Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is back in the NFL, and he wants everyone to know about it.While the cat was away, however, the mice saw fit to play, Chiefs back Jamaal Charles taking the opportunity to make public the notion that he was the LeBron James of the NFL.
Something former Minnesota linebacker Ben Leber brought up while he was speaking with Peterson on the sideline during their preseason game against the Raiders on Saturday night. If Charles was the LeBron, Leber asked him, then who would he be?
"I'm the LeBron," Peterson said, smiling.
Charles isn't the only NFL tailback who thought himself the best that Peterson has teased during his career. He and former Titans runner Chris Johnson tried to one-up each other over three seasons recently and when LeSean McCoy proclaimed himself the best in the league last year, Peterson sniffed, "He didn't really mean it."
At that time, Peterson was in and out of court defending himself on charges that he beat his son with a stick until he was bloody, and techinically the point is moot. The Cowboys' DeMarco Murray, who led the league in yards and touchdowns, was the best rusher last season.
A title Peterson clearly wants for himself.
He says the extra time he's had to work out during his time away has prepared him for his often-repeated goal of 2,500 yards. Whether or not that lofty feat is achieved will have to wait until the Vikings' Sept. 13 opener in San Francisco, the first time Peterson will see the field in uniform.
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