On this episode of Talking Buffalo it’s another edition of listener submitted takes and questions called “The Podbag” and Patrick Moran is responding them, including shutting down increased chatter that fans would like to see James Cook get traded after the Buffalo Bills re-signed Ty Johnson.

Cook has been pretty transparent this offseason with his desire to be one of the highest paid running backs in the NFL, essentially confirming on his Instagram recently that he deserves at least $15 million per year. That’s led to many fans turning on him of sorts, and often suggesting the Bills should trade him since they’re almost certainly not going to p

On this episode of Talking Buffalo it’s another edition of listener submitted takes and questions called “The Podbag” and Patrick Moran is responding them, including shutting down increased chatter that fans would like to see James Cook get traded after the Buffalo Bills re-signed Ty Johnson.

Cook has been pretty transparent this offseason with his desire to be one of the highest paid running backs in the NFL, essentially confirming on his Instagram recently that he deserves at least $15 million per year. That’s led to many fans turning on him of sorts, and often suggesting the Bills should trade him since they’re almost certainly not going to pay him the kind of money he’s looking for. Patrick absolutely disagrees with pretty much any trade theory short of a team being stupid enough to overpay to the extent Brandon Beane can’t refuse. While agreeing that Cook’s snap percentage and a shortcoming or two of his leads to him not being deserving of the same type of money guys like Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry can command, he explains multiple reasons why he considers trading Cook completely foolish, even if this is his last year on the team.

Also Patrick has thoughts on a listener calling the Bills signing of Joey Bosa the Baltimore equivalent of adding DeAndre Hopkins and worries that the Bosa move has Shawn Merriman vibes from more than a decade ago.

That plus Keon Coleman being counted on to step up, Damar Hamlin returning to the Bills, Shaun Dolac showing on during his UB Pro Day and plenty more.

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