Neither Christian McCaffrey nor Dalvin Cook tip the scale much beyond 200 pounds. Both fall short of 6 feet in a violent game they share with agile giants trying to crush the will out of them 20-some times every week.
And yet these two versatile NFL stars have legitimate MVP dreams that stand taller than any other non-quarterback in a league that has seen only Vikings running back Adrian Peterson interrupt the annual quarterback coronation the past 12 years.
Cook, the Vikings heartbeat offensively, is on pace for an all-world and franchise-record 2,374 yards from scrimmage. And yet even that doesn’t match the out-of-this-world effort we’ve seen from the 205-pound McCaffrey through five games.