Frustrated Dalvin Cook to talk to agent, Jets GM about trade - ESPN

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Pro Bowl running back Dalvin Cook, admitting he's frustrated in a reduced role with the New York Jets, said Thursday he will speak to his agent and general manager Joe Douglas about the possibility of a trade.

Cook, who had only three carries for 12 yards in the Jets' last game — a Week 6 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles — has been the subject of trade speculation. The trade deadline is Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET.

«It's something I can't control, that my name is being floated around in trade rumors,» he said. «It might be a good thing. Maybe [it's] a bad thing.»

When Cook signed a one-year, $7 million contract in August, two months after being released by the Minnesota Vikings, he predicted he and Breece Hall would be the best running back duo in the NFL. It hasn't worked out that way. Hall is averaging a league-leading 6.5 yards per carry, while Cook ranks 44th out of 44 qualified ball carriers with a 2.8-yard mark.

«Of course it's frustrating,» Cook said. «I'm an honest person, man. I work. I want to play. That's just anyway. And, yeah, it's frustrating. It's new for me. I come from getting the ball 20 times a game, or however many times. Of course it's frustrating. It's something that I've been adapting to.»

Cook, 28, believes he's the same player who produced four straight rushing seasons of at least 1,100 yards with the Vikings, making four Pro Bowls. But his touches have been limited, in part, because Hall has returned from 2022 ACL surgery more quickly and better than anticipated. Cook rushed 13 times in the season opener, but his numbers have dropped.

In six games, he has only 39 carries for 109 yards and no touchdowns. He hasn't broken a run longer than 10 yards. «If you watch my career, the