Well, the Buffalo Bills have a running back who has, in his belief, after three solid seasons in the NFL, earned a second contract.

This goes back to the story that dominated the NFL a couple of years ago right around now.

How do running backs leverage their situation to get paid?

The system is set up to allow teams to chew them up and spit them out

and draft another running back. James Cook is in the prime of his career, prime earning potential,

but he can't force the team to give him a contract. He's eligible for one, but they don't have to

give it to him. So, after showing up for training camp, he could have held out. He showed up, and now he decided yesterday not to practice. And he's not saying, oh, my arm, it's broken. He's saying, I'm not practicing due to business. Do that voice again, though, for me real quick. I like that. Oh, my arm. Oh, my arm. It's broken. Oh, my arm. It's broken.

You know what that's from, right?

Is that from the longest yard? What is that? No, Caddyshack. Oh, it's Caddyshack. That's what it is. Ball ricochets off the ball washer, hits Rodney Dangerfield. And he's trying to get out of like they had some high stakes golf match. so he gets hit by the ball.

Oh, my, oh, my arm.

It's broken.

Danny Noon steps in and saves the day.

That's right.

Partnering with... some high-stakes golf match. So he gets hit by the ball. Oh, my, oh, my arm. It's broken. Danny Noon

steps in and saves the day. That's right. Partnering with Chevy Chase against Judge Smales,

and Dr. Beeper, I believe. I didn't see it in a while. Okay. So anyway, this is getting real now

between the Bills and Cook. And we know what Brandon Bean would like to do. He'd like to get year four at a very low price, $5.2 million out of James Cook. That's what he wants to get. We're trying to build a team here. We're trying to allocate resources. Let's get 1,500 rushing yards for $5.2 million. Let's not make some massive investment. They're trying to delay it until next year. Franchise tag. Hell, Seguan Barclay didn't become a free agent until after five years of his first round contract and a tag. It was year seven by the time he was free. You got Cook entering year 40s trying to bring all of this to a head. And I got no problem with it. You got to use

whatever tools are in your bag to try to get the team to do what you think you have earned, which is the contract that he wants. Yeah, we've talked about this at length, right? The running back, I feel bad for them. I feel like the NFL, the NFLPA needs to make an adjustment. You explained it.

I mean, they get chewed up.

They get spit out.

Hey, here's, they get chewed up.

They get spit out. Hey, here's, you know, 25 carriers. We're going to give you the ball 300 times during the year. We're going to get you in, you know, 280 car crashes five years in a row. Oh, you want a new deal? Wait, no, your body's crushed. It's over. Sorry, we can't give you a new deal. We used you already.

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