With four games left, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is threatening to crack 2,000 rushing yards and, in classic fashion, is pounding his way into the MVP conversation. Q: Did he expect such a season? A: Why not? Because less than a year ago at Washington at the end of a three-yard gain, Peterson's left knee awkwardly turned when Redskins safety DeJon Gomes slammed into him. Because Peterson remembered feeling three pops and immediately enduring ''terrible'' pain. Q: What did he think then? A: ''Why me? Why me?'' ''But I was able to refocus fast,'' Peterson told the Sun-Times, ''and get my mind back right.'' The legend of Adrian Peterson started early in Palestine, Texas,...
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