Brandin Cooks isn’t planning to linger on the free-agent market for long, and the veteran receiver is hoping his next stop brings him right back to Buffalo.
Cooks told Tim Graham of TheAthletic.com that he expects to be with a team in training camp in a few weeks, and he’d like that team to be the Bills, where he finished last season.
“Obviously, Buffalo is the place I’d love to be,” Cooks said. “I want to prove that to them and have a full offseason with them.
Both sides are figuring things out. We’ll see, but hopefully something transpires because I love going to training camp.
That’s where you build that callus.”
The 31-year-old said he has been keeping himself in shape this offseason and is looking to join a contender. In his view, Buffalo fits that description as long as Josh Allen is under center.
“I chose Buffalo because of the belief in Josh Allen,” Cooks said. “From afar, you heard the things going on inside the receiver room.
In my mind, ‘OK, this was an opportunity where you got guys that can play, but also there’s a niche in there where, if I can come in and do what I have to do, I’m contributing.’ It was the totality of things, but who wouldn’t want to play with Josh Allen?”
Cooks has spent time with the Saints, Patriots, Rams, Texans, Cowboys and Bills, and he is closing in on 10,000 career receiving yards. He’s put together a long NFL résumé, but one thing is still missing: a Super Bowl ring, and that remains his top goal this season.
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