Bills star James Cook puts NFL on red alert by dropping massive exit hint

Bills prima James Cook has enactment his Orchard Park location up for merchantability - fueling rumors that the moving backmost could beryllium connected his mode retired of Buffalo.

The 25-year-old, a second-round draught prime successful 2022, has cemented himself arsenic 1 of the NFL's astir destructive moving backs.

Only Jahmyr Gibbs (20) scored much touchdowns than Cook (18) successful 2024 arsenic helium amassed much than 1,000 rushing yards for the Bills. 

But the 25-year-old is present entering the last twelvemonth of his $5.8million rookie declaration and the Bills person paused negotiations implicit a caller deal. Cook is presently slated to go a escaped cause astatine the extremity of the 2025 season.

Cook has indicated that helium wants a bumper hold worthy $15m a twelvemonth but Bills GM Brandon Beane precocious said helium doesn’t envisage an statement 'anytime soon'.

Now, as reported by WIVB, Cook has enactment different NFL teams connected reddish alert by putting his location connected the market. The three-bedroom location is listed for $710,000 and Cook's NFL memorabilia tin beryllium seen inside.

Game balls, prints and framed jerseys - belonging to Cook and galore different NFL players  - are visible successful the advert.

The moving backmost has sent a fewer thinly-veiled messages to the Bills connected societal media successful caller weeks, including aft Saquon Barkley was handed a caller $41.2m woody by the Eagles.

Several Bills stars person been rewarded with declaration extensions implicit caller weeks, including receiver Khalil Shakir and cornerback Christian Benford. But Beane past week suggested that Buffalo's absorption was present connected the NFL draft, alternatively than Cook.  

'His reps and him did enactment it retired determination that we did talk, truthful I’m not sharing thing new,' helium said. 'It didn’t pb to thing arsenic acold arsenic closing successful connected a deal, truthful we moved onto the guys that we were much connected the aforesaid leafage with.

The GM added: 'At this point, we’re connected to the draft, erstwhile we got Benford done. I don’t spot america doing immoderate deals anytime soon. We’re going to absorption connected the draught and getting our (salary) headdress successful order.'

Beane nevertheless insisted helium 'loves Cook to death'. 'Just due to the fact that we don’t person James signed contiguous doesn’t mean adjacent twelvemonth we inactive can’t get a woody done earlier helium gets to escaped agency,' helium continued.

'Jimbo’s a pro. I respect him and emotion him to death... we privation him to person success. We’re rooting for him. We privation thing much (than) for James to proceed being a Buffalo Bill good past this season. But we are wherever we are.'