Adrian Peterson is the BEST NFL player I've ever seen.

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Remember when cats in here were putting Darren McFadden in AD's category?
 
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When it's all said and done, AP will probably be in the top 5 of RBs, possibly as high as number 2 behind Jim Brown tha gawd :boss:
 
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YouMadd? said:
Deion Sanders, Randy Moss, Charles Woodson, Ed Reed, Sean Taylor, Some of the sickest football Players I have ever seen... AP is up there.. One of a few players to have 1000+ yards rushing and 10 TD's his first 4 years in the league. As a Vikes fan I am lucky that I was able to witness him and Randy Moss...
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As Viking fans we have been blessed to see two of the greatest players at their positions:yes:

BLAZO da GAWD said:
Randy Moss is, by far, the best player I've ever seen. AP prolly in my top 5
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Randy Moss is the reason why I started watching football I always used to be a bball head but one rainy afternoon they had the football game on and it was the Vikings vs the Packers and I watched Randy do things on the field I did not think was possible and I have been a viking fan ever since

Now on to AP aka Purple Jesus aka All Day

You guys need to understand something disregard the injury because that is nothing short of a miracle but do all realize that this dude is LEADING THE LEAGUE in rushing after 2 knee surgeries?Do you know how fukking ridiculous that is?

Lets not act like he plays behind some fantastic line or with a great quarterback hell he had a good quarterback for one year and you see what happened Favre had the greatest season of his career and th eVikes made it to the "Bounty Bowl" where they were cheated:troll:out of their championship.

For most of Purple Jesus career he has played with shyt quarterbacks(Gus Ferotte,Tavaris Jackson,Brad Johnson,Joe Webb) and he STILL wrecked nyggas

Thats why I have no problem saying he is already the best back of his generation(Ladanian is nice but imagine Purple Jesus with a prime Philip Rivers,Antonio Gates and that charger defense in that weak ass afc west conference:wow: if you dont think they would have won at least 2 championships you dont know shyt about football)when everything is all said and done AP will go down as the greatest back of all time


The best part about Purple Jesus right now is this nygga is leading the league and HE AINT EVEN 100% YET!!!!!!:wtf:

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Mikey2Toes said:
Okay then. Who is number 1
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the guy who's averaging 8 yards per rush for his last 4 games, coming off a two knee surgery off season

If he continues that pace I don't see how he's not the best running back of all time
 
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I may have played quarterback, but I have played with, played against, or observed every great running back who has played since the 1940s. Vikings fans, we are witnessing greatness before our eyes, as Adrian Peterson defies what any of us thought was possible.

I saw Gale Sayers come into the league, and he was something we had never seen before. The way he ran -- the best way to describe it is simply to say he was a beautiful runner. Even though his career was short, his greatness was so obvious that he went straight to the Hall of Fame.

Later on, I also played against another great Chicago Bears running back, Walter Payton. But in my whole playing career, the best I saw was Jim Brown. In my first five years in the NFL, he led the league in rushing four times. And that was after leading the league in his first four years before my rookie year! He was simply unstoppable.

I watched Eric dikkerson, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith. Today, we watch top runners such as Ray Rice, Arian Foster and LeSean McCoy.

Since his career began, we've known Peterson was one of the great running backs of this era. But this year, he is proving he belongs in the conversation with Sayers, Payton, Brown and others as one of the greatest of any era -- and he still has a lot of football left in him to do even more!

I've never seen a back run with his style, even with all the great players I've watched. He has the speed to run away from people in the open field. But he also has the power to run through defenses. When I watch him play, I get the feeling he believes he can score on every play. He runs almost with a disdain for defenders who think they, mere mortals, can tackle him.

But just last December, we all watched Peterson leave the field with a devastating knee injury. It was the kind of injury that ends careers for some players and robs others of what made them special. Experts said there was a good chance we would never see Peterson at the peak of his powers again -- and even if we did, it would be for the 2013 season, not 2012.

But one of the things that distinguish the all-time great running backs is that they do things we've never seen done -- even by other great running backs. He went through one of the most intense, rigorous rehabs ever because he believed he could come back in time for the start of this season. And not only would he be playing, he would be back at full strength!

Fast forward to today, and the Vikings have played 10 games. Peterson has not returned to his former level of excellence -- he has surpassed it! Right now, he is playing better than ever, which is simply unbelievable for a running back who suffered a massive knee injury less than a year ago. Peterson leads the league in rushing. His yards per game and yards per rush are career highs right now, and he's doing this all while carrying the team to a 6-4 record and a run for the postseason!

But he has rushed for 100 or more yards four straight games, only the second time in his career he's done that. The first time, in 2008, he ran for 563 yards over that four-game stretch in October and November, and these last four weeks he has topped that performance. He has 629 yards and is averaging nearly 8 yards per carry!

-Fran Tarkenton
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Fran Tarkenton on Vikings' Adrian Peterson: No back has run with his style - TwinCities.com
 
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Seeing AP play after this injury.. Confirms that sports is mainly a mental game.. It seem like AP just decided he was not done after his knee injury and worked his ass off to prove it..


I personally gotta ride wit shady... But AP is another level!
 
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