Jan 26, 2025; Kansas Metropolis, MO, USA; Buffalo Payments operating again James Prepare dinner (4) dives for a landing towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the AFC Championship recreation at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Denny Medley-Imagn Photographs Buffalo Payments operating again James Prepare dinner can carry the “verify, please” strategy by means of coaching camp due to his confidence stage an enormous payday is coming quickly.
“I imply, nevertheless it occurs, it should get carried out. Wherever it occurs at,” Prepare dinner stated Thursday after taking part within the first two days of exercises, opting to not maintain out whereas working towards a contract extension.
“Now we have talks. … I imply, I deserve what I need, I want and it should finally occur,” Prepare dinner stated.
Getting into the ultimate 12 months of his contract, the 25-year-old Prepare dinner set a franchise document for dashing touchdowns in a single season with 16 in 2024. He has 2,638 dashing yards for the reason that Payments drafted him in 2022.
Common supervisor Brandon Beane stated the Payments need to be a crew that drafts, develops and rewards homegrown expertise. However the monetary issue is ever-present.
“Generally you possibly can’t get on the identical web page or generally you are making an attempt to suit it in,” Beane stated. “There’s occasions guys have left right here that we actually wished. We simply could not make it work. However I can inform you, I am hopeful, once we’re sitting right here at subsequent 12 months’s coaching camp that James Prepare dinner is on the market training and nonetheless representing the purple, white and blue.”
Prepare dinner stated he owes solely himself, household and teammates. However he reported and is taking part in camp out of that obligation and to remind teammates he is able to go.
“It is my job,” Prepare dinner stated. “I bought to take part so I will not get fined and simply come out right here and simply present them that I am able to go and earn what I bought to go get.”
Prepare dinner could be topic to each day fines for not reporting as a result of he is below contract. He stated “I like my cash” when requested if the fines had been a holdout deterrent.
Requested once more Thursday about his Instagram dwell put up underscoring his reference to a price ticket of “15 mill (per) 12 months,” Prepare dinner stated he had no regrets about pinning that determine on social media.
“James is a aggressive dude. He is a stud. He is a superb teammate. He needs to be right here,” Beane stated. “James matches Buffalo. However generally you possibly can’t get on the identical web page.”
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