RB Cook not at Bills' OTAs; Bosa sidelined (calf)

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Almost the full Buffalo Bills roster is accounted for arsenic the squad begins organized squad activities but moving backmost James Cook is not successful attendance, manager Sean McDermott said Tuesday.

Pass rusher Joey Bosa besides "pulled a calf" and "more than likely" won't enactment again successful the outpouring but is expected to beryllium acceptable for grooming camp, McDermott said. Bosa's wounded occurred portion moving with the squad precocious past week.

Cook is entering the last twelvemonth of his rookie woody and seeking a declaration hold aft the Bills extended aggregate members of the 2022 draught class, including linebacker Terrel Bernard, wide receiver Khalil Shakir and cornerback Christian Benford this offseason.

"Yeah, we're staying successful touch, similar you'd expect a subordinate and a manager to do," McDermott said. "So, James volition beryllium present erstwhile he's acceptable to beryllium present and we determination forward."

The Bills volition clasp a mandatory minicamp from June 10-12.

Cook, 25, is coming disconnected his champion year, finishing with a franchise record-tying 16 rushing touchdowns aft scoring 2 successful each of his archetypal 2 seasons. Cook has publically shared his tendency for a caller contract, including going unrecorded connected Instagram and pinning "15 mill [per] year."

General manager Brandon Beane has reiterated that Cook volition beryllium acceptable to spell for the season.

For Bosa, who was signed to a one-year woody this spring, injuries were a interest coming into his tenure with the Bills. The walk rusher, who volition crook 30 successful July, has dealt with aggregate injuries successful the past mates years. Over the past 3 seasons helium has played successful 28 of 51 games.

"Listen, it is concerning," McDermott said. "Durability, availability are cardinal ties to our roster. And so, we fundamentally look up successful presumption of what he's doing now, which is getting himself the attraction that helium needs and he's moving hard astatine it and that's each that helium tin power close now, and we get him backmost erstwhile we get him back, astir apt astatine this constituent [for] grooming camp. So, we're gonna bash the champion occupation we can, and I cognize helium is arsenic good and conscionable instrumentality it 1 time astatine a time."