AP Weekly Rushing Record Watch

cckoonie · Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 239 Location: clara city

If I had the ability, I'd make a video of all of Adrian Petersons carries from this year, and spend a loooong Sunday afternoon reliving his season. I know the season isn't over but I'm already looking forward to next season to see what he can do.

El Raymundo · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 5045 Location: Northern Virginia

vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66624

There’s a way Adrian Peterson can come for Eric Dickerson's record without waiting until September. Peterson can make an assault on the single-game postseason rushing record of 248 yards.

Held by, you guessed it, Eric Dickerson.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/03/peterson-has-a-way-to-get-dickerson-in-the-playoffs/
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66624

Dr. James Andrews is the renowned orthopedic surgeon many athletes call when they need their knees repaired. He put Adrian Peterson's left knee back together after Peterson tore anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in December 2011.

Are even you amazed at what Adrian Peterson has done?

Dr. Andrews: "He has defied all odds. Somebody asked me about him a bunch of different times with all he's been able to accomplish. My pat answer is, "If you operate on the right athlete, it makes you look pretty darn good as a physician." Adrian was that genetic athlete who could do what he's done. There are a few I've treated. One of them was Bo Jackson. Bo was a natural athlete. He didn't have to lift weights growing up. Adrian Peterson is like that. I was a nervous wreck watching him play game after game this season. I was on the Washington Redskins' sideline when the Vikings played them, and every time he'd get tackled I'd shudder. He'd get up and be OK. He kept on ticking and ticking. He's amazing, absolutely amazing. He had a really good therapist working with him in Houston during the offseason, Russ Paine, and the trainer with the Minnesota Vikings, Eric Sugarman, managed him perfectly. I sent Sugarman a text saying he should be very proud."

Did Peterson return a lot quicker than most athletes?

Dr. Andrews: "Running backs don't come back within the first year like that in the NFL. They may come back and play a little bit. They don't do what he did. Nobody's ever done that if you look at the statistics of players returning to the NFL. We did a study, running backs are the hardest to get back, period. The average NFL player only about a little over 50 percent are still playing after two years. We say we have 90 to 90-plus percent success with knee surgeries (in non-NFL cases). But we're talking about playing in the NFL. It's not 90 percent, believe me."

Were you rooting for Peterson to break Dickerson's record?

Dr. Andrews: "Oh, hell, yeah."

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_22306929/adrian-petersons-surgeon-james-andrews-says-vikings-back
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AP_allday2869 · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject:

Nice read, VD.

It really is spectacular how somebody can almost break an NFL record of that magnitude a year after surgery.
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vike daddy · Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 66624

a year of Adrian Peterson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Y6_br168E
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Robb_K · Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:33 pm Post subject:

Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25105 Location: Atlanta

Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25105 Location: Atlanta

Probably the best highlight vid I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3cs9fT_CnM
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cckoonie · Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 239 Location: clara city

El Raymundo · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 5045 Location: Northern Virginia

Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25105 Location: Atlanta

El Raymundo · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 5045 Location: Northern Virginia