As a Vikings' fan, I'm heavily biased but the guy was simply incredible in his prime. There were times where he would rush for 1, -2, 3 yards, then boom, 80 yard TD. He ran violently and had plenty of speed. Last non QB to win the MVP award btw. He should be a first ballot HOF.
@ernestomoreno4409 exactly. Ap would go for 4,4,18,6,7,34,4,14,22,96,33,66. His rush line always looked like that. Had all the gears. The power, and vison. He was as good as the older folks talk about jim brown being. Brown, Ap, and Barry are the best the position has ever had
Cant catch, cant block, can only run out of single back formation, averages 2.7 yards on 19 of 20 carries... and he fumbles games away. No, not even close lol
Adrian Peterson is a future Hall of Famer. He was a beast as a powerful back who no one wanted to tackle. He rushed for over 2,000 yards for one season. He has broke a lot of rushing records during his career.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
Peak Adrian has an argument to be in the conversation as the greatest running back of all time. He had it all. Speed, agility, and strength. Not only that, he played for a Vikings team that never had a good passing game, so the defense was stacked against him.
It was always terrifying playing against him. You just knew at any moment he could break off a 50+ yard TD against your team. He just made it look so easy too, like your defense was moving in slow motion and he would find a crease and rocket by people.
@@Brian-dh9lp AP was slightly more physically gifted than Barry imo. He was quite a bit stronger and had a slightly higher top speed. But Barry was the more elusive runner out of the two. I still might take Walter Payton over both though.
@@StillKeepOnLosing Valid point on peak Steve Hutchinson, but I’m only tracking one 2K rusher. Sean Alexander had 1.6K and 1.8K behind him, but that’s the closest I’m aware of.
I've been Viking fan for all of my life, and I can say with confidence that the Adrian Peterson era was, by far, the most fun I've had watching this team. We've had plenty of exciting players come through, but Peterson was just different, I haven't enjoyed football as much ever since he left the team.
@TheGridironYT For sure! Thanks for the video. I’d not planned on watching NFL highlights, but clicked right away and really enjoyed revisiting the AP era!
Being from Minnesota, naturally I grew up to be a Vikings fan, despite all of the ups and downs it entails. Being born in 1980 meant that the glory years of Bud Grant, the Purple People Eaters, and four Super Bowls were behind me, but I also was able to witness some great moments. Moments such as the infamous benching of GOAT Joe Montana in the 1987 playoffs, the 21 sacks by Chris Doleman in 1989, the historic 1998 season and many more. Having had front row seats to all of that history of greatness, I can truly say that Adrian Peterson was the absolute highlight of all of it. I consider myself highly blessed to have been there. Sidenote: all the stories of the man's handshake is not hyperbole, when I met him at the Minnesota State Fair in 2012, it was like shaking hands with the jaws of a Nile Crocodile.
As a Minnesota born I'm thankful to have watch all his game and saw every crazy run and TD. Every game i watch because I knew he would break out a crazy run no matter what the situation was. Just keep feeding him the ball and you knew sooner or later he always brake out a crazy run every game. Still remember the game against the seahawk he broke out on the very first play. Or against the lions on the first week on the first play for a 75 TD run.
More underrated RB ever in terms of the fact you rarely hear about him in the GOAT discussion. I agree with what most have said here, he was very likely the best ever in his prime.
IMO he's the best RB ever. Nobody checked every single box like him. He was the fastest guy on the field, he could run you over, he could pass catch and pass block. The only other guy that comes close to his skill set in my mind is prime Zeke, but something Adrian had on Zeke is longevity, which is another reason why he's the best.
Skill set doesn’t matter when you’re comparing careers or past players. It’s about results. There are many lesser skilled players who were much better than highly skilled players. Like you just mentioned Zeke being a highly skilled player. He’s not even close to being an all time great.
He was the rarest athlete that could have played directly out of hs and should have been all-time rush leader. i remember the army all american high school game before his freshman year on national tv when he first hit the national scene scene. crazy dude and that acl recovery is beyond legendary.
Generational talent, power, speed, and agility. Fortunate to see him play, probably won’t see another back like him especially with the change in run vs pass offense bias now.
Lifelong Viking fan. His MVP season was so fun to watch. The defense would stack 9 men in the box and he'd still break off constant gains and big runs. The crazy thing was coming off the knee injury the year before his first 6 games were all pretty sub par, so those last 10 were crazy to watch.
This man carried the Vikings on his back. Shame he suffered that awful injury, who knows what more he could have racked up. Glad we had him for the time we did. The best RB ever in my eyes.
And every other year without favre? Christian ponder wasn't a pathetic joke for just one season. Never will we see a rb do so much with a qb passing for 100 yards a game.
AP was undeniably one of the greatest running backs thats ever lived. One thing that is talked about, but not enough in my opinion as a Vikings fan, is how absolutely terrible those Vikings teams were outside of 2009. I recall every game, for 80% or more of the game, the defense would load the entire box just to stop him, and he would still run for 100 yards on a normal day. 150+ on a good day. He was incredible. And most of the time they were trying to throw themselves back into the game after the 1st half, too. The man was unstoppable for a while. Plus just the combination of speed, power, vision, acceleration (maybe his best trait, 0 to 100 faster than anyone other than Chris Johnson I have ever seen), size, and the intangible factor of his legs running until after the whistle blew. He was relentless.
I started watching religiously in 05 & hes the best ive seen. Ran like derrick henry, but had brakes & got to top soeed in 3 steps. Not the fastest, not the biggest, not the quickest, but the best. He ran violent & without fear.
I'd argue he WAS the fastest. Not necessarily the fastest RB ever, but before he blew out his knee he was the fastest player on the field. Most 60+ yard rushing TD's in NFL history.
I was born in 99 and let me tell you watching All Day as a kid was such a treat (except for when he fumbled lol) Justin Jefferson gives me the same feeling watching AP back in the day did. I almost feel spoiled with the generational talent I've gotten to witness thus far
@@SmiteKhepri you'd have enjoyed the 98 season. We all did. At least, until the 4th quarter of the NFC Championship game. I still think Anderson was paid to miss that kick.
He had his best statistical season in 2012, but what a lot of people don't realize is he was at his best before the knee injury. He noticeably lost speed and power after that injury, if you go back and watch his highlights from 07-11 he had freakish speed and power. He became more patient and improved his vision from 2012-on, but his most impressive highlights came before that season.
I am a Vikings fan and Adrian Peterson is my second favorite football player of all time after Randy Moss... He is in the conversation for the top five RBs of all time and definitely a top 10 back of all time...
I just remember watching a preseason game against the Jets and instead of going out of bounds after a run he took on a defensive back and clocked that player!!! And I was like OOOOOOHHHHHHH we may have a PLAYER HERE!!!! GAWD was he a stud!!
Adrian Peterson was a 1st Round 7th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by Minnesota he definitely was one of a kind superstar this is his coming out party in his Rookie Season 296 yards vs Chargers was one of the greatest if not the absolute BEST single game performance in NFL's History no doubt about it he's definitely a 1st ballot Hall Of Famer in my opinion but at the same time he's won a the NFL's MVP in 2012 after coming back from a injury in 2011 against the Redskins but really continued to prove he was a impactful player 2012 he ran for 2098 yards in a season only 9 yards away from the 1984 Season when Eric Dickerson had 2,105 in that time span make no bones about it AP a.k.a All Day will still be the absolute BEST RB of All-Time even though he's not hunted of things that he didn't do like winning a Super Bowl Championship or have another 2K yards of a season 0:48
I don't care what anyone says, everybody has their opinions and favorites. To me Adrian Peterson was the greatest running back I personally ever saw play the game. Even at Oklahoma it was obvious he was just different. He could juke you like Barry Sanders, or run you over like Earl Campbell. It was just ridiculous how angry he ran with the ball.
The most amazing thing is that through his entire career, the vikings had a good qb for only a single year. He dominated when everyone knew he was gonna get the ball, and the box was loaded.
This man beat his four year old son black and blue for not sharing a video game with his sister,but he can run with a football so people worship him. It’s sickening!
As somebody who watched him every Sunday, I can say he was very exciting to watch but he did cough the ball up at some key points in his career and hitting his kid with a stick will always be something I associate him with.
In the last 35 Year's of football that's how far back I can remember watching Barry Sanders ,Adrian Peterson ,LaDainian Tomlinson the 3 best I seen Terrell Davis was special Edgerrin James was too there were so many great running backs but Adrian Peterson might be the best pure runner at running back I've ever seen Barry is the most elusive Adrian Peterson all around tho probably the best
The only problem that I had against Adrian Peterson in his career was if he didn't have that incident in 2014 which made him not play all year, he probably would've hit top 3 or 2 all time records as a running back.
Fumble machine in the most critical moments of the biggest games. NFCCG in 2009 he fumbled a handoff completely untouched at the 5 yard line right after the Vikings recovered a turnover in a tied game. This was the critical moment of the game where the Vikings would’ve taken the lead and won the game. He only put up great stats in meaningless games and seasons, but when he had a chance to win he didn’t make a meaningful difference. Career high in fumbles in 2009 with Favre.
