The $40 million man Beane is referring to is Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, who requested a trade before the team offered him the mega contract. Garrett spoke about the desire to compete for a Super Bowl earlier in the offseason, but money talks, especially when it is $40 million per year.

“Bills GM Brandon Beane said he was at first worried about the James Cook hold-in becoming a distraction, but believes the core of the team knew what this was about, and everyone was level-headed,” The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia posted on X, formerly Twitter.

While the first episode of HBO's Hard Knocks didn't include anything surrounding the James Cook saga, we had a feeling that the subsequent episodes surely would. For a documentary focused on the storylines of the team and its players,