Mike Wright warned that James Cook’s RB8 finish was almost entirely touchdown driven and therefore fragile heading into 2025 drafts. Cook tied O.J. Simpson’s franchise record with 16 rushing TDs after totaling just two over his first two seasons. Meanwhile, volume actually slipped: carries, targets and total touches were all down year‑over‑year, and Buffalo rotated backs liberally near the goal line in several games. Efficiency data tells the same tale—Cook graded as the single worst fourth‑quarter runner in EPA per play but the best on first downs, suggesting the Bills protected him late and let others grind out clock. Wright projects natural TD regression and expects Buffalo to add a power back, making Cook a volatile RB2 instead of the reliable RB1 his 2024 line implies.