LOL, WUT.
True story. Adrian Peterson loves orange peanuts, especially when they are for him. Then, he accepts you.
If any of that is confusing, then you need to watch the video after the jump - in it's entirety - and then this picture will become Exhibit A in why Adrian Peterson is the coolest sack of flesh and bones to ever grace the turf.
"An orange peanut? For me? Wow. I accept you." Instant classic.
Anyway, the photo from the banner now becomes an obvious reference to this wonderful piece of internet history. But how did it get to this point?
During last week's Pro Bowl practices, a fan came up with the idea to get Peterson to sign a giant orange peanut. The fan, a Reddit user called TCHRox, came up with the idea. For some reason, a Redditor was in Hawaii, which is weird enough, but even weirder is that Peterson got the joke. As Deadspin reports:
TCHRox reports that Peterson got the joke, responding, "An ora...
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