The Minnesota Vikings released running back Dalvin Cook last week, a move expected by the NFL masses if general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah could not swing a trade.
Cook is now a free agent.
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Many perceived the move as a ‘tear it down’ measure for the Vikings roster, although offloading expensive players’ contracts — especially belonging to aging veterans — has been Adofo-Mensah’s modus operandi all offseason. Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio even likened Minnesota’s team-building strategy to the bottom-feeding Arizona Cardinals, “Whether that’s tanking or strategic rebuilding is a matter of semantics.