Joining forces has been all the rage in the NBA, and now it seems that Dalvin Cook wants to give it a go in the NFL.

During an appearance on “The Adam Schefter Podcast,” Cook expressed a desire to team up with free agent wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins – and even called the idea “something epic for the NFL.”

Cook is currently in the process of looking for a new team, having just been released by the Minnesota Vikings.

Hopkins had been released by the Arizona Cardinals at the end of May, and Cook pointed to the similar mindsets that they each have as a reason why he likes the idea off playing with him. 

“I know his mindset, and I done play against D-Hop a numerous amount of times,” Cook said. “When I been with D-Hop, we done chill together, we done been around each other, and it’s like, I kind of see the person that he is like, he want to win and that’s what my mind at to.

“I want to go win. Like I said, the money gonna come and that’s going to happen. But like as far as going to lift that [Lombardi] Trophy up, he got the same mindset as me.”

Hopkins had 717 yards and three touchdowns last season with the Cardinals in just nine games, and has six 1,000-yard seasons to his name over the course of his career. 

The 31-year-old has made five Pro Bowl appearances and has been named First Team All-Pro three times. 

“Everybody knows who D-Hop is,” Cook said. “You know what you’re getting out of D-Hop, and you know what he going to bring to your roster. It’s the same for me. Like you know – the film speaks for itself – I don’t really got to do too much like, you know, talking about who Dalvin Cook and DeAndre Hopkins is.

“But we haven’t talked. And he was one of those guys that I was going to reach out to, because, like, I know he got the same mindset as me, like we trying to go win. We’re trying to go on the roster and trying to go contend.”

Cook later added: “If we can get up on the same roster and be on the same team, that will be the beauty of the situation.” 

Cook broke out in 2019 and has racked up four straight seasons of 1,100-plus rushing yards. 

The running back had said recently that he wasn’t in a rush to sign with a team and was looking for the right situation. 

The Miami Dolphins are expected to be interested in Cook’s services.

Hopkins has visited with the Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots.