» Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:21 am
Foster is the real deal.
The reason Adrian Peterson doesn't have these 230 yard games (like his rookie year) anymore isn't because he has gotten worse, but because they have three years of tape on the guy and he has proven he is a beast, causing defenses to gameplan all week to shut him down (or try). The same thing will happen to Foster.
Brad Childress isn't making good decisions. He's too impatient. Teams are defending the vikes' playmaking opportunities and its causing Childress to call what is in my opinion too many passing plays per game.
When Favre came to Minnesota, he was supposed to be a support figure, not the main guy for a team. That is what Childress is making it look like he wants him to do. You've got Childress, a former Quarterback coach, trying to get Favre to carry this offense in the game when the Vikes are down, and it isn't working.
Peterson only got 20 or so carries on week 1. He got 28 against Miami, most of which came towards the end of the game where the Vikings start scoring.
If they want to make plays- with Sidney rice out, Gerheart hurt, McKinnie hurt against the Saints, Chris Cook, and Cedric Griffen hurt, they will have to give the ball to Adrian Peterson. IF they trade for V. Jackson, then that could be a good addition, especially when Rice comes back midway in the season. However, they don't have him and they may not get him at all.
Peterson needs to be getting at least 35 carries every game, and that is what I expect next week with the Lions and their run defense that isn't worth a nickel.
You've basically got defensive coordinators calling the same defense on the Vikings every week:
1) Double Percy Harvin. Don't let him make plays.
2) Cover Berrian. He hasn't been playing well.
3) Stick your best linebacker on Shiancoe.
4) Blitz Favre on every play, even on the run plays. If Peterson gets the ball, we'll stick him too.
They need to get some more outside stuff out there: screens, counters, outside runs with Peterson, etc. The thing is Peterson is as big as a train, but he is one of the fastest backs in the NFL. He is their guy. He needs to get the ball more, because apparently Favre's ankle is so screwed up he can't throw the ball under pressure anymore, and he doesn't even have Rice to throw to.
If you notice in the Dolphins game, Favre through 3 pics. Peterson went 28 for 148, 1 TD. They need to quit panicking when the other team scores, and they just need to run the ball with Peterson 35-40 times a game, simply because he is the disputable best back in the NFL in an argument with Chris Johnson.
And I say he is better than Chris Johnson, because Chris has only done well 1 year so far, and Peterson has had consecutive good numbers for the last 3 years- sharing the ball with Chester Taylor in every one of them.
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Maybe the Vikings just should have given Chester Taylor, Darren Sharper, Matt Birk, and Tony Richardson their money over the past few years. You don't keep them, but then you pay Favre 20 million dollars, and he svcks?
EDIT: Add me to the list as a Vikings Fan.
I still think.... Dallas will be in the 
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