

I have no issues with the Bills position here, you have to put your value on the guy, not all negotiations result in a deal and that is ok.

[DrDawkinstein]

14 hours ago, babulator said:

 

 

Super low class of Beane to take negotiations to social media like this. If Beane wants to get a deal done he should keep his mouth shut and be a good soldier. Wonder if he has some gangster in him? Kids these days...

 

[DaVinci]

37 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Super low class of Beane to take negotiations to social media like this. If Beane wants to get a deal done he should keep his mouth shut and be a good soldier. Wonder if he has some gangster in him? Kids these days...

Seems to me Cook started the negation's on social media and Bean is accommodating him.

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, DaVinci said:

Seems to me Cook started the negation's on social media and Bean is accommodating him.

 

lol you guys cant even take an obvious joke about it.

[C.Biscuit97]

12 hours ago, Magox said:

It’s all negotiations.    The Bills know that Cook doesn’t want to play another year at his current contract level and they are in no rush to get a deal done.    The Bills have the upper hand and I suspect a deal gets done before the season.

I agree. Cook is at the best leverage he will have in his career. He saw all his classmates get paid and he was arguably the 2nd best bill last year. You could even say if he was given the ball more in the championship, the bills might win the game. 
 

I also get where the Bills are coming from and paying RBs is tough.  But when you are a SB contender, you aren’t going to get better not having k. People love overrating backups but there have been plenty of cases where the backup becomes the main guy and stinks. 
 

cook has earned a raise. Now the question is how much.