Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has held steadfast on running back Dalvin Cook, keeping him on the roster despite the rumors that he won’t be on the roster this year.
The reason Adofo-Mensah has played the waiting game is likely the same reason why he held onto Za’Darius Smith for so long: finding a trade partner. With June 1st looming, teams around the league will be gaining salary cap space due to their post-June 1st cuts. Two of the top three team on that list are prime trade candidates for Cook: Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys.
Six teams are picking up cap space this Friday as a result of prior Post-June 1 designated releases:
▫️Dolphins: $13.6M
▫️Browns: $10.915M
▫️Cowboys: $10.9M
▫️Commanders: $4M
▫️Broncos: $3.75M
▫️Cardinals: $3.215MSome extra spending power soon available.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) May 31, 2023
Does that mean that a trade is imminent? Absolutely not, but SKOR North’s Thor Nystrom reported on an episode of Purple Daily on Draft that there were trade parameters made with an AFC team on a Cook trade after June 1st. If that report holds true nearly six weeks later, Cook will be on the move and the Vikings will save $11 million on the salary cap this season.