Sophomore jinx: Refers to an instance in which a second year NFL player fails to live up to the standards of the first season.

So, what is Adrian Peterson up to these days as his second season approaches? Is he lying on the couch with a bag of chips in one hand and a container of onion dip in the other?

Or maybe he is off to parts unknown, just hanging out in sunny climates and chugging down pitchers of margarita's while Jimmy Buffett music plays in the background?

Is he going to show up at mini-camp and then training camp, overweight and hopelessly out of shape? Will he be able to squeeze into his pants from last season or require the team's tailor to "let out the waist a few inches?"

Um, no.

On Sunday, I put together a very amateur video showcasing some of Adrian's rookie season and the fact that he has been drag-racing.....literally...this off-season. Heck, the man is so fast now that he actually deploys a parachute. Take a look:

Gosh, it's only...what?.....five months before the season starts. I'm not sure I can wait.

Coming later this week: I sit down with potential DE draft pick, Derrick Harvey in the VU's continuing series of pre-draft video looks. And coming Saturday it is back to 1998 and the press conference with Red McCombs on the next VU podcast.

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Posted by briankeithmaas@msn.com at March 17, 2008 01:01 AM