James Cook became the sixth-highest paid running back by average annual value, third-highest paid by guaranteed money and highest-paid by total value when he agreed to terms on his four-year, $48 million deal Wednesday morning. Cook's new contract was also the sixth extension deal the Buffalo Bills have made so far this offseason.

Bills running back James Cook has ended his contract standoff by signing a four-year deal, Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said.

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook resumed practicing, ending — temporarily, at least — his “hold-in” as part of a contract standoff that began on Aug. 3