Running back Dalvin Cook wants to turn Monday night into a heavyweight fight.
But Cook knows a surging Vikings offense needs to live up to the nationally televised billing against a Bears defense that has bullied them through four losses in two years.
The difference, the Vikings hope, is an offense confident in its identity, which is focused on Cook as he runs like an MVP candidate and sets up an explosive play-action passing game. It’s the Vikings’ best hope of emerging from this matchup with the more competent offense in the game.
“This year, it’s about something different,” Cook said.