No one can deny the fact that Buffalo Bills running back James Cook has been the best back in football. While players like Jonathan Taylor, De’Von Achane, and Derrick Henry might disagree, Cook has been phenomenal for the Bills and without him, Buffalo wouldn’t have as much success on offense.
Since signing his extension with the Bills, Cook has shown doubters that they were wrong about the idea of extending him. Without him, Buffalo would have almost no playmakers outside of Josh Allen.
He currently leads the NFL with 1,532 yards (43 yards more than Jonathan Taylor at 1,489) and he has 12 rushing touchdowns which is tied for third most with Derrick Henry and his own quarterback, Josh Allen. This Sunday going into a battle with the Eagles, Cook has the chance to join Thurman Thomas in the Bills' record book.
James Cook set to tie franchise record being held by Thurman Thomas
According to the Buffalo Bills’ PR team, if Cook can reach 100+ scrimmage yards, he will tie Thurman Thomas for the most 100+ scrimmage yard games in a season in team history. Cook currently has 12 of those kinds of games, which leads the NFL.
There’s only been three games this season where Cook hasn’t reached 100+ scrimmage yards and the Bills are 2-1 in those games. When it comes to the rushing attack, the Bills are 8-1 when Cook rushes for over 100 yards and they are 3-3 when Cook doesn’t reach the century mark.
When Buffalo gets their running game going, they become nearly unstoppable and it allows the passing game to open up. Taking on an Eagles defense that has young stars, Joe Brady will have to get creative with getting Cook involved in order to send the Eagles back to Philly with a loss.