James Cook and the Bills made it official on Wednesday morning, with the running back signing his contract extension.

General Manager Brandon Beane shared his excitement about the deal with reporters shortly after Cook put pen to paper.

“This is the new young core that we’re putting our money into ,” Beane said, via Sal Maiorana of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . “We want to draft, develop, and re-sign. This is another draft pick we’re proud of, and we’re excited to get extended. He’s got a skillset we want to maintain in this offense. There was never a case of not wanting to extend him.

“Once we got him back on the practice field, we really worked hard [on Tuesday],” Beane added. “I think it was roughly 11 o’clock or so last night where we were able to say both sides were

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