The Vikings told Dalvin Cook they are releasing him

[TEX]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

All football players endure injuries during their careers. But Dalvin Cook hasn't suffered an injury that forced him to miss a game since Oct. of 2021. And that was just the one game. Basically, he's been pretty healthy and reliably available.

He's been playing injured throughout his career. He's a pretty tough dude. Gets the job done regardless.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...oulder-surgery

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by TEX

He's been playing injured throughout his career. He's a pretty tough dude. Gets the job done regardless.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...oulder-surgery

Sure. Never said Cook was unbreakable. Just that he's been pretty healthy for some time now, and he's still pretty young at just 27.

And it's not like he's suffered several serious injuries that cost him multiple games in a chronic fashion over his career.

He had a hammy strain that cost him 4 games back in 2018, according to DraftSharks injury history report. But hasn't reappeared since.

He had pedal ankle a couple times, but not since Oct. 2021.

A couple shoulder injuries. Sorry, injured his shoulder several times both in college and the NFL, but hasn't missed a game for it since 2019.

And a groin injury once.

so yeah, he's not invincible, but he hasn't missed many games due to injury in awhile.


Either way, he's not a backup RB. He's like CMC; he should be starting somewhere in 2023. We have Pacheco, and i don't see demoting Pacheco to backup as reasonable, that's all.