My one negative with AD / Adrian Petterson was he fumbled too much and often in crucial moments/sutuations " i still enjoyed watching his very talented athletic abilities and endeavors " i only wished all of his career been like his rookie 2007 season tho and a SB ring with vikings wouldve been nice 🎉❤
It should be noted, that monstrous 2012 season came with one of the worst starting QBs of the last 30 years in the NFL. There was no threat of anything going over the top, the box was always stacked again him. Absolutely incredible. PS - Barry Sanders still was clearly the best RB of all time. And Im a die hard Vikings fans.
Barry Sanders averaged more yards per carry than Peterson despite having a much much much higher rate of first defender getting to him behind the line of scrimmage. Barry the best.
Dude should have never been let go from the vikings or the redskins. He was still producing for those teams. He would have passed emmit smiths record if NFL teams had any sprt of loyalty
@@TheGridironYT can you please get me his autograph? l was in the Navy and sent him well wishes from multiple countries & continents on IG & Twitter but have yet to get a response 😢
Hated seeing him twice a year. Big, strong, fast. You had to stop him behind or at the line, because if he got in the open field you werent stopping him. Might get lucky saving a td after 40, 60 yard gain.
As a packers fan i loved when he left lol. But he was a beast! If it wasnt for his child abuse case he still couldve done good work but got the ray rice treatment . I think he could still play to this day imo
Peterson was a phenom no doubt, and he deserves his flowers. If we're doing a player profile we should also talk about his weaknesses. He was not an all down back. His blocking and pass catching were questionable. You couldn't flex him like a CMAC or LT. He fumbled quite a bit. A few were in key situations. He was also injury prone. To my memory, he wasn't the strongest red zone threat. Despite all of this, he is in conversation of top 5 all time. If he's your GOAT I wouldn't be upset with you.
Peak AP was truly amazing to watch. Post-career AP is a little different. Lots of kids with lots of diff women. Dude's net worth is about $10 dollars total lol
As a Vikings' fan, I'm heavily biased but the guy was simply incredible in his prime. There were times where he would rush for 1, -2, 3 yards, then boom, 80 yard TD. He ran violently and had plenty of speed. Last non QB to win the MVP award btw. He should be a first ballot HOF.
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You just described Saquon Barkley, Adrian Peterson was much more consistent than that.
@ernestomoreno4409 exactly. Ap would go for 4,4,18,6,7,34,4,14,22,96,33,66. His rush line always looked like that. Had all the gears. The power, and vison. He was as good as the older folks talk about jim brown being. Brown, Ap, and Barry are the best the position has ever had
Did it all with no QB help most years as well
Most exciting Vikings player to watch for sure!
He had speed and power, and he was absolutely relentless. Peak AP was probably the best RB ever
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Got to watch him return kickoffs while sitting endzone. Dude reminded me of a dirt bike, didn't seem human.
Cant catch, cant block, can only run out of single back formation, averages 2.7 yards on 19 of 20 carries... and he fumbles games away. No, not even close lol
@@StillKeepOnLosing he ran a lot out of the power i formation. Vikes had Tony Richardson at fullback.
@@StillKeepOnLosing The mental hospital ought to take your phone away
Adrian Peterson is a future Hall of Famer. He was a beast as a powerful back who no one wanted to tackle. He rushed for over 2,000 yards for one season. He has broke a lot of rushing records during his career.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
Probably the last RB who will win MVP
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and mind you, he rushed for 2,000 yards AFTER tearing his acl. Still crazy to think about
@@ADUSNI agree since the NFL is moving to a much pass heavier offense and RB’s are more commodities.
Honestly if the vikings wanted to give up that playoff spot he would have the rushing record
Peak Adrian has an argument to be in the conversation as the greatest running back of all time. He had it all. Speed, agility, and strength. Not only that, he played for a Vikings team that never had a good passing game, so the defense was stacked against him.
Tru that
It was always terrifying playing against him. You just knew at any moment he could break off a 50+ yard TD against your team. He just made it look so easy too, like your defense was moving in slow motion and he would find a crease and rocket by people.
Vs Barry? No way.
@@Brian-dh9lp AP was slightly more physically gifted than Barry imo. He was quite a bit stronger and had a slightly higher top speed. But Barry was the more elusive runner out of the two. I still might take Walter Payton over both though.
@rallyfan101 all 3 were awesome for sure.
The craziest part to me, is that all of the teams they played knew he was going to get the ball. And they still couldn’t stop him.
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Did we really see a peak AP? Mans blew his knee out, came back less than a year after, and ran 2K. Insane athlete.
