{"id":437525,"date":"2023-06-08T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=437525"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:45:03","slug":"minnesota-to-release-dalvin-cook","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/minnesota-to-release-dalvin-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota to release Dalvin Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/team\/minnesota-vikings\/\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> told RB <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/dalvin-cook\/\">Dalvin Cook<\/a> that they would discharge him. The franchise tried to trade Dalvin unsuccessfully during the off-season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/team\/miami-dolphins\/\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/team\/denver-broncos\/\">Denver Broncos<\/a> are very Interested in Cook and will try to sign him as a free agent. However, Minnesota will try one final time to trade the RB before they let him go tomorrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Vikings<\/a> and four-time Pro Bowl RB Dalvin Cook are parting ways, per source.<\/p>\n<p>One of the NFL\u2019s most dynamic playmakers, Cook is coming off a fourth straight 1,000-yard season and has 52 career TDs. Now he\u2019ll be a free agent at age 27 and will have multiple suitors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJUIi9XP6O\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kJUIi9XP6O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1666806520359849986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The RB played 17 matches last campaign, rushed for 1,173 yards, and had 8 TDs on 264 possessions. Cook also finished with 39 receptions for almost 300 yards and 2 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Dalvin had shoulder surgery after the end of the season to fix a &#8216;broken shoulder&#8217; that he broke back in 2019. The RB will be fully recovered for the start of the new NFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Vikings told RB Dalvin Cook that they would discharge him. The franchise tried to trade Dalvin unsuccessfully during the off-season. Miami [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":437526,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[19767,17167,17324],"news_category":[16703],"gn_keywords":[19768,18175,17873],"acf":{"announce":"The running back will be released.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/437525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/437525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437525"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=437525"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=437525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}