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What Extension Would You Offer Cook?

Howdy all, with the NFL truely in the slow portion of the year for news I was thinking about the remaining checklist Minnesota needs to address. Top of the last is probably an extension for Cook or Harris.

Got me thinking how the DN community values him, and wanted to pick yall's brains on the matter. I'll give what i think and you can chime in in the comments if you please.

Pros :

+ Age (24 , 25 in August)

+ Coming off his best year (1135ru yds, 13 TD, and 53rec for 519 yds) Dual threat out of the backfield.

+ Other than his contract dispute, seems to truely enjoy being a Viking

+ True Gamebreaker that requires planning for

+ Still improving

Cons :

- Plays a position that is easier to replace than most

- Durability concerns (14 games last season were career high)

- Recent RB extensions proving to be not worth the investments (David Johnson and Leveon Bell as the main examples)

If we still had Diggs I may lean more toward standing firm on not overpaying him given his history, but since we are a team committed to the run I think we should pony up and extend him. He is such a crucial part of the offense, i honestly think if he holds out or were traded it may shift us from a 9-12 win team to 7-10. He commands respect of the run game and opens things up for Kirk and the WR/TE.

I am a big fan of Alexander Mattison, but like him in his current role. I would however give him a bit more run to help Cook hold up in the long run, maybe get closer to 65-35 share with a sprinkle of Mike Boone here and there.

Now the most recent rumor I saw was he would be willing to accept or highly consider a bit less than Derrick Henry (another back whose teams success highly relies on their shoulders) who signed a 4 year 50 million deal worth ~26 guranteed.

My hopes are we offer Cook a 4 year deal worth 46 million with ~20 mil guranteed. He gets paid like a top back, we give out a sizeable contract but one that (knock on wood) wont financially cripple us in the event he misses time or for some reason regresses.

What sort of deal would you offer Cook if you were GM?

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