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purplefaithful · 10-12-2020, 01:20 PM

Coach Mike Zimmer said Cook will undergo an MRI on Monday. Cook immediately went to the locker room after pulling up on his 22nd touch of the night, a swing pass to the flat. He started hobbling before reaching the sideline, where he was knocked out of bounds by Seahawks safety Ryan Neal.
Cook returned for one play, an interception by quarterback Kirk Cousins.
The injury marked a momentum shift. The Vikings punted, and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw a 19-yard touchdown pass on the next drive. Seattle took a 14-13 lead before Cook’s brief return, and Seahawks running back Chris Carson scored to make it 21-13 after the interception.
“Obviously, you don’t want to lose a guy like Dalvin,” receiver Adam Thielen said. “He’s such a dynamic football player and means so much to this offense.”
The Vikings had to find a way without Cook, the NFL’s leading rusher entering Week 5. He was again the offense’s centerpiece, compiling 21 touches by halftime, and had 65 rushing yards and 24 receiving yards before exiting.
While the Vikings built a 13-0 lead, Cook and Mattison combined for 128 of 217 first-half yards.
Mattison finished with career highs of 20 carries and 112 rushing yards, 99 of which came after halftime while the Vikings offense wore down the Seahawks defense. But Mattison was stopped for no gain on the final fourth-down run at Seattle’s 6.
“Good backs, you don’t question them too much,” Zimmer said. “You just let them do what they do, and he’s a good back."
https://www.startribune.com/dalvin-cook-...572710431/

10-12-2020, 01:46 PM

Given the Vikings' luck, especially this season...anyone expect good news from that MRI??

10-12-2020, 01:56 PM

Quote: @Jor-El said:
Given the Vikings' luck, especially this season...anyone expect good news from that MRI??

I think its doubtful we see him till after the bye week at the earliest. They can get by fine with Mattison and Boone this week.

10-13-2020, 12:53 PM

Dalvin Cook appears to have avoided serious injury, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said, after the star running back strained his groin in the third quarter of Sunday’s 27-26 loss in Seattle.
Cook underwent an MRI on Monday that went “pretty well,” Zimmer said, and the fact Cook didn’t end up on injured reserve indicates the Vikings believe his injury will cost him fewer than three games, if any at all.
Zimmer acknowledged Cook has a chance to play Sunday against the Falcons, but the Vikings also have a Week 7 bye that could give him two weeks of rest.
“We’ll see how he does this week,” Zimmer said Monday.
The Vikings’ backfield found a new gear against the Seahawks, with backup Alexander Mattison stepping into Cook’s heavy workload and finishing with a career-high 20 carries for 112 rushing yards. Mattison, the second-year back, has filled in for Cook during games, but would get his first NFL start against Atlanta, if Cook is sidelined.
“He’s been in that role before,” Zimmer said. “I don’t think that’ll change [the offense] at all.”
Cook’s game-breaking ability has paced the Vikings offense, which has three straight games with at least 410 yards. He remains the NFL’s leading rusher with 489 yards and seven touchdowns in five games, and just started to get involved again as a receiver in Seattle.
Cook and Mattison combined for a season-high eight catches for 48 receiving yards, many of the plays from screens, giving quarterback Kirk Cousins another way to move the chains when he’s got both running backs healthy.
“That was a big factor for us,” Zimmer said. “Really, it’s different every single week by who you’re playing and how they’re defending the backs and the coverages they’re running. Hopefully, we’ll continue to get it going good.”
Cook, who has appeared in 34 of 53 games so far in his NFL career, has dealt with shoulder, ACL and hamstring injuries, and said he wanted to make this fourth season his first playing 16 regular season games.
The Vikings offense has relied on him. Only three running backs — Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott, Las Vegas’ Josh Jacobs and Cincinnati’s Joe Mixon — have more than Cook’s 104 touches this season.
Cook refocused his offseason training regimen in Fort Lauderdale around weightlifting — “putting on some more muscle, and putting it on the right way,” he said — in an effort to be more durable, but this groin injury is the latest test.
“It’s all about being on the field for my teammates,” Cook said last week. “That’s the main goal.”
https://www.startribune.com/groin-injury...572719241/

10-13-2020, 12:54 PM

I'm starting to net-out that I dont think Cook is a workhorse RB...

Maybe for a game or 2 let him sniff 30 carries, but not most games.

With Mattison, he doesnt have to be.

10-13-2020, 01:16 PM

If he is out a few games, so be it. Cousins has to get beyond Thielen and Cook. The offense has to evolve. Cook can't be counted on to stay healthy and if they run him into the ground each game, he won't be. I appreciate his impact on the game but he can't be the only target.

10-13-2020, 01:25 PM

You'd think they wouldn't have invested so heavily in a guy who can't be counted on to stay healthy as you put it.

10-13-2020, 01:26 PM

Cook is worth the money despite these injuries. He's just a massive game changer.

10-13-2020, 01:28 PM

Quote: @StickyBun said:
Cook is worth the money despite these injuries. He's just a massive game changer.

He's the field tilter left on O after Diggs was traded...

10-13-2020, 01:45 PM

Quote: @purplefaithful said:

@StickyBun said:
Cook is worth the money despite these injuries. He's just a massive game changer.
He's the field tilter left on O after Diggs was traded...

He is phenomenal when healthy. But again it's the when healthy part. It will be interesting to see where the offense goes from here.