What Adrian Peterson said about trying to replace Tennessee Titans' Derrick Henry

New Tennessee Titans running back Adrian Peterson said he's looking forward to helping the team's backfield in the wake of Derrick Henry's foot injury, but stressed it will be a group effort to manage without the All-Pro running back.

"Derrick is a guy that I had as the frontrunner for MVP," Peterson said Friday. "To sit here and say one back can replace him, that would be saying a lot."

The Titans signed the 36-year-old Peterson to the active roster from the practice squad on Friday. After practicing with Tennessee this week, he's in line to make his debut with the team Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams (7:20 p.m. CT, NBC).

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Peterson signed with the Titans' practice squad Tuesday after Henry was placed on injured reserve. A future Hall of Famer, Peterson played with the Detroit Lions last season, leading the team with 156 carries and 604 rushing yards.

Peterson and veteran D'Onte Foreman, who also signed with the practice squad Tuesday, joins Jeremy McNichols and Dontrell Hilliard (practice squad) in looking to stabilize the Titans' run game in the absence of Henry.

Peterson said his goal is to "play his heart out" for the Titans on Sunday.

"You think of an ideal situation for a running back like me and my style, it would be this (with the Titans)," Peterson said. "I'm just going to live in the moment, enjoy it and do whatever they ask me to do."

Peterson, the 2012 league MVP and four-time first-team All-Pro selection, ranks fifth in NFL history with 14,820 rushing yards. He rushed for 2,097 yards with the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, the second highest single-season rushing total in NFL history.

Peterson, like Henry, is one of eight players in league history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season.

"My whole mindset is letting (the Titans) know, 'Hey, I'm coming in here, I'm serious,'" Peterson said. "I want to do what I can to help this team continue to be successful."

Peterson has mostly been durable regardless his age, appearing in at least 10 games in all but two seasons in his career.

In 2014, he played in one game after being suspended and charged with felony child abuse for disciplining his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch. He later pleaded no-contest on a lesser charge of misdemeanor reckless assault.

In 2016, Peterson missed 13 games with a meniscus tear in his knee.

Ben Arthur covers the Tennessee Titans for The USA TODAY Network. Contact him at barthur@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter at @benyarthur.

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