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Coller: Cook has opportunity to be ‘elite’ RB in the NFL


Vikings running back Dalvin Cook is entering his third NFL season and has 15 games under his belt.


Cook’s rookie campaign was cut short by a torn ACL, and he struggled with a nagging hamstring injury last season. SKOR North’s Matthew Coller asked, if the running back is fully healthy for year three, what is his ceiling?


Coller pointed out that in 11 games last season, Cook carried the ball 10 times or fewer in six of them. The Vikings new offseason system, however, should see Cook carry a larger role for the team. Coller wrote:


The Vikings are likely to rely heavily on Cook to carry the load in 2018.


Based on his production — albeit in a limited sample size — over the first two seasons of Cook’s career, there will be an opportunity for him to emerge as one of the elite running backs in the NFL, especially if the [offense led by Offensive Coordinator Kevin Stefanski and Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Advisor Gary Kubiak] uses him as much as [former Offensive Coordinator] Pat Shurmur did in 2017 and as Kubiak did in the past with running backs like Arian Foster in Houston.


If you take Cook’s final three weeks with Stefanski at the helm as interim OC in 2018, it projects to 245 carries, 1,323 yards, 43 receptions over 16 games. He had a similar 16-game pace over the first four weeks with Shurmur of 296 carries, 1,416 yards, 44 receptions.
 
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