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.