MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson led the NFL in carries in 2015 at age 30, and while the team carved out a larger role for Jerick McKinnon at the end of the season, coach Mike Zimmer doesn't necessarily see it leading to a reduction in Peterson's carries in 2016.
What the coach would like to do, however, is clear more room for Peterson to run.
"I think he can still handle the same role he’s had,” Zimmer said at the NFL combine on Thursday. “I think we have to do a better job of continuing to try to get him some more space to run in, so he’s not running into 100 guys all the time.