According to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, the Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins were “very close” on a trade for running back Dalvin Cook.
Breer said the quiet part out loud in his latest column. There had been many rumors that the Dolphins and Cook were both interested, and the landing spot made a lot of sense back in March.
As things sit today, it’s not quite that simple. The Dolphins re-signed both Jeff Wilson Jr. and Raheem Mostert, and selected Devon Achane in the third round of April’s NFL draft.
Back in April, the salary cap ramifications of the trade would have made things extremely difficult for the Dolphins. Due to the post-June 1 designation they put on the release of cornerback Byron Jones, a trade is much more plausible now with $13 million in salary cap space freed up.
Could a trade still happen? Until something else happens, the answer is yes.