Cook not happy in New York

Short of Breece not being healthy Cook was never going to get a ton of carries to begin with. Was and odd place for him to sign from the start. 

He is also one of the worst rated Running Backs in the league for Efficiency which takes the offensive line out of the evaluation. Mattison is about 8 spots ahead of Cook, but we don't have any RB's even in the top 20 which is why are running game is dysfunctional. We have a highly rated offensive line for run blocking. It's not because of them. Our RB room is just plain shitty. 

@"TBro" said: He is also one of the worst rated Running Backs in the league for Efficiency which takes the offensive line out of the evaluation. Mattison is about 8 spots ahead of Cook, but we don't have any RB's even in the top 20 which is why are running game is dysfunctional. We have a highly rated offensive line for run blocking. It's not because of them. Our RB room is just plain shitty. 

He ought to be glad he's getting paid.  Dude went into decline fast.

@"bigbone62" said: Short of Breece not being healthy Cook was never going to get a ton of carries to begin with. Was and odd place for him to sign from the start. 

I always liked Cook and what he brought to the run game. He got a paycheck. Now he'll be one year older and, unless traded, won't be seeing much action. He'll be 29 years old before the start of next season, right when RBs skills start to fall off the table. 

I see rumors that Derrick Henry can be had in a trade, he's 29 years old now and will be 30 in January. He's taken lots of hits. He's exactly the kind of back that will be fine one year and noticeably different the next. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"bigbone62" said: Short of Breece not being healthy Cook was never going to get a ton of carries to begin with. Was and odd place for him to sign from the start. 

I dont think he had a lot of options,  especially for the kind of money he was after.  IIRC he was pretty late to sign wasnt he?

@"bigbone62" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"bigbone62" said: Short of Breece not being healthy Cook was never going to get a ton of carries to begin with. Was and odd place for him to sign from the start. 

I dont think he had a lot of options,  especially for the kind of money he was after.  IIRC he was pretty late to sign wasnt he?

I guess my point was, of the places he visited the Jets made the absolute least amount of sense of he cared about playing time. He didn't get anywhere near the contract he was looking for and from everything I read the Jets offer in no way blew away his other offers. So if it was for money great, you "got paid". If he signed with the Jets thinking he was going to remain a featured player, either his or his agents intelligence need to be questioned. 

For Dalvin- I get it. He wants more touches and it's not like he's gonna come out and say, "Yeah, I'm cooked. Breece is better." He probably is in the denial stage as it pertains to his skills.
For the Vikings- Kwesi deserves credit for a lot of moves he made this past offseason. Hopefully he's growing into his role. It hasn't been perfect but shedding Cook and Thielen (though he's still playing well) and Kendricks, re-signing Bradbury, keeping Hunter in the fold, Murphy has been solid at CB, and drafting Addison and signing Pace all look like good moves. Davenport has been glass and his first draft looks bad, but after that first draft it's hard to complain too much for the moves he's made. Even Powell has been solid. There's been some bumps but overall I'm happy with what KAM has done, especially considering he's operating within the Wilfs constraints of wanting to be competitive every year.

He'd still be RB #1, if he accepted what the Vikes offered.  If money was the most important reason to leave Minny, then he got what mattered most.  I don't feel bad for him at all.