Bruce Johnson
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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson Dalvin Cook is second in receiving yards in the NFL among running backs. (First in rushing yards) He catches 80% of his targets and he averages 10.6 yards per reception. (424 yards) Do the math and that means over 8 yards per play when he is the target of a pass. He is definitely worthy of consideration for MVP of the league. He is on pace for 678 yards receiving and 1586 yards rushing for a total of 2264 yards combined. I don't believe that is a team record, but it certainly has to be close. edit: Peterson had 2314 combined yards in his MVP season, so Cook is actually in striking distance. And, like Peterson, it's possible that Cook increases his output in the second half of the season Yeah. I was thinking that and looking at the schedule. Four of our six remaining games are at home and the Chargers game is almost like a neutral site game. Their loss last Sunday might take the wind out of their sails. One game is vs. the Bears who seem to have our number, but maybe it will be a different story as they seem to be out of the playoff picture this time, as well. In an unusual quirk of the schedule we are playing all three of our NFC North foes at home yet. The two games with playoff contenders are the Packers and the Seahawks. Those are big games. The other four teams might be ready to just play out the string and try to avoid getting hurt. Those are the kind of games where the running game should do better. So yes, potentially many of these can be big games for Cook. The success with the screens to Cook last Sunday night is something that I believe we will see more and more of down the stretch. I mean, the team averages over 8 yards per try on that play. It just makes sense that they would do that more frequently. If I'm a defender and if I'm tired mentally because I'm not playing for much and physically the season is taking its toll, then I hate that screen pass play. It's different trying to tackle a running back than a wide receiver or even a tight end. They are hard to bring down and can punish you for trying.
< Message edited by Bruce Johnson -- 11/13/2019 10:19:02 PM >
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