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1 Month Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson said his goal for this season is to run for 2,500 yards. Peterson rumbled for 2,097 last season even though he was coming off a knee reconstruction and playing through a sports hernia. In order to reach 2,500 yards, he'd need to average 156.25 yards per day over 16 games. It's not going to happen, but Peterson is set up for another run at Eric Dickerson's single-season record of 2,105 yards. Lead-blocker Jerome Felton is back and Peterson will be 21 months removed from his ACL tear by the time Week 1 rolls around. | Since Adrian Peterson entered the NFL he has been a fan favorite, but after his monster MVP season coming off a devastating knee injury in '11 he has become a mytholigical character. Adrian had arguably his best season as a pro rushing for over 2,000 yards just shy of the all-time season rushing record. Everywhere you turn this off-season in the fantasy football world all you hear is AP "he's a machine" or "he's not human". That perception is leading folks to say that the normal standards for RBs don't apply to AP, but is that the right approach in Dynasty? He just turned 28 which is typically when owners start to sell or tend to shy away from from buying due to age and workload concerns, but his value is still sky high right now. But, should you follow the masses and assume that he can defy father time for another 3 years or do you cash in on his monster '12 season and his current terminator-like status? Today we'll discuss his current value and whether or not it's sustainable moving forward. | 2 Months Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson is "not quite" all the way back to "full speed" running and cutting coming off his February sports-hernia operation. Peterson underwent the operation in the first week of February, and is expected to be 100 percent for Vikings OTAs. The situation should be a distant memory by training camp. | 3 Months Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson (sports hernia surgery) is expected to be be ready for the entire offseason program. | 4 Months Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson (sports hernia surgery) says he first suffered the injury in Week 10, and "questioned whether (he'd) be able to continue" by Week 16. "Each week it just got worse and worse and worse," Peterson said. "The pain was a 10 on a scale of 10 (by Week 16)." The admission makes Peterson's historic 2012 that much more revelatory, as he averaged 163 rushing yards per game after first getting hurt. The Texans game makes sense as a low point, however, as Peterson could manage only 86 yards on 25 carries, and came out late. As NFL.com's Albert Breer opined on Twitter, Peterson is proving to be the real-life Bill Brasky. | 4 Months Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a sports hernia. It's the same procedure, performed by the same doctor, that Greg Jennings underwent in the middle of the season. There are no real long-term concerns, but it does add to the legend that was Peterson's 2012 season. He first appeared on the injury report with an abdomen issue ahead of Week 15 and still ran for 596 yards over the Vikings' final four games (including playoffs). He also played in the Pro Bowl. Expect Peterson to be ready for most of the offseason program and his status as fantasy's clear No. 1 overall pick in 2013 drafts is unchanged. | 4 Months Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson was voted as the Associated Press' NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year. Just one year removed from ACL surgery, Peterson played in all 16 games this season and was essentially the Vikings' entire offense while leading them to the playoffs for the first time since 2009. He tied Earl Campbell with seven games of 150-plus yards and his 2,097 yards on the season are the second-most in NFL history behind Eric Dickerson. Also receiving votes for the award were Peyton Manning (8), Tom Brady (2), Aaron Rodgers (2), and Calvin Johnson (2). Manning, however, edged out Peterson for Comeback Player of the Year. | |
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