Vikings running back Dalvin Cook is currently still on his rookie contract.
Now, he will reportedly be out of any team-related activities until he receives a “reasonable” deal, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported.
“Without a reasonable extension, he will not be showing up for camp or beyond,” a source told ESPN.
Cook is coming off a season in which he had 1,135 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2019. Both those stats were career bests.
However, Cook has dealt with injuries in the past. He has missed 19 games in his three-year NFL career. Although, one of those games was Week 17 against the Bears, where the reserves played due to a lack of playoff implications.
The Vikings currently have a little more than $12.2 million in cap space for 2020, according to Over The Cap. Cook’s cap number is currently just over $2 million for 2020, per Over The Cap, a relative bargain for how Cook performed for the team this past season.
Over The Cap founder Jason Fitzgerald predicted that an extension for Cook would probably run the Vikings $13 million a year. However, Fitzgerald also thinks that if Minnesota lets Cook walk, then the running back wouldn’t hit $10 million in free agency.
