Vikings enter A.D. era
Minnesota picks ‘electric' former Sooner with the seventh pick

 
By Scott Wright
Published: April 29, 2007

Adrian Peterson remembers this story.

He plays the part of the nation's best available running back. He joins a team with a solid but not spectacular returning starter at tailback. The coaches know they need a playmaker and turn to him.

That was 2004, when Peterson came in as a freshman at OU. And the story was reprised Saturday.

The Minnesota Vikings , with 1,200-yard rusher Chester Taylor returning, se...


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