Any time you get a year off of playing running back in the National Football League, your body's going to be a lot better and rejuvenated.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The wait between rushes for Adrian Peterson will reach 372 days when the Minnesota Vikings start their season at San Francisco.
For a player whose aggressive style with the ball was already labeled as angry, well, that first carry could really cause him to combust.
"Three or four seconds before the snap when I'm going to get the carry, I'm going to tell myself, `OK, just be patient.