Vikings running back Adrian Peterson doesn’t need preseason carries. Even last year when he was coming back from almost a year off, Peterson didn’t need preseason carries.
But for some reason this year Peterson thinks he needs preseason carries.
“I feel like getting out there and playing a little bit,” Peterson said in a phone interview. “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.