For about two months, the Minnesota Vikings showed interest in improving the running back room after longtime halfback Dalvin Cook was released early in the summer.
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The club onboarded little-known runners Abram Smith and Aaron Dykes for the preseason, worked out veterans Kareem Hunt and Mike Davis in August, and eventually signed Myles Gaskin for RB3 duties before the start of the regular season.
That created an RB group of Alexander Mattison, Ty Chandler, and Gaskin for the 2023 active roster, with Kene Nwangwu on injured reserve and rookie DeWayne McBride on the practice squad.