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Vikings RB Dalvin Cook will not play Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, according to Matthew Coller of PurpleInsider.com.

Related Player: Alexander Mattison

This was expected with the Vikings heading into a Week 7 bye. Alexander Mattison will start in Cook's place.

Dalvin Cook isn’t expected to play this Sunday against the Falcons after suffering an adductor strain, according to a source.

Related players: Alexander Mattison

While Cook was only a question mark on Monday, it shouldn't be a surprise the team will sit him this week. As we talked about on Monday, the Vikings have a bye in Week 6 so the hope is to get Cook a couple of weeks rest before hopefully returning to action in Week 7. Mattison looks to at least be a one-week starter for the Vikings in a nice matchup. In limited time Mattison finished with over 100 yards rushing filling in for Cook last week after he left the game.

Dalvin Cook appears to have avoided serious injury, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said, after the star running back strained his groin in the third quarter of Sunday’s 27-26 loss in Seattle.

Cook underwent an MRI on Monday that went “pretty well,” Zimmer said, and the fact Cook didn’t end up on injured reserve indicates the Vikings believe his injury will cost him fewer than three games, if any at all.

Related players: Alexander Mattison

Zimmer acknowledged Cook has a chance to play Sunday against the Falcons, but the Vikings also have a Week 7 bye that could give him two weeks of rest while missing one game. Mattison filled in nicely and will likely be a popular waiver wire grab this week. Hopefully for Cook owners they are already backed up.

Vikings running back Dalvin Cook left Sunday night’s game with a groin injury, and right now the team doesn’t know how long he’ll be out.

Related players: Alexander Mattison, Mike Boone

Cook will have an MRI today and it’s unclear whether he’ll play Sunday’s home game against the Falcons, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. Cook did play one more snap after leaving with the injury. Mattison came in and had 20 carries for 112 yards. Mattison is likely to get plenty of work again this week if Cook can’t go so hopefully Cook owners have Mattison tucked away on their bench. Mattison will be a major target on the wire this week. Boone could also see some time if Cook is out.

According to John Shipley of Sports Illustrated, Tyler Eifert has shown strong chemistry with quarterback Gardner Minshew.

With sophomore tight end Josh Oliver lost for the season, and no one else on the roster capable of pushing him for snaps, Tyler Eifert could have a much stronger season than many have projected. The offense has not had a reliable tight end since the days of Mercedes Lewis, but Minshew’s rhythm passer skill set suggests that Eifert could thrive as a safety valve and downfield target. Eifert has wowed with a number of downfield hookups from Minshew, and will look to carry the chemistry over to game days. Eifert could make for an extremely interesting low cost, deep league TE2 flier. Eifert is currently ranked as our 31st tight end for the season.

This speaks to the Patriots' talent at WR but also his development, Gunner Olszewski has looked like the second best WR in camp behind Julian Edelman, though N'Keal Harry made a push today.

Related players: Jakobi Meyers, Mohamed Sanu

Kyed mentioned again that Harry had a big day on Monday, but up to this point Olszewski had been most impressive behind Edelman. Olszewski doesn't make our WR list while guys like Meyers and Sanu remain behind Edelman and Harry. With three weeks to go before the start of the season, keep an eye on Olszewski.

The Jaguars have activated QB Gardner Minshew II and S Andrew Wingard from our Reserve/COVID-19 list and have moved CB D.J. Hayden off the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list.

Minshew is now on the active roster. We rank Minshew 25th on our QB list but feel he offers good value at that spot. He averaged 16.6 fantasy points per game last year, which would have ranked 15th among QBs.