Vikings RB Dalvin Cook issues a warning to every team in the NFL
By Adam Patrick
The Minnesota Vikings running back is unhappy about not receiving an All-Pro vote this season.
When the 2020 season came to a close for the Minnesota Vikings recently, Dalvin Cook‘s final rushing total saw him finish with an impressive 1,557 yards on the ground.
With this amount, Cook joined Derrick Henry as the only two running backs in the NFL to end a season with at least 1,500 rushing yards since 2017.
In addition to his impressive rushing total, the Vikings running back also finished with 44 catches, 17 touchdowns, and he led the NFC with 33 broken tackles. Despite Cook’s performance resulting in his second-straight Pro Bowl selection, this season’s All-Pro voters felt differently about his play.
Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook responds to All-Pro disrespect
When the Associated Press recently released their voting tallies for their annual NFL All-Pro teams, only two running backs received votes this season, and Cook was not one of them. Henry and Saints running back Alvin Kamara turned out to be the only two rushers worthy of All-Pro votes for their play during the 2020 campaign.
On Monday, Cook to his Instagram account to voice his displeasure with the fact that he didn’t earn a single All-Pro vote following his impressive showing in 2020.
Cook has every right to not be happy about the way that the 2020 All-Pro voting turned out. Sure, Henry and Kamara are worth getting All-Pro votes for their play during the 2020 regular season, but so is Cook.
So when the Vikings running back explodes with a monster performance in 2021 and no defense can figure out how to slow him down, he just wants to let everyone know that people can thank the 2020 All-Pro voters for his motivation.
Adrian Peterson holds Minnesota’s record for rushing yards in a single-season when he rushed for 2,097 back in 2012. Don’t be surprised if Cook’s goal for 2021 will be to break that record and eliminate all excuses to not receive any All-Pro votes.
At 25-years-old, Cook is already one of the top running backs in the NFL. But the scariest part of it all might be that he hasn’t even reached his full potential yet.