Adrian Peterson wants to run for 2,000 yards in 2019.
He also wants to retire with the Minnesota Vikings, whenever that day comes.
“This is where I started; this is where it’s going to come to an end, as well,” Peterson said via the Star Tribune. “People ask me all the time, and they keep throwing me off, like, ‘Where would I retire? A Saint, a Cardinal or a Redskin?’ It’s like, ‘No, I’m going to retire a Viking.’ I was here a decade — some great memories, some everlasting friends. I’m just forever indebted to the state of Minnesota. I’ll definitely be retiring a Viking, for sure.”
Peterson, 34, spent 10 seasons with the Vikings and ran for more than 11,000 yards.
He’ll certainly make the Hall of Fame one day, and he’ll go in as a Viking.
Peterson is on a one-year deal with the Washington Redskins and has some football history to make yet. With 13,318 rushing yards, Peterson ranks eighth in league history, just 344 yards behind Jerome Bettis for seventh and 366 yards behind LaDainian Tomlinson for sixth. He’s also tied with Jim Brown for fifth in league history with 106 career rushing touchdowns.
With Derrius Guice returning to Washington’s backfield after missing last season, we’ll see what Peterson’s role is in Washington’s offense.
