Adrian Peterson has learned how to manage contact as his NFL career has progressed.

Since returning from knee surgery, Peterson is more conscious of taking meaningless contact.

"There's different situations that might come up in the game," Peterson said. "Third-and-8, you got four guys pursuing me, I can go out of bounds on that play. Third-and-3, and I got to grind it and stick it up in there, that's exactly what I'm going to do."