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“We knew he was. I was just being protective of him,” Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer said of Cook, who did not play against New Orleans or Seattle. “I just wanted him to go in there and get tackled and feel good. But on the one play, he never did get tackled.”
Cook’s highlight play came a little more than midway through the first quarter, when he angled to the left before cutting back right and racing for an 85-yard touchdown run.
What did Cook see when he pulled of his cutback move?
“Touchdown,” he said.
The former second-round pick broke a tackle at the 35-yard line and stumbled, but stayed on his feet near midfield, waltzing into the end zone in front of a raucous crowd. It was the longest touchdown run in Vikings preseason history.
“Those guys did a great job giving me running lanes on the plays I was out there,” Cook said. “And Chad Beebe and [Kyle] Rudolph made some good blocks downfield. Rudolph’s was actually the block that sprung me free. Gotta give credit to those guys.”
“If I get to the second level, it’s my job to change the scoreboard,” Cook added. “As a running back, you only get in the secondary so many times, so you have to take advantage of that.”
Cook finished with two carries for 88 yards, but the rest of Minnesota’s running backs came in and rushed for 100-plus yards on their own.
Of course, that was after they were impressed by ‘The Chef’s’ long touchdown run.