Vikings RB Dalvin Cook has done it again. On Wednesday, Cook was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Detroit Lions in Week 9.
In a 34-20 win against the Lions, the 25-year-old Cook rushed for a career-high 206 yards and scored twice, including a 70-yard touchdown. With the performance, Cook joined Adrian Peterson and Ring of Honor member Chuck Foreman as the only players in team history to rush for 200 or more yards in a game.
The fourth-year pro is the first NFC player to earn the accolade in back-to-back weeks since Ryan Fitzpatrick did so in 2018 (Weeks 1-2) as a member of the Buccaneers and the first non-quarterback to be named in consecutive weeks since Todd Gurley in 2017 (Weeks 15-16) as a member of the Rams.
Combined with his outing in Week 8 at Green Bay, Cook became the third player in NFL history with 225-plus scrimmage yards and two-plus touchdowns in consecutive games, joining Deuce McAllister (2003) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown (1963). He’s also the sixth player in NFL history and first since Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith in 1994 with a rushing score in each of his first seven games of a season.
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