Outlook: James Cook enjoyed a breakout season in 2024, but that didn't stop the Bills from adding to their running back room by selecting Ray Davis in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. Cook supporters should be thankful that Buffalo didn't add one of the many proven veterans who were available this offseason as had sometimes been rumored, but Davis is still a player who could play significant snaps for the Bills this season. Cook was by far Buffalo's most productive back in 2023, and was the only back who played in every game for them, but he still only managed to be on the field for just under 55 percent of the team's snaps. This indicated that while the Bills view Cook as their lead back, they're not willing to completely hand over the keys to make him their version of Christian McCaffery.

If Davis is able to play even 35 percent of the snaps for the Bills, there will almost certainly be weeks where produces usable fantasy numbers. The problem is that, unless Cook is out, predicting those games is going to be nearly impossible. Latavius Murray was Buffalo's main RB2 in 2023 and while he played over 30 percent of the team's offensive snaps, he only saw double-digit carries twice and only managed to score four total touchdowns, making him a completely unusable fantasy asset.

Davis may show us something that allows him to earn more of a 50/50 split by the end of the season, but fantasy managers should be expecting that he'll take a while to give us anything useful - if he ever gets there at all - as long as Cook is available.

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