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Found January 03, 2013 on FootBasket:
PLAYERS: Adrian Peterson
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings,  Green Bay Packers

Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson is just coming off of one of the greatest regular season performances in the history of the NFL. The 27-year-old finished the year with 2,097 rushing yards, being nine yards off from breaking Eric Dickerson‘s all-time single-season rushing record. What made this season even more special was that he did all of this miraculously coming off a scary ACL injury. Peterson was asked about playing possibly four more games in the postseason and replied saying that he feels he is healthy enough to play almost another season. “I feel good,” Peterson told the Vikings official website. “My body feels great. I can play for 12 more games if I had to, seriously.” Peterson was asked about the gameplan for Saturday’s Wild Card playoffs match-up with the Green Bay Packers. “We’re definitely going to establish the run.”

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