FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Dalvin Cook is at least a week away from joining the Jets. When he arrives, he will be another weapon for Aaron Rodgers on an offense that will be even tougher to defend.
“Very excited to add a really, really good football player to this team,” Robert Saleh said following practice Tuesday. “He adds another dynamic to this group that I think anybody would be excited about.”
The Jets came to terms with Cook on Monday on a one-year deal worth up to $8.6 million. Cook is in Florida awaiting the birth of his child. He’s also rehabbing from shoulder surgery.
There will be a ramp-up period when Cook officially joins the Jets to get him ready for their Week 1 Monday night game against Buffalo. There’s no denying what Cook, a four-time Pro Bowl running back, can do when he’s healthy.
The 28-year-old Cook has been one of the most productive backs over the last four seasons. He’s run for at least 1,135 yards each of those years and totaled 43 rushing touchdowns. Cook also had 170 receptions for 1,399 yards and three scores in that span.
The former Viking is not coming to the Jets to be their top back, either. That’s Breece Hall, who came off PUP on Tuesday and practiced for the first time since tearing his ACL last October.
Cook will help take some of the workload off Hall and give the Jets perhaps the best 1-2 running back punch in the NFL. They also have Michael Carter, who hopes to remain in the running back rotation.
Saleh said there’s “a lot” that Cook can bring to the Jets. Saleh feels that trio will provide “headaches” for defenses and so many options for the Jets
“As a defensive coach, I’ll just sit there and say, ‘God, you got Breece and Michael and [Cook], and you got two of those guys in the backfield.’ There’s a lot of different things that you can do to create a bunch of headaches for different coaches. And he’s not a trick back, either. You can turn around, hand him the ball and he can run…
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