Adrian Peterson Comments on Vikings’ 2016 Outlook, Laquon Treadwell and More

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson already told Peter King of The MMQB he thinks his squad will lift the Lombardi Trophy this season, and he didn’t back down when he appeared on Friday’s PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio (via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk).   

Peterson provided a number of reasons why he thinks the Vikings can win the entire thing and started at the top of the organization, per Florio: “[General manager] Rick Spielman is doing a great job when it comes to bringing quality guys that fit our system. Along with coach [Mike] Zimmer and his great staff, I feel like we have that core system and guys in the right place to be able to accomplish great things.”

Peterson also looked to the other side of the ball: “What really excites me the most is our defense.”

That makes sense because the defense was critical in Minnesota’s strong effort in 2015, when it finished 11-5 and reached the postseason. The Vikings were fifth in the league in scoring defense, and that unit set the tone during Minnesota’s 10-9 Wild Card Round loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

While Blair Walsh missed a chip-shot field goal from 27 yards out that would have won it, the offense never took advantage of the defense’s play all game. That followed the script of the regular season, when the Vikings were 29th in total offense and a middling 16th in scoring offense.

Peterson recognized his side needs to improve to make good on that Super Bowl prediction: “Offensively just going off of what we were able to accomplish this year and we really weren’t the type of offense that we wanted to be. … So with …

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