Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is without his top running back -- on the field, at least -- as the Bills prepare for the 2025 season. James Cook is in the midst of a hold-in while angling for a new deal with Buffalo.

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook isn't practicing with his contract under the spotlight, but the team's star player knows how important it will be to have him back on the field.

The Bills will sit Josh Allen out on Saturday against the Giants. Mitchell Trubisky will start at QB. Trubisky will be joined by the rest of Buffalo's healthy starters. “Josh will not play this week," head coach Sean McDermott told reporters on Thursday. "The starters, the ones, will play give or take one quarter, and then it’ll flow from there."