Adrian Peterson turned 30 last March. He missed a year of football, had 2,147 carries on his legs and needed surgery to repair injuries three consecutive offseasons.
Plenty of reasons existed to suggest Peterson might not return to his former self this season.
Consider me more curious than skeptical. An MVP season offered as a rebuttal to ACL surgery taught a valuable lesson about underestimating Peterson on the field.
Any concerns about a deterioration of his physical ability have vanished now that Peterson leads the NFL in rushing and looks 25 again.