EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Adrian Peterson’s phone was flooded with text messages Sunday from family and friends who, in his words, were “geeked up” after watching his pinball touchdown run against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

On a play that will become a permanent addition to his career highlight package, Peterson broke six tackles, executed a ridiculous stop-start move and sent cornerback Eric Wright flying to the turf with an angry shove before outrunning two defenders for a 64-yard touchdown run.
Peterson also benefitted from tremendous blocking, most notably from wide receiver Sidney Rice. But his individual effort still had teammates buzzing and in awe Monday. Kicker Ryan Longwell, a 13-year veteran, said he has never seen anything like it.
“Not even in video games,” Longwell said. “I called my family (in Orlando) after the game ... and so I told my son, he’s a big Adrian fan, ’You’ve got to turn on the TV and see this run, because it’s something that you’ll never see again.’
“He’s just fun to watch, good guy, fun teammate, and to stop midstride, shove a guy out of the way and then run another 40 yards is pretty amazing.”
Said defensive end Ray Edwards, when asked for his impression: “You mean when he stopped and kissed the baby at the 20-yard line? Everyone knows he’s something special. It definitely was a great run. I keep seeing it everywhere on TV.”
Center John Sullivan was busy blocking on the play, so he didn’t get to fully appreciate it until he watched the replay.
“He’s a freak,” Sullivan said. “It’s being played on ’SportsCenter’ on a loop today. It should be, because it’s a pretty impressive play.”
Longwell said game officials were laughing as he ran onto the field for the extra point. “We were all kind of giggling to each other,” he said. “When you see something phenomenal like that, everybody takes notice.”
Rice compared the play to Peterson’s new Nike commercial in which he scores after a series of dazzling moves in a simulated game.
“After he passed me on the first level, and I got back downfield right behind him and I saw him grab the guy by the head and just throw him out of bounds,” Rice said. “I’m turning back on the block to push the guy out of the way, and I knew it was over then because he was 3 yards in front of everybody and it’s going to be real hard to catch him if he’s 1 yard ahead.”
A few people sent Peterson suggestions on what to name his one-arm shove. “ ’Move out of my way’ and some other stuff I don’t want to say on camera,” Peterson said.
Immediately after the game, Peterson described his run as “pretty good.” By Monday afternoon, he admitted it might have been the best run of his career.
“As far as effortwise, it’s got to be at the top,” he said. “As far as guys contributing to make a big play happen, that definitely tops it.”