Peterson abuse
Brad Childress seems determined to prove Adrian Peterson can hold up to a huge workload, no matter how risky. AP's 29 carries from against the Colts probably excited some fantasy owners, but I'd rather see Chester Taylor more involved. Peterson went over 20 carries only twice last year. In his record-breaking game against San Diego, he had 30. The next week he got hurt.
It doesn't make sense to overwork AP when the Vikings have such a great backup. Chester Taylor almost equaled Peterson's yards-per-carry last year, but has only nine totes in two games this year. If that trend keeps up, expect to see Taylor starting some games later in the season.
Peterson is second in the league in rushes. The leader, despite the addition of Rashard Mendenhall, is Willie Parker. Again. Tighten up those wheels, Willie!
Comments
I agree, as an AP owner I'm don't want him touching the rock 30 times a game. If he gets injured because of being overworked I'm not going to be a happy camper.
Posted by: Dre | September 16, 2008 03:11 PM
until they bench me, what choice do they have but to run 40 times per game?
Posted by: Tavaris | September 16, 2008 03:23 PM
LOL.
You'd be even more convincing, Tarvaris, if you could spell your name right.
Posted by: Juggs | September 16, 2008 04:42 PM
Adrian Peterson is a Running Back? What does a Running Back do?
Posted by: Mike Martz | September 16, 2008 04:48 PM
Uh, Peterson got injured because someone hit him in his knee. It had absolutely nothing to do with however many carries he had in the previous game.
Posted by: asdf | September 16, 2008 05:38 PM
If you used him in less packages, then maybe you wouldn't be 0-2. Wherever we see him lined up, that's where we go because there is a 97.3% chance the ball is going to him dummies.
Posted by: NFL Opposing Defenses | September 16, 2008 05:49 PM
Managing workloads? I wish someone would have told Holmgren about this crazy concept...
Posted by: Shaun Alexander | September 16, 2008 05:51 PM