Peterson - 12 carries 63 yards???

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I think the Vikings are playing Peterson properly. He is not a good blocker yet. And they want to work him into a high number of carries.

Against Dallas they did not have the ball enough to use him. And then when they could use him, the situations were all wrong.

The kid is an absolute beast though. Eric Dickerson is what he looks like now.
Dickerson also had the flaw of not being able to block. Hopefully Peterson learns so he can stay in on 3rd down. He is a threat on a draw or screen pass. But if you cant block... He would be able to keep defenses very honest on 3rd down passing situations.

Hopefully he remains healthy. Damn him for not going to Texas. Vince Young and Adrian Peterson... Holy ch it.

Doesnt Vince Young play for the Titans? Or are you talking about when he was in college?

Originally Posted by whodey17

Doesnt Vince Young play for the Titans? Or are you talking about when he was in college?

College.
They played against each other.
You know, UT v. Oklahoma.
Unfortunately, Peterson went to
Oklahoma. From Palestine, Texas
and he goes to Oklahoma.

So we got Cedric Benson as our
Adrian Peterson. I laugh.

And the mighty Mel Kuiper had Benson
going number 1 in the draft... go figure.
All Peterson needed was to get healthy.
Everyone in Texas saw the kid run.
It was clear he was in another league.
When he went to Oklahoma it was
a depressing moment. But we got
over it in the Rose Bowl against USC.