James Cook had to do a little damage control after Monday night’s win over the Minnesota Vikings.
During Buffalo’s 23-6 victory in Week 9, viewers spotted a yellowish/brownish stain on the seat of Cook’s pants and immediately started drawing their own conclusions. After the game, Cook shut that down himself.
“This is wild I didn’t s-t on myself,” Cook wrote on X, along with laughing emojis.
There’s been some skepticism around the clip because of the way things look on video, but one version making the rounds appears to show Cook with clean pants before absorbing a hit from a Vikings defender. Right after that contact, the stain shows up.
If it happened, it happened. Football is a brutal game, and anybody who wants to clown Cook probably has never been on the receiving end of an NFL hit.
Cook still had plenty to show for his night, even if it wasn’t pretty. He worked through a tough Minnesota defense and carried the ball 31 times, finishing with 107 yards and a touchdown despite averaging under four yards per carry.
The Bills didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard, but 23 points was more than enough on a night when Minnesota’s offense could only scrape together six.
Carson Wentz had the roughest night of all. The Vikings quarterback turned in one of the worst outings you’ll ever see from a passer, throwing for just 81 yards on 8-of-25 passing with two interceptions. He also should have had at least one more pick.
That ugly performance, along with the struggles of Kyler Murray in 2026, was enough to push Minnesota into a move at the deadline. The Vikings traded for quarterback Kirk Cousins on Tuesday before the trade deadline passed.
Buffalo, now 7-1, heads into Sunday’s matchup with the New York Jets looking to keep rolling. Minnesota, at 6-2, will try to bounce back in a divisional test against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
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