Dalvin Cook dinner is uninterested in making an attempt to beat Aaron Rodgers.
That’s a part of the explanation he’s now enjoying with Rodgers.
“Being on the opposite aspect of that for the final six years, I couldn’t be on the opposite aspect no extra,” Cook dinner mentioned Thursday in his first assembly with the media since signing with the Jets formally on Wednesday. “It was identical to, I’ve acquired the possibility to go be part of him and assist him win once more. That was an enormous factor to come back over right here.”
Cook signed a one-year, $7 million deal with the Jets to hitch the Rodgers Specific.
After spending years with the Vikings competing in opposition to Rodgers, Cook dinner is completely happy to be on the identical aspect because the MVP quarterback.
Cook dinner, 28, did some gentle work on the aspect of observe on Thursday and watched the Jets observe in his new No. 33 jersey.
He can have one other exercise Friday earlier than going residence to Florida for the delivery of his baby.
He mentioned he expects to observe with the Jets subsequent week.
Rodgers, 39, and Cook dinner chatted all through the method of him selecting a workforce, however Cook dinner mentioned Rodgers didn’t have to present him a lot of a pitch.
“He don’t acquired to recruit. His recreation recruits itself,” Cook dinner mentioned. “Aaron is Aaron. When you don’t need to be part of one thing like that, I don’t know what you need in soccer. He actually didn’t must recruit me. I simply needed to make the perfect resolution for my household.”
The Jets now have a powerful 1-2 punch at operating again with Cook dinner and Breece Corridor, who participated in workforce drills in observe Thursday for the primary time since his ACL harm final October.
Cook dinner mentioned he isn’t involved about what his function will probably be.
“Simply be Dalvin. Simply be me,” Cook dinner mentioned. “My quantity will get known as, go be explosive. I’m the older man within the room to share the information. I’ve acquired a number of expertise on this recreation. Each little factor I may drop on these guys that I can assist them simply achieve success on this league, I’m simply going to present it to them.”
Cook dinner mentioned he believes the operating again room “might be one thing particular.”
The Jets signed Cook dinner two weeks after he visited the workforce.
That go to, which included a observe with followers in attendance, helped persuade Cook dinner that he needed to hitch the Jets.
“I feel collectively after I got here on my go to I feel I just about seen all the things I wanted to see,” Cook dinner mentioned. “It was good vibes with the coaches, the gamers, all people across the constructing. Clearly, whenever you dig deep and look into the roster, I feel all of the items are put collectively. I feel I can come assist these guys.”
The Jets have their sights set on a Tremendous Bowl title and Cook dinner desires the identical factor.
“It’s a small window for that on this league,” Cook dinner mentioned. “Me, being in 12 months 7, I form of know that attending to playoff video games and dropping, attending to championship video games and dropping, you’ve form of acquired that small window of figuring issues out of successful. I wouldn’t say I might be a lacking piece however I do know I can assist a workforce win. On the soccer subject, I do know what I may convey to the workforce. That’s what I’m right here to do. I’m simply right here to be Dalvin Cook dinner and be explosive and be a fantastic teammate.”
There was hypothesis that Cook dinner may get suspended by the NFL with a pending home violence lawsuit in opposition to him.
Requested if he has any concern about being suspended, although, Cook dinner mentioned: “None in any respect.”
