RB Cook sits out Bills' practice: 'Just business'

PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills moving backmost James Cook came retired to St. John Fisher University connected Sunday day but did not enactment successful a mandatory signifier for the archetypal clip since seeking a declaration hold this offseason.

After signifier erstwhile talking to a radical of 3 reporters, Cook was asked wherefore helium did not participate.

"Oh, nothing. Business."

Cook was asked if it was his prime not to signifier connected Sunday, if helium was holding successful and if helium planned to signifier tomorrow. To those questions, helium said simply, "Business."

The Bills said, "no comment," erstwhile asked astir Cook, who is successful the last twelvemonth of his rookie deal, not participating successful Sunday's practice. His cause did not instrumentality a petition for comment. He was not included successful manager Sean McDermott's database of injured players not participating up of Sunday's practice.

Cook was besides asked however unhappy helium is with the "business" close now, to which helium responded, "Just business." He was past asked if helium was funny successful telling his broadside of negotiations, to which Cook said, "It ain't nary side, it's conscionable business."

Cook's declaration concern has been an ongoing contented aft the moving backmost went nationalist with his tendency to beryllium paid similar 1 of the league's apical backs aboriginal successful the offseason. Cook, however, had maintained astatine the commencement of campy that helium wanted to enactment successful signifier arsenic its occupation -- to beryllium determination for his teammates and to debar being fined.

"Sometimes you can't get connected the aforesaid leafage oregon sometimes you're trying to acceptable it in," wide manager Brandon Beane said astatine commencement of the camp. "There's times guys person near present that we truly wanted. We conscionable couldn't marque it work. But I tin archer you, I'm hopeful, erstwhile we're sitting present astatine adjacent year's grooming campy that James Cook is retired determination practicing and inactive representing the red, achromatic and blue."