"Of course [COVID-19] is always a concern, but work is work. We gotta do what we gotta do."
That's NFL star Adrian Peterson admitting the looming threat of coronavirus is definitely on his mind ... but so is a paycheck.
The NFL has seen over a dozen players -- including New England Patriots stars Patrick Chung and Dont'a Hightower -- opt out of the 2020 season due to COVID concerns this week.
But, when we got Peterson out at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Monday .