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Adrian Peterson Status Updates (1 Viewer)
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Biabreakable
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So they fired the head coach and have replaced him with Callahan who is most well known as a offensive line coach. He is saying they haven't run the ball enough.
This week Washington plays the Dolphins.
Seems like as good a time to start him as any.
This week Washington plays the Dolphins.
Seems like as good a time to start him as any.
ConnSKINS26
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It is, but prepare to be disappointed minus a TD or two. The OL has been terrible and the Redskins have been the worst 1st down rushing team in the NFL, a tendency Callahan will stick to. Making 2nd and 3rd downs as tough as they have been if not worse if he insists on running on 2nd down a ton as well...which is certainly what he implied when he said they'd have to pass eventually, probably on 3rd downs.
But maybe the volume will be enough and AP can break some chunk plays in the coming weeks.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Yeah I have no illusions about Peterson being the player he once was.
The Dolphins are exceptionally bad in all phases though. He might actually get some blocks to work with.
The Dolphins are exceptionally bad in all phases though. He might actually get some blocks to work with.
Kwai Chang Caine
Footballguy
I’m in a desperate situation this week and may play AP over Mixon. Can’t believe it’s come to this....
ConnSKINS26
Footballguy
Leaning AP over McCoy, myself
Team Smokin'
Footballguy
I'm kinda getting a little bit more optimistic as Jacobs is on bye and Barkley out with only 4 bench. Picked up AP to have a body in at RB with Kamara this week. It's Miami, commitment to run, and it's AP's time to shine one more time.
DallasDMac
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Why would this be considered a rejuvenation when, as it has been pointed out in other threads, the skins actually rushed for 30 yards LESS than the average of what Mia has been giving up each week?Faust said:
SaintsInDome2006
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Obviously Callahan as HC has been a boon to AP.
The Frankman
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Biabreakable
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Hearing that Peterson has an ankle injury that they are going to do a MRI on according to ESPN
The Frankman
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The Frankman
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This is the definition of stupidity by Washington. There's no way you start him on a short week with a very injured ankle; how is that caring for player safety? Sign another RB and play Smallwood as the starter.
Stompin' Tom Connors
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Looked good out there surpassing Bettis and LT2 on the all time rush yard list.
Had some volume -- 14 for 76, another 2/27 in the air.
Lost respect for the guy given his off-field action. Nothing but respect for what he's achieved in his career on the gridiron.
Had some volume -- 14 for 76, another 2/27 in the air.
Lost respect for the guy given his off-field action. Nothing but respect for what he's achieved in his career on the gridiron.
The Frankman
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Biabreakable
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It was a great to be able to honor Peterson for passing another milestone in his career.
He will have to play quite a bit longer to ever catch Frank Gore.
He will have to play quite a bit longer to ever catch Frank Gore.
Stompin' Tom Connors
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Unless somehow the game turns back to its smashmouth ways (hint: it's not) Emmett Smith's tally will be like a Gretzky record -- one that can't and won't ever be broken.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Peterson had a (slight) chance if he didn't miss any games. That is why he is behind Gore. But yeah what Emmitt did was amazing.
The change in head coach couldn't be much better for Peterson than it is right now. No idea if he can finagle his way into a lot of carries again next season.
ConnSKINS26
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Yeah those two missed seasons in the middle of his prime (1 ACL, one off-field) pretty much killed AP's ceiling in terms of all-time stats. He needed to pretty much be an iron man like Gore obviously, to have any chance of catching the top guys. It's impressive he's so high up the rankings given two prime seasons missed, really.
Stompin' Tom Connors
Footballguy
Biabreakable said:
Agree with you both to a degree -- certainly if he was healthy, there was a shot to add anywhere from 2-4K to the tally. Then it would be dependent on how long he could prolong his career, and also be effective racking up +1K yard seasons.ConnSKINS26 said:
Had he been healthy, Top 3 was absolutely a likelihood. Imagine what Barry Sanders could have racked up....
But the larger point is that Gore and Peterson are the last of a dying breed and an era of the game that is long gone -- workhorse 3-down backs in a run-first, smashmouth mindset. They are the only backs who will ever sniff the Top 15 leader board again, IMHO.
As an example, the next active back, Shady McCoy, who is also on the wrong side of 30 now, is ranked 23. He is not going to be rocketing up the charts. Neither will the next active back, Mark Ingram, all the way down at 75. Only 3 other active backs are in the Top 150.
You have talents today that are just as capable of being 3-down, run-every-play, take every snap backs -- Zeke, Saquon, CMC to name a few. But even if they have the raw talent to theoretically rack up as many yards over a career as Emmitt or AP, they won't because of:
- Game shift/mandate: the league has permanently moved away from favoring and helping run-heavy offenses to pass heavy offenses as it's more marketable
- Position evolution: players are still getting bigger, stronger, and faster at every position, making it harder for a truly talented RB to simply dominate against every team, all the time. You wouldn't know it looking at teams like Miami, but parity is still a thing.
- Safety: given #2, there is a real concern about ramming a RB headlong into a DLine 350 times per season
- Position diversity: teams adopt the RBBC to share the load and reduce health risk and increase longevity for both backs, which simply makes sense for both stars like Saquon/Zeke where teams have an enormous investment and incentive to keep healthy, and for teams with average backs where in addition to protecting health, they can cycle guys in based on their skill set and design a more diverse playbook around the different looks it affords.
5. My comparison to Gretzky's records might be slightly wrong. Definitely an element of the NHL game changing in the same way as I've outlined above, but I'd argue that a big part of Gretzky's records are simply that he stood so much further above than any other hockey player ever.
I'd argue there is less separation in terms of "best ever" between, say, Emmitt/Payton/Sanders, or Jordan/Chamberlain, or Ruth/Mays/Williams/Aaron, or Tiger/Nicklaus. Not to diminish anything these guys did, they were truly legends who have every right to each be called the best ever.
But in terms of standing so far above the next guy, can't think of anyone else who was so head-and-shoulders above the next guy as Gretzky. Maybe Michael Phelps?
DallasDMac
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Hot Sauce Guy
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Joe Summer
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He needs to average 94 yards a game to get 1000. Not impossible, but I'm not banking on it. If the Redskins had any sense of history, they would feed Peterson for these next three weeks, instead of letting Dwayne Haskins throw the ball 30 times a game.
The Frankman
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