Adrian Peterson hypnotizes you, still. Look at him, and your eyes don’t care about all the evidence indicating he is a 33-year-old running back in serious decline and best suited to spend his time writing his Hall of Fame speech. You see the body, so muscular his muscles seem to have muscles. You see the speed, and you hear the air practically whistling as he runs past. You see the confidence and the way he carries and pushes himself like a star. And all of a sudden, you’d swear it’s 2008 again.
Age hasn’t robbed Peterson of that initial awe.