After injuring shoulder, Vikings RB Dalvin Cook… Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
… You can’t give them gimmies, and I gave them a gimmie before the half.”The Vikings also played the second half without left tackle Riley Reiff, who suffered a concussion in the first half. The latest stats, facts, news and notes on Dalvin Cook of the Minnesota Vikings. Vikings players S Harrison Smith, DE Danielle Hunter, RB Dalvin Cook, FB C.J. Dalvin Cook, RB, Minnesota Vikings, stats and updates at CBSSports.com. “I’m not going to put it on guys that are hurt.”Receiver Laquon Treadwell, in his fourth season, is confident Cook will be back soon.“I’ve seen what he’s been through, and he’s a fighter,” Treadwell said.
Before coming to Minnesota, he covered the Miami Heat and Dolphins for Fox Sports.
“Just cut a lot of the bad weight I felt like I had.”It looks like most of the starting offensive line is in place a few days into full-pad practices. Earned his first NFC Offensive Player of the Week award for his efforts.⢠Reached 100+ yards from scrimmage for the 3rd time in 4 games, racking up a total of 108 yards (16 carries for 73 yards and 3 receptions for 35 yards) at Detroit (12/23).⢠Missed the final 12 weeks of the regular season due to a torn ACL suffered vs. Detroit (10/1).⢠His 288 yards on the ground through 3 games was the most by any Vikings rookie RB through 3 games, passing Adrian Peterson (271, 2007) and Chuck Foreman (231, 1973).⢠Totaled 127 rushing yards on 22 carries (5.8 avg.) He is coming off the most productive season of his career; he rushed for a career-high 1,135 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught a career-high 53 passes for 519 yards in 2019.While it’s unclear exactly what number Cook is looking for, according to ESPN, the Vikings are not willing to budge on their number, and negotiations no longer are taking place.That, of course, could change in the coming weeks.
Became the first player since Jerick McKinnon (10/9/17 at Chicago) to lead Minnesota in rushing and receiving, and set a Vikings record for 1st-quarter receiving yards by a RB with 69.⢠Scored his 11th rushing TD of the season vs. Denver (11/17)while eclipsing 1,000 rushing yards for the season, becoming only the 8th player in franchise history to do so and 1st since Adrian Peterson in 2015.⢠Recorded 64 scrimmage yards (29 rushing, 35 receiving) at Seattle (12/2) before exiting with a shoulder injury early in the 3rd quarter. The only spot with a steady rotation is at left guard, where Dakota Dozier and Aviante Collins are splitting reps.Asked before Wednesday’s practice if he was close to making a decision on that position battle, coach Mike Zimmer quickly replied, “Not really yet.”“We have only been in pads a couple days now,” Zimmer said. The total tied Chuck Foreman (1975 and 1976) and Terry Allen (1992) for the 2nd most by a Viking in a single season, trailing only Adrian Peterson (18 rush TDs in 2009).⢠Cook's 1,654 scrimmage yards marked the 7th-highest total in the NFL in 2019, and the 10th-highest total in franchise history.⢠In 2019 became 1 of 9 players to record 500+ rushing yards and 200+ receiving yards in the first 5 games of a season, joining Christian McCaffrey (2019), Tiki Barber (2004), Priest Holmes (2002), Thurman Thomas (1991), Herschel Walker (1988), James Wilder (1984, 1985), Billy Sims (1980) and Jim Brown (1963).⢠Earned the 2nd NFC Offensive Player of the Week award of his career after posting 183 scrimmage yards (97 rushing, 86 receiving) and 1 rushing TD at Dallas in Week 10 (11/20/19).⢠Earned FedEx Ground Player of the Week twice in 2019, following a 142 yard, 2-TD performance at Detroit in Week 7 and a career-high 154-yard, 1-TD game at Green Bay in Week 2.⢠In 2019 Weeks 1-3 became the 1st player in Vikings history to rush for 100+ yards in 3 straight games to open a season.⢠The 5th player in NFL history to open a season with 3 straight games of 110+ rushing yards and 1+ rushing TDs, joining HOFers Jim Brown, Curtis Martin, O.J. Surpassed 100 career receptions and 500 receiving yards for the season.â¢Rushed 9 times for 27 yards and caught 3 passes for 16 yards at the Los Angeles Chargers (12/15) before exiting with an injury.⢠Started in the Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20).⢠Rushed a career-high 28 times for 94 yards and 2 TDs in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20), becoming the 1st Viking with 2 rushing TDs in a postseason game since Adrian Peterson recorded 3 on 1/24/10.