For six seasons, Dalvin Cook and Aaron Rodgers faced off against one another twice a year in NFC North divisional matchups. Now, they’ll be sharing the same backfield.
On Monday, Cook, the third-leading rusher in Minnesota Vikings history (in terms of yardage) signed a one-year, $8.6 million deal with the New York Jets. That’s right around what he would have been scheduled to make with the Vikings had the team not released him shortly after the start of the new league year.
From the time the 2022 season came to an end for Minnesota, they looked for a trade partner for Cook, but a combination of not being able to find a partner willing to give up adequate compensation and Cook (reportedly) being unwilling to restructure his deal to facilitate a deal led to him being released.