Adrian Peterson was in lockstep with just about everyone else when he learned the Detroit Lions were replacing him with D'Andre Swift as their starting running back.
"I was like, you guys should have did this two or three weeks ago," Peterson said Friday.
Swift made his first career start in his ninth NFL game last week against Washington and totaled 149 impressive yards from scrimmage in a 30-27 Lions victory.
Peterson saw limited work for the fourth straight week — he has not played more than 20 snaps since an Oct.