EAGAN, Minn. – Minnesota Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson used it as a teaching moment.
After his teammate, Cameron Dantzler, was burned for the game-winning touchdown that secured the Detroit Lions’ first win on Dec. 5, Peterson played the role of a veteran leader.
“[Dantzler] texted me right after the game. He said, ‘big bro, what did I do wrong?’ and I was like, ‘first of all, you were too deep in the end zone.’ We talk about this all the time,” Peterson said. “You’ve got to defend the goal line. Every edge of that goal line, that’s what you’ve got to defend.”
Dantzler wasn’t made available to the media following the game and there wasn’t much explanation given to what the second-year corner did wrong on that final play. Peterson shared his insight not from the dais in a news conference, or in a scrum with reporters, but on his “All Things Covered” podcast.
It’s become a venue for the 31-year-old eight-time All-Pro, as well as his guests, an eclectic group that includes Nick Saban, Shaquille O’Neal, Ice Cube, Kirk Cousins, LaVar Ball and John Smoltz.
At a time when COVID-19 restrictions have changed the reporter-athlete dynamic from casual locker room interactions to sterile news conference settings, Peterson’s podcast, which he co-hosts with his cousin and two-time Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion Bryant McFadden, allows listeners to hear the real, unfiltered thoughts from the Vikings cornerback on a range of topics.
“People love to hear who you are when you’re not wearing a helmet, and sometimes that makes people relate more to you when they know more about you,” McFadden said this summer. “[Peterson’s] not boring. He’s not just a football player. He is so many other things and he does those things so well that…
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