 | James Cook | #4 |
 | Ray Davis | #22 |
 | Ty Johnson | #26 |
 | Frank Gore | #20 |
 | Reggie Gilliam | #41 |
 | Darrynton Evans | #21 |
TEAM | W | L | T | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BuffaloBills | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0.765 |
| 2 |  MiamiDolphins | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0.471 |
| 3 |  New YorkJets | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.294 |
| 4 |  New EnglandPatriots | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0.235 |
The Bills unleashed a new-look rushing attack in 2024, with offensive coordinator Joe Brady tapping into a dominant ground game that for some reason laid largely dormant in the prior years. The player who reaped the greatest benefits of Brady's success was arguably Cook, who went from a two-touchdown runner in 2023 to 16 touchdowns last year, even while attempting 30 fewer carries than in 2023. After seeing five carries inside the five-yard line over his first 326 NFL carries, Cook took 15 carries inside the five-yard line on just 207 carries last year. These developments are at once encouraging for Cook yet numbers plainly marked for regression. Cook is seeking a contract extension from Buffalo and if he receives one it will presumably be costly, at which point Cook's raised pay would be an ongoing incentive for the Bills to maintain Cook's workload despite the promise demonstrated by backup runners Ty Johnson and especially 2024 fourth-round pick Ray Davis. Good as Cook is, he's still a very light running back who is not built for power functions, while by contrast Davis is built dense and low to the ground. An extension would be big for securing Cook's workload projection going forward.
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Opp | Result | CAR | YDS | TD | AVG | LNG | REC | TGT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | |
| 18 | vs |  NE | L16-23 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | @ |  NYJ | W40-14 | 15 | 53 | 1 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | @ | NE | W24-21 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 9.1 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | 16 |
| 15 | vs |  DET | W48-42 | 14 | 105 | 2 | 7.5 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | vs |  LAR | L42-44 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3.3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | @ |  SF | W35-10 | 14 | 107 | 1 | 7.6 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | @ |  KC | W30-21 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2.2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | vs |  IND | W30-20 | 19 | 80 | 1 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | @ |  MIA | W30-27 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 4.4 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | vs |  SEA | W31-10 | 17 | 111 | 2 | 6.5 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | @ |  TEN | W34-10 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | vs |  HOU | L20-23 | 20 | 82 | 1 | 4.1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | vs |  BAL | L10-35 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | @ |  JAX | W47-10 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 3.5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | vs | MIA | W31-10 | 11 | 78 | 2 | 7.1 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 17 |
| 1 | @ |  ARI | W34-28 | 19 | 71 | 0 | 3.7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 25 |
