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 was Cook, who went from a two-touchdown runner in 2023 to 16 touchdowns last year, even while taking 30 fewer carries. After taking just five carries inside the 5-yard line over his first 326 NFL rush attempts, Cook got 15 chances inside the 5 among his 207 carries last year. These developments are encouraging for Cook, yet numbers plainly marked for regression. He's seeking a contract extension from Buffalo ahead of the final year of his rookie contract, 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 his 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 smaller RB who is not built for power functions, while by contrast Davis is dense and powerful. An extension would be big for securing Cook's workload projection going forward.

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  DL
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  OL
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  LB
• Jacory Croskey-Merritt
  RB
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  WR
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  LB
• Kristian Wilkerson
  WR
• Kaleb Johnson
  RB