Ex-Vikings player Dalvin Cook says it would be 'epic' to team up with fellow free agent DeAndre Hopkins

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Star running back Dalvin Cook is still searching for his next NFL team.

Earlier this month, the Minnesota Vikings parted ways with the 28-year-old in a cap-saving move. By releasing Cook after June 1, the team saved $9 million in cap space but took on $5.1 million in dead money on their 2023 cap.

Whether teams should pay running backs has been a polarizing issue in the league. The New York Giants appear to be at a crossroads with their star running back, Saquon Barkley, and Derrick Henry's future in Tennessee is unclear.

But one thing that is clear for Cook is with whom he wants to team up whenever he ends up landing for the 2023 football season.

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Dalvin Cook of the Minnesota Vikings warms up prior to the NFC wild-card playoff game against the New York Giants at U.S. Bank Stadium on Jan. 15, 2023, in Minneapolis. (David Berding/Getty Images)

During a recent appearance on "The Adam Schefter Podcast," Cook discussed the possibility of lining up on the field next to fellow free agent DeAndre Hopkins.

"If we end up on the same roster, that would be something epic for the NFL," Cook said.

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The Arizona Cardinals released the 31-year-old Hopkins last month. He has since visited the Tennessee Titans and the New England Patriots, according to multiple reports.

"I know his mindset, and I done play against D-Hop a numerous amount of times," Cook told Schefter. "When I been with D-Hop, we done chill together, we done been around each other like, and it's like, I kind of see the person that he is like, he want to win and that's