Shane Frederick here following Friday's first practice. ...
Adrian Peterson put on the pads for the first time in three days had what is probably best described as a light practice, doing individual drills but nothing when offense met defense. The running back, who was out with some "tightness," did not speak to reporters after the practice but when someone asked how the session went, he turned back, smiled and said, "Fun!'
In other injury news, fullback Naufahu Tahi left practice with an injury, and John Sullivan, who missed some time earlier in the week, wore no pads and sat out the morning session. Meanwhile running back Darius Reynaud, who was off the field all day on Thursday, rejoined his teammates late in Friday's practice and appeared to have an ankle taped. He also remained out of the workouts.
Others on the field but not participating in team drills included the usual suspects Sidney Rice and Cedric Griffin (both on the PUP list) and Benny Sapp, as well as linebacker J Leman, who was injured on Thursday.
Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier spoke after the practice and talked a bit about former Viking John Randle, who will go into the Hall of Fame on Saturday:
"He's a special, special guy and a unique player who was in a rare situation. It's a well-deserved honor for him to go into the Hall of Fame."
The rare situation is the fact that Randle went undrafted out of college.
"He had the confidence of the first pick of the draft," Frazier said.
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