The fact Dalvin Cook’s first 200-yard game came with Adrian Peterson on the opposite side line has been stated repeatedly in the hours after the Vikings’ 34-20 win over the Lions on Sunday, and its significance seemed not to be lost on either running back.
The two running backs met on the Norseman logo at U.S. Bank Stadium (as photographed here by the Star Tribune’s Carlos Gonzalez) immediately after the game. Cook gave a heartfelt salute to Peterson in his postgame press conference on Sunday, and on Monday morning, the Vikings’ all-time leading rusher tweeted a clip of Cook’s remarks, with some warm words for his successor in Minnesota.