Posts Tagged ‘Chris Cook’

Chris Cook Tears Other Meniscus, Ruled Out For Monday

Prior to the 2010 season the Vikings top rookie, cornerback Chris Cook, tore his right meniscus and missed the first two games of the season. It is now known that Cook tore his other meniscus after or during the week three game against the Vikings. It is not known how long he will be out [...]

Cook Sits While Others Get Back To It

BREAKING NEWS:  The Vikings will play football this week. I know, I know, I’m just as guilty as everyone else when it comes to covering Randy Moss 99.9% of the time this week.  However, we can’t forget that there is a game to be played on Monday Night and that there are 52 other guys [...]

INACTIVES: Secondary Gets Help

The Vikings secondary will get a big boost as they prepare to face Megatron and the rest of this newly improved Lions offense.  Both Cedric Griffin and Chris Cook are active for today’s game. Safety Tyrell Johnson, linebacker Erin Henderson, Joe Webb (third quarterback), running back Albert Young, center Jon Cooper, defensive tackle Fred Evans, [...]

Harvin Active, Three Corners Again

Percy Harvin will take the field against the Dolphins, but Cedric Griffin and Chris Cook will not.  Both cornerbacks have been listed as inactive.  That leaves the Vikings with only three healthy cornerbacks for the second week in a row. Joe Webb will be inactive as the third quarterback, able to play only in an [...]

Who’s in, who’s out ?

As I struggle to make sense of it all, I am reminded of my younger days when I was fortunate enough to attend the Temple of the Maharajah Ali Bali Abdalli-Mali. Ali was a wise and venerated sage whose mental gifts were the topic of intellectual lore throughout the vast expanses of the Asian Hindu [...]

The Injury Bug Bites Another Vike

Early word after the preseason game on Saturday was that rookie cornerback Chris Cook’s injury was not serious.  Apparently that isn’t entirely true. Judd Zulgad of Access Vikings reports that Cook suffered a meniscus tear in his right knee and is expected to miss two weeks at the very minimum. The timing of the injury [...]

Weekend Discussion: What Are You Going To Be Watching?

As much as a preseason game can matter, tomorrow’s matchup against the Seahawks matters most because the Vikings starting team will reportedly play the entire first half, and probably one series into the second half. This offseason has featured an onslaught of Vikings-related storylines to follow and I am wondering which one you will be [...]

Camp Breakdown: Wednesday (Morning)

[Editor’s Note:  While I am not going to include every source link, please note that all the sources consist of the sites (and Twitter accounts of their writers) that are featured in our blogroll on the right hand side of this page.] The Passers Brad Childress was seen spending a little extra time with Joe [...]

Camp Breakdown: Day Eight (Afternoon)

[Editor’s Note:  While I am not going to include every source link, please note that all the sources consist of the sites (and Twitter accounts of their writers) that are featured in our blogroll on the right hand side of this page.] On Friday afternoon, the Vikings had a special teams practice which means there [...]

Rising And Falling: Cornerbacks

Eight days into Vikings training camp much of the depth chart remains a mystery.  There are some clear cut observations to be made, however, as to which players have helped themselves and which players have hurt themselves (literally and figuratively) in camp so far. RISERS Young Corners The Vikings will have plenty of tough choices [...]