March 2016 - Minnesota Vikings Wiretap

Adrian Peterson Left Off Pro Football Focus' Top 101 Players

May 16, 2016 12:53 PM

Pro Football Focus left Adrian Peterson off their list of the top 101 players in the NFL from the 2015 season.

While PFF analyst Sam Monson conceded that Peterson “may still be the best pure runner in the league with the ball in his hands,” he pointed to Peterson’s fumbles in 2015, his lower frequency of broken tackles and his limitations in the passing game as reasons for his exclusion.

“His 2.3 yards per carry after contact was bettered by 28 other runners. Twenty-five other running backs broke tackles at a higher rate,” Monson wrote in this explanatory piece. “And of course he is bad enough as a blocker and receiver that he effectively is only a two-down player that doesn’t even see the field in the most critical situations for the Vikings.”

Peterson's $11 million for the 2016 season is guaranteed.

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Adrian Peterson Would Like Preseason Carries For First Time Since 2011

May 6, 2016 10:07 AM

Adrian Peterson would like to play in the preseason, something he hasn't done since 2011.

"I feel like getting out there and playing a little bit," Peterson said in a phone interview with the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "It's something that once that time comes around, I'll have a better feel for, like, 'Hey, I need to get out there just to kind of get the legs moving and get the pads (on) a little bit.' I can tell you, though, I'm definitely more itching towards playing a little more in the preseason than I have the past seven, eight years."

Peterson tore his ACL in December of 2011 and the Minnesota Vikings have been extremely cautious with him ever since.

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