On the menu for dinner at Patrick Peterson's house: The Vikings cornerback's wisdom

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In the middle of a resurgent season, the 32-year-old Peterson holds weekly film reviews with his young teammates, hoping to leave the game better than he found it.

Patrick Peterson is the only one of the 53 defensive backs in his draft class still in the NFL.Most Wednesday nights, the standing offer before the Vikings' young cornerbacks is this: Their eight-time Pro Bowler teammate will cook them dinner and tell them his secrets.

Patrick Peterson puts the call out for menu requests on Tuesdays. Cameron Dantzler, the pupil who inspired Peterson to make this a weekly ritual, is "a chicken wings guy." Peterson normally whips up a pasta dish as well. The players dine together at…