Adrian Peterson wasn't at Winter Park last weekend for the Vikings minicamp, but the running back did spend time at the facility early in the week to get classroom instruction with his position coach, Eric Bieniemy.

Some of that instruction was caught on film by NFL Network and it's pretty interesting. You can watch the clip by clicking here. Bieniemy's basic message was one Peterson has heard many times previously. He has to start being more patient and working on his first steps.

"Our first two steps by far have got to be very, very consistent," Bieniemy said as he showed Peterson film from a game last season. "You're going to notice one thing. We were very, very inconsistent at times. We have to do a better job of being what up top? Being patient. We left at least two or three hundred yards, and I ain't BSing on that."

Continued Bieniemy: "Your first two steps are by far the most important. Why? Because it puts us in sync with the o-line. Second it gives us the course that we want. We rushed for 1,300 yards last year, and don't get me wrong, for the average back that's a good year. But not for us. That's extremely. ... It's the reason why we're not accomplishing our goals. It ain't anything that they're doing. It's what we're not doing."

Bieniemy used some words not fit for television or a family newspaper website when he told Peterson that the fact he rushed for 1,383 yards was not good enough. Bieniemy also showed Peterson film of Tennessee's Chris Johnson, who led the NFL last season with 2,006 rushing yards last season. Bieniemy's main focus on Johnson was his patience and his footwork.

In critiquing one piece of film from a Peterson run, Bieniemy told him he did a great job of moving, adding, "I hate your first two steps but I love your shoulder angles. Because why? Look at what we did. Look at Hutch [left guard Steve Hutchinson]. Gave Hutch an opportunity to climb to the next level. With your God-given ability we ought to be high-fiving in the end zone [after that play]."