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Dalvin Cook Is Key For The Vikings Against The 49ers

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s simple. When the Minnesota Vikings have running back Dalvin Cook, they are a different team.

He changes what they can do in part by changing direction.

“Having a feeling, trusting your instincts,” Cook said. “I practice hard during the week to put myself in position to know that I got to trust the thing and hit it and just go with it. And that’s what I do come Sunday. I don’t think, I just react.”

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But maybe just as important is that he has, in his own way, become a leader on offense.