Adrian Peterson in the 2nd half (1 Viewer)

[numberSE7EN]

So i went threw the play by play of the 2nd half of the GB/MN game, from what I saw Arian Peterson had 2 carries both on 1st down each for 2 yards. Minnesota had 3 drives before they started passing the ball every down beacuse it was 4th quarter and they were behind. If you look at those three drives, two were 3 and outs, and the other was not much better. Chester Taylor had 3 carries to ADP's 2 in that time span.

There just were not a lot of chances for ADP to carry the ball in the 2nd half. Now, I still think they could have gotten him involved. Throw in a screen pass after 4 straight normal passes and let ADP catch and run for 20 yards (hopefully). I think people are over reacting to the lack of touches he had. 3 and outs and trailing is just a crappy position to be in if you are a RB looking for carries.

With that said, I would have invlolved him more if I was the coach/OC. I also would let one of my fast crappy WRs punt/kick return, no need for him to be out there even if the injury stigma is overrated, if you want to keep him fresh then dont make him sprint 30 yards and get hit before your offense takes the field.

-Looking forward to starting ADP 'until he retires'!

 

[-primetime-]

they wouldn't have gone 3 and out if they would have just given the ball to him

some really bad coaching that game...

and Chester should be used very little

 

[mr. furley]

they shoulda opened up with 3 straight Peterson carries. he's probably gonna pick up the first.. the way he was running it woulda been a surprise if he hadn't.

 

[numberSE7EN]

they shoulda opened up with 3 straight Peterson carries. he's probably gonna pick up the first.. the way he was running it woulda been a surprise if he hadn't.

I agree he should have been used more, and if he had the situation probably would have been different, but when your in a game like that and things unraveling its hard to get back on track and run the ball. 2nd half and down, most teams pass a lot more than they run. He got 2 of the 5 runs in the second half, I like Taylor there to take some of the load off the rookies back. Chili has two weeks to think about what happened and I expect to see a lot of ADP in week 6.

 

[mr. furley]

yea, Packers fans heard the "well the game dictates to you what you can do on offense" excuse from Sherman a LOT.

when you allow the game to dictate to you is when you get in trouble.

 

[Avery]

So i went threw the play by play of the 2nd half of the GB/MN game, from what I saw Arian Peterson had 2 carries both on 1st down each for 2 yards. Minnesota had 3 drives before they started passing the ball every down beacuse it was 4th quarter and they were behind. If you look at those three drives, two were 3 and outs, and the other was not much better. Chester Taylor had 3 carries to ADP's 2 in that time span.



There just were not a lot of chances for ADP to carry the ball in the 2nd half. Now, I still think they could have gotten him involved. Throw in a screen pass after 4 straight normal passes and let ADP catch and run for 20 yards (hopefully). I think people are over reacting to the lack of touches he had. 3 and outs and trailing is just a crappy position to be in if you are a RB looking for carries.

With that said, I would have invlolved him more if I was the coach/OC. I also would let one of my fast crappy WRs punt/kick return, no need for him to be out there even if the injury stigma is overrated, if you want to keep him fresh then dont make him sprint 30 yards and get hit before your offense takes the field.

-Looking forward to starting ADP 'until he retires'!

There is no excuse for getting Peterson only 3 carries in the second half on a close game. Further more, there is no reason for Taylor to be in the game almost twice as much as Peterson was.Anything else is just softballing excuses for piss pour coaching.

 

[numberSE7EN]

yea, Packers fans heard the "well the game dictates to you what you can do on offense" excuse from Sherman a LOT. when you allow the game to dictate to you is when you get in trouble.

I agree you should not let the game dictate what you do... far easier said then done. The point of the game is to win, when you are down late you pass. The Vikes were, look at the play by play- if you look at the packers drives, in the 3rd quarter they had a long one which is very frustrating when you are losing and you cant get your offense on the field. When you finally do you want to score, and so you pass. Im not saying the play calling was their best chance to win the game, but I dont think a crap load of runs is either. I personally would have run some screens and passed a fair amount, and I would have used ADP about 60% to Taylors 40% in the 2nd half.

 

[Jimboozie]

Fire Childress NOW!

 

[ThePittbully]

they shoulda opened up with 3 straight Peterson carries. he's probably gonna pick up the first.. the way he was running it woulda been a surprise if he hadn't.

with three straight carries he may have scored

 

[jamil]

they shoulda opened up with 3 straight Peterson carries. he's probably gonna pick up the first.. the way he was running it woulda been a surprise if he hadn't.

with three straight carries he may have scored

or cured cancer.hes that good.