![]() ![]() Under the previous protocols, because he is unvaccinated, the earliest that Cook could have come off the COVID list was Saturday, one day before the Vikings play at Green Bay on Sunday night. The change is in effect for vaccinated and unvaccinated players. The NFL on Tuesday changed protocols from a 10-day quarantine period to five days if a player has no fever for 24 hours and any other symptoms are resolved or improved. There are rumored to be up to 12 teams interested in Mattison, and it has been shown that Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has not been afraid to make trades and change things up.The NFL’s change Tuesday in COVID-19 protocols could result in Vikings star running back Dalvin Cook returning to the team earlier than on Saturday.Ĭook, who is unvaccinated, was placed on the COVID-19 reserve list last Thursday after testing positive. The first option seems like the most likely option at this point. Option two: Alexander Mattison stays and is the lead number two back, while Chandler takes third in command with Nwangwu coming in as a spark in rare cases but mostly staying on special teams. Option one: Alexander Mattison gets traded and we see Ty Chander take the role with supplemental help from Kene Nwangwu. While he may not be right at the level of Alexander Mattison right now, he is close enough that trading away the aforementioned Mattison makes a lot of sense. Especially one that was a fifth-round pick. While preseason should be taken with a little grain of salt, those are great stats for a rookie just entering the NFL. This preseason he tallied 15 carries for 113 yards across three games. He has shown great potential all throughout the Vikings preseason. Ty Chandler was a fifth-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft for the Minnesota Vikings. While he is a great change of pace, likely will not be the leader in the clubhouse to take the majority of snaps if Dalvin Cook were to go down. In the preseason, he didn’t get a ton of work either, at least none of notable success. Nwangwu only had 13 carries for 61 yards in all of 2021. His work in the backfield last year was very limited though. Then, just three weeks later, he did it again against the San Francisco 49ers. Kene Nwangwu burst onto the scene last year when he returned a kickoff for a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens. ![]() Mattison is in a contract year, so the Vikings would like to get something for him, and Mattison would like to prove his worth before he hits the open market. ![]() Alexander Mattison does not want to sit and backup Dalvin Cook for his entire career and he is justified in thinking that. The problem is that he is almost too good. Those are phenomenal numbers for a backup running back in the NFL. Last year in the three games in which he got over 20 carries, Mattison averaged 105 yards per game. In that time, he has been one of the best backup running backs in the league. The Case for Running Back Alexander MattisonĪlexander Mattison has been the main backup to Dalvin Cook the last three years in Minnesota. Dalvin Cook is a guy who certainly has had his share of injuries in his past, so this position is an important one for the team. Dalvin Cook is the leader and one of the top five best backs in the league, but who is second in command? The likes of Alexander Mattison, Ty Chandler, and Kene Nwangwu all look to take that backup role. The Minnesota Vikings have yet another great stable of running backs this year. Who are the Options to Backup Dalvin Cook? This year though, it almost seems like there is too much talent. For a team with the amount of offensive line struggles that Minnesota has had, it is a huge testament to the talent in the Vikings backfield. Only three times in the last 15 years have the Vikings finished outside the top 11 in team rushing yards. The likes of Adrian Peterson and Dalvin Cook have been the headliners for that, but no matter who has been back there, the Vikings have seemed to run the ball well. The Minnesota Vikings over the last 15 years have always seemed to be great at the running back position.
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