We may never see Dalvin Cook

[Coogiguy03]

With how they did the carries in yesterday's game, is there a need for Cook at this point??? Please give your thoughts, you have them iI know!

 

[Hawkeye19]

He is there for injury insurance basically. He will need to absorb the playbook and get into game shape to earn the call up.

 

[Denim Chicken]

My guess is that we have him to spell Zeke with fresh legs. It's a long season and Zeke & Cook both have significant tread.

 

[jazzcat22]

Only a matter of time before he takes over the Deuce's roster spot.

 

[Jipper]

Only a matter of time before he takes over the Deuce's roster spot.

I agree - time to cut the duece loose

 

[8FOR!3]

The need is there, we'll see if he's actually still good enough to be worth playing. But it's not crazy to think he could still be an upgrade over Rico

 

[thunderpimp91]

I would bet so. A lot of talk about how good the run game looked yesterday, but Zeke went 10 for 40 with a long of 9 yards. Dowdle went 8 for 26 with a long of 10 yards. There is a lot of room for improvement in this area and if we dont see it in the coming weeks I wouldnt be shocked at all if Cook gets his chance.

 

[Creeper]

We haven't seen him play so how do we know what Cook brings to the table. If he has an speed left, then it would help to have him in there. I don't think we need Zeke and Dowdle. We need a quick shity back with some speed, like we used to have with Zeke and Pollard.

 

[viman96]

I think Cook is activated when he knows the offense. They will want to see what he can do.

 

[zrinkill]

I would rather go with a Zeke and Cooks combo ...... Dowdle is an off injured Jag

And give Duece special packages.

 

[thunderpimp91]

We haven't seen him play so how do we know what Cook brings to the table. If he has an speed left, then it would help to have him in there. I don't think we need Zeke and Dowdle. We need a quick shity back with some speed, like we used to have with Zeke and Pollard.

I would agree, and odds are that isnt Cook. Realistically Dowdle, Zeke, and Cook are all pretty similar players at this point in time. Its possible Deuce could be that guy who offers something different, but we still need to see it. My guess is that Jerry is working the phones hard around the trade deadline for a RB.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

He is there for injury insurance basically. He will need to absorb the playbook and get into game shape to earn the call up.

Yep, he's never going to play unless there's an injury.

The fact that he's a) available and b) willing to sign onto a practice squad tells you exactly what the league thinks of him.

 

[OmerV]

With how they did the carries in yesterday's game, is there a need for Cook at this point??? Please give your thoughts, you have them iI know!

The running game yesterday was less than stellar, so it's not like the runner's looked too good to allow another player an opening.

 

[gimmesix]

With how they did the carries in yesterday's game, is there a need for Cook at this point??? Please give your thoughts, you have them iI know!

I feel that as soon as they think he's ready, he may eat Dowdle's snaps. Dowdle averaged 3.2 yards per carry yesterday. That's not exactly irreplaceable. Elliott averaged 4.0 and scored a TD.

But we gave Vaughn just one carry yesterday, so I could see Cook, Elliott and Dowdle all being active instead.

 

[HungryLion]

With how they did the carries in yesterday's game, is there a need for Cook at this point??? Please give your thoughts, you have them iI know!

The running game wasn’t very good yesterday.

They couldn’t run the ball consistently to kill clock in the second half.

The running game was just meh. Yesterday

 

[Denim Chicken]

The running game wasn’t very good yesterday.

They couldn’t run the ball consistently to kill clock in the second half.

The running game was just meh. Yesterday

True, but it was against one of the best running defenses as well.

 

[HungryLion]

True, but it was against one of the best running defenses as well.

I’m just not ready to declare the running game issues solved yet based on yesterday.

They are going to need the running game to make some plays for them at some point. Or grind out a win in a close game.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

My guess is that Jerry is working the phones hard around the trade deadline for a RB.

I doubt that. Jerry just spent a quarter of a billion dollars, no way his head repairs itself before the end of the season. On a related note, Johnnie Walker stock is up 30%.

 

[Rayman70]

Dalvin will get reps as well Deuce

 

[RonnieT24]

Cook is essentially a more talented version of Dowdle in my view. If Dowdle doesn't do better than 3.5 ypc when the guy who is supposed to be old and slow bangs out 4.0 then Cook will be elevated in his place. At least he should be. Still I think Cleveland is a pretty good front 7 so not ready to bury Dowdle yet.