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Adrian Peterson asks ‘nine yards what?’

The Vikings running back wasn’t aware of just how close he was to the record books this week.

by Ryan Van Bibber
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Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson came up nine yards short in his quest to break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing yards. Nine yards. When Fox sideline reporter Pam Oliver asked Peterson about the gap, it caught him by surprise.

“Nine yards, nine yards what?” Peterson asked Oliver.

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