Running back Dalvin Cook donned his helmet and practice jersey, lightly jogging through warmups at the start of Wednesday's practice. But the Vikings shelved their injured star for the rest of the afternoon, trying to heal his sprained right ankle without him missing any more game time.
"That's the plan," Cook said Wednesday. "I don't feel like I'm headed in the wrong direction. I feel like I'm headed in the right direction to get myself back to where I need to be at. You have those days, but we just played a game."
Cook, one of four injured players sidelined at practice, exited Sunday's loss to the Browns in the third quarter after coming up "gimpy," coach Mike Zimmer said.