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Published: April 29, 2007
Peterson's style will play well for the Vikings
By Berry Tramel
The Cleveland Browns passed on Adrian Peterson in the NFL Draft Saturday, leaving him for the Minnesota Vikings with the seventh overall pick, and now history will judge the Browns.

Perhaps harshly, since Peterson is headed for stardom and maybe even Canton's Hall of Fame, in the shadow of Cleveland, if his end-zone dives land on his butt and not his collarbone.

So Minnesota gets a tailback for the ages at t...

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