An NFL insider has provided some interesting details regarding Dalvin Cook’s recent visit with the New York Jets.
The four-time Pro Bowl running back visited with the AFC East club over the weekend, but he left without a deal. On Wednesday’s edition of SportsCenter (h/t Bleacher Report’s Mike Chiari), ESPN’s Jeff Darlington reported that some in the Jets’ organization thought Cook had a “bizarre” visit with the team:
“Well look, bizarre is a good word to use and honestly a sentiment that’s shared by some people that I’ve spoken to within the Jets organization as well. They’re wondering too what exactly are the motives here of Dalvin Cook. I think that we have to be very careful here, not everybody in the Jets feels that way, but there is a wonder here. Is he using the Jets for leverage right now? Is he trying to ramp up potential offers with other teams to get maybe a spot on those rosters? Would the Miami Dolphins be that team?…
Now, I will say that I believe there is a spot on this Dolphins team if Dalvin Cook decides to come to the Dolphins. But right now, certainly as he walks away from the Jets without a contract, there is a wonder about his desire specifically to play for the Jets.”
Cook has long been linked to joining the Dolphins, and he would be a good fit there. Miami’s leading rusher a year ago was the injury-prone and now-31-year-old Raheem Mostert, who finished with 891 yards on the ground.
Iowa State product Breece Hall was the Jets’ lead RB last season for seven games before unfortunately suffering a season-ending ACL tear. Hall was a front-runner for Offensive Rookie of the Year honors, recording 463 rushing yards and four touchdowns before his injury.
So the Jets could certainly use a four-time 1,000-yard rusher like Cook to help the ground game, especially if Hall isn’t ready for the start of the season.
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It’s been nearly two months since the Minnesota Vikings released their star running back in a cap-saving move. Cook, like Ezekiel Elliott, Saquon Barley, Josh Jacobs, Tony Pollard and Austin Ekeler, is certainly learning that the running back position is simply a devaluing one.
For his career, Cook has 5,993 rushing yards and 47 rushing touchdowns.
