EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Adrian Peterson’s first hug quickly followed his first footsteps of 2015 into the Vikings Winter Park headquarters.
Peterson, who has established a hallmark career by running through, over and around defenders to the franchise rushing record, began his Tuesday morning with the path he normally takes through doors to the Vikings equipment room.
Arms — not of a tackler, but of longtime equipment manager Dennis Ryan — found their destination and wrapped around the 2012 NFL MVP to welcome him into the building for the first time since September.