The Dolphins had given up the 4th most yards rushing this season. Now they are at #3.
That certainly helps a ton.
I think Cook is looking more and more recovered from the knee injury and hamstring issue.
He is looking like he did as a rookie. To me.
Part of me wonders if this is what DeFilippo’s problem was. His whole mentality was “all runningbacks are essentially the same”, so even when he had one who was special, he didn’t do anything with him. He just could not conceive of a “game changing” RB.
I'm not trying to be a wet blanket after such a dominating win.....honest, I'm really not. BUT: when is the last time we saw Cook with the room to move, juke and do his thing like he did yesterday? He will annihilate teams if he can continue to get that kind of room to operate, but we all know this line stinks. And they aren't consistent. He's as good a weapon as there is in the NFL, but he needs a yard or two of room to operate, just like any successful RB does....and before yesterday, he wasn't getting it.
So what do I believe? What I've seen all year long or what I saw yesterday and might be an anomaly? One game at a time, but I'm not sold on it continuing.