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Dalvin Cook has become the face of the Vikings

Dalvin Cook is the Vikings' best player, athlete, stratagem and blemish-obscurer. "We're riding his coattails,'' receiver Adam Thielen said.

JIM SOUHAN @Souhanstrib

Three games into the 2019 season, Dalvin Cook has become the face of the Minnesota Vikings. And the mascara.

Cook is the Vikings’ best player, athlete, stratagem and blemish-obscurer. After filleting the Raiders en route to 110 yards and a touchdown on Sunday in the Vikings’ 34-14 victory, he’s on pace to rush for exactly 2,000 yards and embarrass 200 linebackers this season.

He is the first Viking in franchise history to rush for 100 yards or more in the first three games of a season, and he is averaging a rather silly 6.