Bryan Cook aims to help get the Bengals over the hump
Former Chief hopes to lead his new team to the next level.
The Bengals are trying to end a streak of three years without a playoff berth. To get there, they've added former Chiefs safety Bryan Cook. With the three-year, $40.
25 million contract, the Bengals added both a skilled defender and a player who has been part of three Super Bowl teams and two NFL champions. For now, Cook is working to help himself and his teammates get ready for the grind to come. "I'm doing the best I can learning the system and learning the plays , learning the guys and the locker room," Cook said this week, via Geoff Hobson of Bengals.
com. "Just be who I can be for the team and go from there. " It's going to take some time.
And Cook plans to take full advantage of the time he has. "It feels like forever to the first game," Cook said. "These are important days that you have to stack to get to that point of being very comfortable about who we are and I'm very excited about that.