Minnesota Vikings: Dalvin Cook
It’s safe to say that Kirk Cousins will never live up to the big-money contract that brought him to Minnesota. That doesn’t mean the Vikings can’t win with him; it just means they’ll need more out of their running game. Naturally, that will make Cook a vital part of the team’s success.
There should be no doubt that Cook has the skillset to be one of the best rushers in the NFL. However, staying healthy has been his biggest problem over the first two years of his career. He’s played just 15 games and scored only four rushing touchdowns in two seasons. If he can stay healthy, he can be the kind of workhorse back that can dominate games and make things a lot easier for Cousins. But if injuries continue to be a problem for Cook, it doesn’t bode well for the Vikings being anything more than average in 2019.