The Vikings will be without running back Dalvin Cook due to a shoulder injury he suffered last weekend.  The game between the first and second place teams in the NFC North has huge implications on the playoffs.

On Thursday, Cook and head coach Mike Zimmer contradicted an Adam Schefter report from earlier in the week that said he was unlikely to play.  It turns out the NFL insider was right.

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