Vikings GM compares Dalvin Cooks torn AC

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Vikings GM compares Dalvin Cooks torn AC

lost his , but the aren't expecting the injury to have any long-lasting impact.On Thursday, Vikings general manager Rick Spielman revealed that Cook is on track to be ready for the 2018 season. And then "He's progre sed very nicely," Spielman said, via the team's website. "I talked to Director Mark Barron Jersey of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer Eric Sugarman yesterday when we got back in town, and we don't see any reason where he's not going to be where was when he came off his knee injury ."We have no reason to believe Dalvin won't even be stronger than he was before the injury," Spielman added. "We're very excited about getting him back on the Aqib Talib Jersey field." That's notable. Peterson . Not only was he ended up rushing for 2,097 yards, coming up eight yards short of He averaged an incredible 6.0 yards per carry in that season, singlehandedly dragging the Vikings to the playoffs. He won MVP for his efforts. So, the expectations for Cook in Year 2 were just raised substantially.For obvious reasons Aaron Donald Jersey , nobody should be expecting Cook to pull off something similar, even though he did flash signs of greatne s before going down. In four games, he rushed for 354 yards and two touchdowns on 74 carries, which means he averaged 4.8 yards per carry. He added 90 receiving yards on 11 catches. According to Pro Football Focus, he forced 18 mi sed tackles and compiled a better elusive rating than players like , , and . Of course, that's mostly due to the small sample size of his season, but it still demonstrates his potential.It'll be interesting to see how the Vikings handle their Darrell Henderson Jersey running back situation in the offseason. , who and led the team with 842 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns, has , according to Spotrac. , who totaled 991 yards and five touchdowns from scrimmage, will be a free agent and Given Cook's injury and McKinnon's likely departure, it'd probably Jamon Brown Jersey make sense for the Vikings to make sure they have a solid Plan B behind Cook in case the rehab proce s doesn't go as well as they're hoping. Keeping Murray would be the easiest move, but , according to Spotrac. If the Vikings really do believe Cook is capable of pulling an Adrian Peterson, they might not want to invest that much money in a backup running back.
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