It’s been about seven weeks since Minnesota Vikings’ running back Dalvin Cook declared that he would be sitting out of team activities absent a “reasonable” contract extension. At the time, it didn’t appear as though he had a whole lot of leverage, according to league rules.
Art. 8, Section 1(b): A player shall not receive an Accrued Season for any League Year in which the player is under contract to a Club and in which (i) he failed to report to the Club’s preseason training camp.