Sid's jottings

• Now that Bill Bayno has left the Timberwolves coaching staff to take a position in Toronto, David Adelman, the son of head coach Rick and currently leading the Timberwolves' summer league squad, will be promoted to assistant coach. That's another good sign Adelman will return as coach.

• At Vikings practice Friday, Leslie Frazier was asked what was the difference between Adrian Peterson at the first practice this year and last year: "I was thinking about that as we went through our walk-through and there he is participating, whereas a year ago he wasn't involved in those things. We had him working on the side with our trainers."

• Vikings kicker Blair Walsh was asked if he will feel a lot of pressure after the great rookie season he had last year? "No. You kind of wipe clean what you did last year, you reflect in the offseason and you start new."

• Drew Wolitarsky came to Minnesota from Canyon County High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., with a great reputation as a receiver and according to Gophers football coach Jerry Kill, the team's quarterbacks see real good things in him. "They've been working with the kid, throwing to him, and they said everything everybody said about him is true," Kill said. "He's a big kid [6-3, 208 pounds] … coming out of California with the most catches in the history of [California] high school football. I think our kids are really, really excited about him."