I wish he would have scored.” INJURY UPDATE “It’s a chance for me to show off my arm a little bit. He was on the receiving end of a flea-flicker in the second quarter, when Cousins threw a lateral to Justin Jefferson, and the wide receiver tossed a 23-yard pass to Cook down the right side. I feel like we did a great job.”Ĭook also caught two passes for 27 yards. “I’m just here to be ground control, man,’’ he said. On Sunday, he had 18 attempts for 94 yards and ran for two touchdowns.Īsked if is fully recovered from his shoulder injury, Cook said, “We’re playing football.’’ He was more expansive when asked about his showing Sunday. 25 against Detroit.Ĭook returned to carry 20 times for 76 yards in a 28-25 win over New Orleans on Oct. Vikings running back Dalvin Cook seemingly has recovered well from a shoulder separation suffered Sept. “But it’s a great start, and we’ve got to build on it.” COOK IS ‘GROUND CONTROL’ “We’re going to be talking each week here all the way through to January, and that’s where it really matters is we’ve got to finish strong,’’ he said. With that in mind, Cousins knows it will be a long road. The Vikings were surprised when the schedule came out last May that they would play all three of their home NFC North games early in the season and all three division road games late in the season, including games Jan. So I’m proud of our guys for doing that.’’ “We talked a lot to our team in training camp about we’re going to get three opportunities to play in the greatest home environment in the NFL against divisional teams to start the season,’’ O’Connell said. But first-year head coach Kevin O’Connell had earmarked all three early-season games as being very important. It must be said that all three of Minnesota’s division wins have come at home, the previous two over the Packers and Detroit. The Vikings are 4-1 overall and in sole possession of first place in the NFC North due to Green Bay (3-2) losing 27-22 to the New York Giants on Sunday in London. “It’s a great start, and that’s all it is, though,’’ said quarterback Kirk Cousins.
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