EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Dalvin Cook is used to shouldering a heavy workload. As a featured running back at Florida State, Cook averaged 22 carries a game during his junior season and rushed for 1,765 yards.
In the Minnesota Vikings' season opener, Cook again was the workhorse, carrying the ball 22 times for 127 yards and breaking the rushing record for a Vikings player in his debut, a record previously held by Adrian Peterson for 103 yards.
"It was about what I expected," Cook said of his carries. "Coach KP (Vikings running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu) is a guy of rhythm.