Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

[Buffalogic]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/06/08/vikings-send-strange-message-by-dumping-dalvin-cook/

Backfield brothers? I'd like to bring him in for a modest price.

[Canadian'eh!]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

He’s 27. I know RBs don’t make a ton these days, but I suspect he won’t a particular bargain

[sukie]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

Fins will overpay

[Woodman]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

well somebody better.

[notacon]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

So what?

This really has nothing to do with the Bills.

Maybe sign him if he takes the vet minimum. The Bills are set at RB.

[sukie]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

So what?

This really has nothing to do with the Bills.

Maybe sign him if he takes the vet minimum. The Bills are set at RB.

I’m with you… even the vet minimum joke at the end. Don’t need him.

[Woodman]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

I’m with you… even the vet minimum joke at the end. Don’t need him.

It would be a shock if we made a move.

[Buffalogic]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

So what?

This really has nothing to do with the Bills.

Maybe sign him if he takes the vet minimum. The Bills are set at RB.

Lol he's better than everyone on the roster.

[Woodman]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

Lol he's better than everyone on the roster.

It would be a gift if he played for what we would offer.

[Mr. Pink]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

Lol he's better than everyone on the roster.

Agreed but we don't have the money to pay him and again running back in this league doesn't matter.

Let someone else overspend.

[Night Train]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

Will he play for S&H green stamps ?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9U0AAOSwSuBkMyf7/s-l1600.jpg

[notacon]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

Lol he's better than everyone on the roster.

So what?

His cap number for 2023 was $14.1M.

For team that does not rely on the RB run game, paying big bucks for an aging RB would be dumb.

I was lobbying for the Bills drafting a RB in the first round this year IF Bijan Robinson somehow fell to the Bills at #27. That, of course, did not come close to happening.

I promoted that idea because getting an elite RB on a five year, cost controlled rookie contract and then move on with no second big bucks extension is fast becoming the best way to proceed in today’s NFL.

The Bills are set at RB. James Cook is poised to have a break out year...interestingly he was just named to Adam Schein’s.....

Which NFL players will improve in '23? Dak Prescott, James Cook, Kyle Pitts among GUARANTEED risers

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James Cook

Buffalo Bills · RB

When you lose a fumble on your first NFL carry, you get buried. That's what happened to Cook, who coughed up the football on his first snap of the nationally televised Kickoff Game against the defending champion Rams. The Bills wound up winning in blowout fashion, 31-10, but it took a while for the rookie to get back into the regular rotation. In fact, he didn't log 20 snaps in a game until December. However, he sprinkled in plenty of promise as a runner and receiver. And with last year's leading rusher (Devin Singletary) now in Houston, Cook is a prime candidate for a Year 2 breakout.

Freshly minted Madden cover boy Josh Allen is a dynamic MVP candidate, but he needs more balance in the offense. Veterans Damien Harris, Nyheim Hines and Latavius Murray can have roles in the backfield rotation, but Cook needs to be the straw that stirs the drink. It's why Buffalo took him in the second round of the 2022 draft. He has explosive potential as a playmaker in Ken Dorsey's offense.

James Cook’s cap numbers??....

2023 - $1.3M
2024 - $1.5M
2025 - $1.8M

With the addition of Latavius Murray ($1M 2023 cap) the Bills are in a very good place for the RB position.


If Calvin Cook wants to take vet minimum, that would be acceptable and smart for the Bills. He won’t. So, like Mr Pink said, “Let someone else overspend."

[sukie]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

I agree on not paying for a RB. But I wouldn’t call 27 aging…. DeAndre is aging.

[YardRat]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

He wants bank, and the Dolphins and Jets both have it.

[sukie]

Re: Dalvin Cook to be released Friday

He wants bank, and the Dolphins and Jets both have it.

This year they do. Rodgers is only cheap this year and Tua will wanna be paid