The purge of 2023 continued Thursday at TCO Performance Center.
Running back Dalvin Cook reportedly was told he will become the latest Vikings veteran to be jettisoned, joining Adam Thielen, Eric Kendricks, Patrick Peterson, Za’Darius Smith and Dalvin Tomlinson. Thielen, Kendricks and Cook were released, while Peterson and Tomlinson left as free agents and Smith was traded.
Cook’s departure has been assumed since the end of the season — his salary-cap hit of $14.1 million was considered far too high — so the only question now is whether he will be released on Friday, or could the Vikings potentially work out a trade on Thursday? The former is much more likely than the latter.
So what do all of these changes mean for the Vikings? Let’s examine.