You won't believe this about Adrian Peterson.

You won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson. He’s as great a football player as there has ever been. The numbers are absurd. The numbers speak for themselves.

The Vikings' star running back is the NFL’s highest-paid player ($8 million per year), and is one of the league’s most popular athletes.

And he is beloved by his teammates.

In fact, all 32 teams listed him among the NFL’s top 50 players of the year, according to Pro Football Focus.

He has been aYou won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson.

He played for the Minnesota Vikings last year, but for more than a month on the field, he didn’t play in any games. The Vikings cut him, then released him from the team.

The Vikings later suspended Peterson two games after the team learned of a federal investigation. He was investigated for the way he was using a banned substance, though a federal agent later said the substance was actually legal.

After Peterson was reinstated to the team on Nov. 12, he playedYou won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson.

It used to be the case that if you wanted to read about the great running back who went by the nickname “Mr. Thanksgiving” (which he had no problem saying), you got to go to one of three websites covering that sport.

There was FoxSports (that stuff is more fun). Or you could peruse the archives of the NFL Network (ugh). But the NFL’s top-of-the-line website, pro-football-reference.com, has a

title: You won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson.

You won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson. He’s as great a football player as there has ever been. The numbers are absurd. The numbers speak for themselves.

The Vikings' star running back is the NFL’s highest-paid player ($8 million per year), and is one of the league’s most popular athletes.

And he is beloved by his teammates.

In fact, all 32 teams listed him among the NFL’s top 50 players of the year, according to Pro Football Focus.

He has been aYou won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson.

He played for the Minnesota Vikings last year, but for more than a month on the field, he didn’t play in any games. The Vikings cut him, then released him from the team.

The Vikings later suspended Peterson two games after the team learned of a federal investigation. He was investigated for the way he was using a banned substance, though a federal agent later said the substance was actually legal.

After Peterson was reinstated to the team on Nov. 12, he playedYou won’t believe this about Adrian Peterson.

It used to be the case that if you wanted to read about the great running back who went by the nickname “Mr. Thanksgiving” (which he had no problem saying), you got to go to one of three websites covering that sport.

There was FoxSports (that stuff is more fun). Or you could peruse the archives of the NFL Network (ugh). But the NFL’s top-of-the-line website, pro-football-reference.com, has a