Dalvin
As the week progressed, there was a less confident tone that Vikings RB Dalvin Cook would play Sunday vs. Seattle due to his sprained ankle, per source. Cook didn’t practice all week, it’s early in season, and going into pre-game warmups it was considered “unlikely” he plays.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 26, 2021
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. — Robin Williams
#Vikings RB Dalvin Cook (ankle) didn’t practice all week and is listed as questionable. While he hopes to play, it’s no sure thing that he does. Even if he plays, he’ll likely be extremely limited. Alexander Mattison is the next man up.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 26, 2021
Dalvin Cook is a Ferrari and yet Mike Zimmer uses him like a 1980 Tahoe pic.twitter.com/kl2baTymH9
— “NFL Draft Guru” Trey (@Whatshis40) September 26, 2021
in 2020 DC carried the rock too often imo...
This year? He's averaging 21 a game to-date, that ain't overuse imo:
https://fantasyfootballers.org/rb-running-back-nfl-stats/
Mattison gets the chance at pay back for last year.
Hope he has the best game of his career!
Running back Dalvin Cook is officially inactive for the Vikings' home opener on Sunday afternoon against the Seahawks.Cook was held out of practices all week due to a sprained right ankle suffered at the end of last week's loss in Arizona. Despite coach Mike Zimmer saying Wednesday the team would "continue to play" Cook through his latest injury, the centerpiece of the Vikings offense will be shelved to heal after he was unable to practice all week.
It's the 22nd game Cook has been ruled out due to injury in his five-year NFL career, and his first absence of this season. Only two running backs — Tennessee's Derrick Henry and Carolina's Christian McCaffery — entered Week 3 with more yards from scrimmage than Cook's 252 yards.
Running back Alexander Mattison will make his third NFL start, with running back Ameer Abdullah and fullback C.J. Ham shouldering the rest of the workload. Mattison's career-high 112 rushing yards came against the Seahawks last year, when he replaced Cook in the second half and eventually missed a hole on a key fourth down
https://www.startribune.com/vikings-seahawks-pregame-running-back-dalvin-cook-will-sit-against-seattle/600101052/
@"purplefaithful" said: No Cook really hurts the Vikings chances...No doubt. You know who I think it hurts the most? Kirk Cousins. Seattle would've done what both Cinci and Arizona did: focus on Dalvin and force Cousins to beat them. Which he did to those teams a few times.
Mattison is a good runner who will get yardage against this defense, but without Cook putting the fear of housing every touch in them, they won't play favorites. That will benefit Mattison, but hurt Cousins.
With any luck the Vikings pass rush against that awful OL will make it irrelevant.
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