Found September 13, 2009 on SportingNews.com:
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Sporting News CLEVELAND — After having a potential four-game suspension overturned, Kevin Williams came up big for the Vikings on Sunday—posting a sack, a quarterback pressure and a fumble recovery in Minnesota's 34-20 win. And then, he spoke with Sporting News Today's Albert Breer. Q: Does anything surprise you anymore with Adrian Peterson? A: No, the guy's an animal out there. It's like, "Wow," every time with the stuff he does. But it's only Week 1. Hopefully, we got a lot more of that to come. Q: Where were you on Peterson's 64-yard run? A: Jared (Allen) and I were talking about losing contain, and how I could've had another sack. And I turned around, and (Peterson) was breaking a tackle, stiff-arming a guy, and then he was off to the races. It can happen in an instant with him. It happened in the Houston game—I went inside to use the restroom, and when I came back he'd scored already. He c...
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