Jets set to meet with free agent Cook

— Dalvin Cook is heading to New York to meet with the new-look Jets this weekend.

The free agent running back, who turns 28 next month, could join a revamped Jets offense led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers and coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.

"We'll never say no to a great player," Jets coach Robert Saleh said Thursday. "If the opportunity presents itself in the right way. So we're excited about him and his visit. It's really just being able to get have a conversation, get hands on him."

The former Minnesota Vikings star had offseason surgery in February on his shoulder, an ailment he has played through the past few seasons.

"I know he's got some things that medically that would have to check out and all that stuff," Saleh said. "But again, excited about his visit and a chance to sit down and talk with him."

Saleh didn't say when the meeting would occur, but a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press it would happen this weekend. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team hadn't announced Cook's visit. NFL Network first reported Cook would fly into the New York area Thursday and then meet with the Jets over the weekend.

Cook's visit comes after Rodgers agreed to a reworked two-year, $75 million guaranteed contract with the Jets, according to the person familiar with the deal.

The four-time NFL MVP had nearly $110 million in guaranteed money remaining on his previous deal signed with Green Bay.

But Rodgers is taking less money with New York in a move that appears to also reiterate his stay with the Jets is likely to last beyond just this season.

And now New York could be adding another playmaker for Rodgers.

Cook has run for at least 1,000 yards in each of the past four seasons, but was released by the Vikings on June 8 for salary cap savings, according to another person familiar with Minnesota's decision.

"He's dynamic," Saleh said. "He's a dynamic ball carrier. He's been a dynamic ball carrier for a long time. He's great in the passing game. And so it's just a matter of, like I said, all the details of that."