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Saquon Barkley respects Adrian Peterson but hopes to avoid his one failure

Adrian Peterson and Saquon Barkley will have a chance to reconnect a bit on Sunday when their teams play each other. There is more than a decade of difference in their ages. One is in the very early stages of his career and the other is… well, let’s not buy a gold watch for Peterson just yet.

But the two running backs have forged a bit of a connection in their brief time together as NFL players.

“I’ve been a big fan of his, got to talk to him multiple times,” Barkley said this past week. “He always gives me great words of encouragement, but I’m just a big fan.