Cowboys finalizing RB Dalvin Cook following checkout

The Dallas Cowboys are including another noteworthy veteran to their running back space. 

Former Pro Bowler Dalvin Cook is finalizing with the Cowboys following his goto with the group, his firm revealed Wednesday. Cook tookatrip to Dallas on Monday night to goto the club, NFL Media formerly reported.

The star running back and four-time Pro Bowler is coming off the worst season of his seven-year profession. Cook, who turned 29 earlier in August, hurried for simply 214 lawns on 3.2 lawns per bring and didn’t have a goal in 15 videogames with the New York Jets in2023 As his work reduced towards the end of the year, Cook askedfor to be launched and was cut ahead of the regular-season ending. 

Cook ultimately signedupwith the Baltimore Ravens for the postseason. He hurried for 23 lawns on 8 brings in their divisional-round win over the Houston Texans, however didn’t record a bring in their AFC Championship Game loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

While Cook is coming off a dull season, there is some factor for optimism that he’ll turn things around in2024 After costs the bulk of the 2023 offseason rehabbing from shoulder surgicaltreatment, Cook hasactually been able to lift weights onceagain this offseason and feels “the finest he has in years,” according to NFL Media. 

Cook was one of the videogame’s top running backs previous to2023 He hurried for at least 1,110 backyards in each season from 2019 to 2022, consistingof a 1,173-yard project in2022 He likewise had 8 hurrying goals that year to go with 39 receptions for 295 backyards and 2 goals. 

The Cowboys didn’t make any significant running back financialinvestments after losing Tony Pollard in totallyfree firm this offseason. They brought back another leading running back from the late 2010s, previous Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott, on a 1year offer, and kept a coupleof backups who didn’t see the field much for them in 2023. 

Even though Elliott delightedin a lot of success throughout his veryfirst period in Dallas, the 29-year-old’s production has trailed off regularly over the past anumberof years. He hurried for 645 lawns on 3.5 backyards per bring and 3 goals last season with the New England Patriots, splitting brings with Rhamondre Stevenson.

Still, Elliott had the most efficient 2023 out of all the running backs on the Cowboys’ lineup and is noted as the starter on their depth chart. Rico Dowdle, who hurried for 361 backyards and 2 goals last year, is likewise anticipated to have a function out of the backfield for Dallas. 

The Cowboys’ choice to indication Cook fell a day after the NFL’s lineup cutdown day. It likewise came 2 days after the group offered star broad receiver CeeDee Lamb a four-year, $136 million extension, ending his holdout less than 2 weeks before the start of the routine season.

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