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Restless Vikings Fans Call for Change to Starting Lineup

Some Minnesota Vikings fans — not all — are ready for a change at RB1.

Heading into 2023, the Vikings parted ways with longtime halfback Dalvin Cook, who signed with the New York Jets in August and promptly fell off a performance cliff one month later.

Restless Vikings Fans Call for Change to Starting Lineup

The move to shed Cook’s mammoth $14 million cap hit was wise, but some Vikings loyalists aren’t necessarily enthused by Cook’s RB1 replacement, Alexander Mattison.

And those same folks want more of Cam Akers, to the tune of the RB1 gig.