OAKLAND, Calif. -- Terence Newman cradled the football with 95 yards of grass and a caravan of Vikings defenders eager to escort him down the sideline in a victory dash for the ages.
Instead, the veteran cornerback prudently took a knee in the end zone before swaggering off the field with his second interception of Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.
Newman yielded the stage to the man with the golden legs, Adrian Peterson, who turned the touchback into an 80-yard touchdown run Sunday that punctuated the Vikings' 30-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders and a power shift in the NFC North division.