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By Bryan Colbert Jr.
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The Buffalo Bills led Minnesota by a touchdown when they put together their longest drive of the season Monday night.
James Cook III carried the ball nine times on that possession. On the ninth, he found a hole up the middle and scored from five yards out. By the time the Vikings got the ball back, they trailed by 14 with 6:17 left.
That touchdown gave Cook seven straight games with a score, tying San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey for the longest streak in the NFL this season, according to ESPN Insights.
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Cook finished Buffalo’s 23-6 road win with 107 yards on 31 carries.
It was also his seventh consecutive game with at least 75 rushing yards, the league’s longest active streak and the longest by a Bills player since Travis Henry went eight straight in 2003.
Cook began both streaks against Detroit in Week 2, when he ran for 135 yards on 21 carries. He followed that with 154 against the Los Angeles Chargers, his highest total of the stretch.
The closest call came a week later against New England. Cook got only 12 carries against the Patriots and finished with exactly 75 yards.
His only two-touchdown game of the run came in a 37-34 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Cook rushed for 111 yards that night, then added 95 against Las Vegas and 80 against Baltimore before reaching 100 again in Minnesota.
Across the seven games, he has rushed for 757 yards and eight touchdowns. Buffalo has won six of them.
Monday took more work than any of the other six.
Cook’s longest gain was 11 yards, and his 31 carries left him one short of the career high he set against Pittsburgh last season. On the drive that produced his touchdown, the Bills ran 15 plays and took 8:32 off the clock.
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That one possession lasted nearly half as long as all of Minnesota’s possessions combined. The Vikings held the ball for just 17:28.
The Bills take a 7-1 record to MetLife Stadium on Sunday, where the New York Jets will have two streaks to defend.
One touchdown would tie Cook’s career best of eight straight games with a score.
If the Jets keep him out of the end zone, Cook can still leave with a piece of Bills history. He needs 75 yards on the ground to match Henry’s run from 23 years ago.
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