Dalvin Cook Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated For Vikings’ Rushing Woes

On March 9th, Darren Wolfson reported that at least one team had made a trade offer to the Minnesota Vikings for running back Dalvin Cook. Thenceforth, there’s been a bevy of cryptic tweets and fan-made mock trades that have been circulating the internet centering around the four time Pro-Bowl running back. However, the Minnesota Vikings have shown no intention of trading Dalvin Cook this offseason.

It’s a bit odd that an analytically-driven general manager like Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is content with keeping an aging running back on the same deal. There’s a compelling argument to be made that the Vikings would be better off trading Cook. Minnesota could get a Day 3 pick in a draft where they…