GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Adrian Peterson said last week he still has it.
He showed it Sunday.
Peterson, who was traded to the Cardinals on Tuesday, ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries in Arizona's 38-33 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was his first 100-yard game since Week 16 of the 2015 season and his first multi-touchdown game since Week 12 of 2015.
"I feel good," Peterson said. "This is the opportunity I have been waiting for. Like I said, I got that call on Tuesday and I was rejuvenated. My wife even saw it. She said, 'It's like a boulder was just lifted off your back.' I knew I was going to have the opportunity I was waiting for and it's all about taking advantage of it."
That he did.
Peterson opened the game with an 8-yard carry, the first of four carries for 54 yards on Arizona's opening drive, which he topped off with a 27-yard touchdown up the middle to give Arizona a 7-0 lead a little more than three minutes into Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
When Peterson scored his first touchdown, one of the first things that came to mind was, "That's one." Peterson's son scored two touchdowns in flag football on Friday, giving him six on the season. His son ribbed his father a bit, asking how many touchdowns the elder Peterson had this season before Sunday's game. The answer was zero.
"I said, 'I don't got none but I'm going to catch up with you,'" Peterson said. "So I'm about four behind now."
That first drive gave Peterson the chance to get his "lungs open" and he didn't slow down from there. He had a 41-yard run called back by a penalty in the fourth quarter.
Peterson injected life into a dormant Cardinals' run game. He, alone, had more yards on the first drive than the 51.8 yards per game Arizona has averaged thus far this season. Arizona had 87 rushing yards by the end of the first quarter -- of which Peterson had 76. In one quarter, Arizona had already run for a season-high in yards and more than its past two games combined.
Coach Bruce Arians said Peterson didn't exceed expectations.
"That's basically what I expected of him," Arians said.
Peterson alone ran for more than half of Arizona's season total in one game and averaged 5.2 yards per carry Sunday.
"We've seen this movie before," wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald said. "I don't know how many 100-yard games he's had but it feels like it's a whole lot in the last 11 years. You give him a little alley, you give him a little bit of space, and he's going to do the rest. You saw that today.
"There's a reason his nickname is 'AD.' He's an all-day performer and it's great to have him on our team."
Peterson's second-touchdown ended up being the game-clincher. The Cardinals led 31-20 when Peterson scored from the 1-yard-line to capitalize on an interception by cornerback Tramon Williams.
Up 38-20, Arizona then gave up 13 unanswered in the final 7:21 of the game.
But Peterson gave Arizona a balance it hasn't had this season. He ran 26 times and quarterback Carson Palmer threw 22 times.
Palmer said he found himself watching Peterson during runs, something he hasn't done since the 2006 Pro Bowl when he watched LaDainian Tomlinson.
"I couldn't help it sometimes," Palmer said. "I'm supposed to be booting out and doing some stuff. I just couldn't help to turn and look."