Tru, we might have never seen his actual Peak cause of the injuries
What yall saw was peak Steve Hutchinson.... How many 2k rushers he blocked for?
@@StillKeepOnLosing Valid point on peak Steve Hutchinson, but I’m only tracking one 2K rusher. Sean Alexander had 1.6K and 1.8K behind him, but that’s the closest I’m aware of.
We did not
@@StillKeepOnLosing oh please. Hutchinson was great, but you're really going to say he was the main reason for Peterson's success?
I've been Viking fan for all of my life, and I can say with confidence that the Adrian Peterson era was, by far, the most fun I've had watching this team. We've had plenty of exciting players come through, but Peterson was just different, I haven't enjoyed football as much ever since he left the team.
It’s Justin Jefferson’s team now
Born and raised in the 612 to a father with season Vikings tickets, I gotta say, the All-Day years were a helluva lotta fun.
Fav player in Madden
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For sure!
Thanks for the video. I’d not planned on watching NFL highlights, but clicked right away and really enjoyed revisiting the AP era!
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I’m on my feet, brother!
Have an awesome rainy Monday.
(If you’re in Minnesota this morning…)
Being from Minnesota, naturally I grew up to be a Vikings fan, despite all of the ups and downs it entails. Being born in 1980 meant that the glory years of Bud Grant, the Purple People Eaters, and four Super Bowls were behind me, but I also was able to witness some great moments. Moments such as the infamous benching of GOAT Joe Montana in the 1987 playoffs, the 21 sacks by Chris Doleman in 1989, the historic 1998 season and many more. Having had front row seats to all of that history of greatness, I can truly say that Adrian Peterson was the absolute highlight of all of it. I consider myself highly blessed to have been there.
Sidenote: all the stories of the man's handshake is not hyperbole, when I met him at the Minnesota State Fair in 2012, it was like shaking hands with the jaws of a Nile Crocodile.
Yea Minnesota always got the best skill players. They need to get qb figured out and get that chip
Vikings have no means of bulging a SB winning roster, their window is closed
@@MrBubblecakeDog it’s the NFL playoffs. U just gotta win 4 games once u get there. Worse teams have lucked their way into the Super Bowl.
He's one of the goats. Vikings had no passing game and he still did what he did. You can argue him as the best
For real
So explosive man … him and Eric Dickerson are my absolute favorites.
Tru AP couldn’t be stopped
As a Minnesota born I'm thankful to have watch all his game and saw every crazy run and TD.
Every game i watch because I knew he would break out a crazy run no matter what the situation was.
Just keep feeding him the ball and you knew sooner or later he always brake out a crazy run every game.
Still remember the game against the seahawk he broke out on the very first play.
Or against the lions on the first week on the first play for a 75 TD run.
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As a Packer fan, Adrian Peterson in his prime is the best running back I've ever seen in my life and it's not even close.
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I don't care what anyone says. He is top 5 in the history of the league
Def top 5
Top 3
Barry, Jim Brown, Emmitt, Marshall. Not sure if he's in my Top 5 but he's not far off if he isn't.
@@jacobmccain8082 ain't No Way emmitt Smith and Marshall faulk are ahead of Adrian Peterson
@@jacobmccain8082 Emmitt was behind monster OL's, AD made his own holes. No comparison.
More underrated RB ever in terms of the fact you rarely hear about him in the GOAT discussion. I agree with what most have said here, he was very likely the best ever in his prime.
Truu that
The NFL has a list of top 100 players of all time, he belongs on that list.
He should be on there
IMO he's the best RB ever. Nobody checked every single box like him. He was the fastest guy on the field, he could run you over, he could pass catch and pass block. The only other guy that comes close to his skill set in my mind is prime Zeke, but something Adrian had on Zeke is longevity, which is another reason why he's the best.
Prime Zeke was 2 years max
Skill set doesn’t matter when you’re comparing careers or past players. It’s about results. There are many lesser skilled players who were much better than highly skilled players. Like you just mentioned Zeke being a highly skilled player. He’s not even close to being an all time great.
@@TheGridironYTlmao Prime Zeke can't fw Peak AP any day of the week
It’s between him and LT for me. I just don’t think anyone was better than those two on any rooster in any era.
I have said so many times that prime Zeke reminded me of prime AP and every time I say it I get clowned.
He was the rarest athlete that could have played directly out of hs and should have been all-time rush leader.
i remember the army all american high school game before his freshman year on national tv when he first hit the national scene scene. crazy dude and that acl recovery is beyond legendary.
Yea a beast athlete for sure
Since he was at Oklahoma he has been my favorite player. I always use 28 when I’m playing any game where I pick a number.
He was a true dawg
I remember watching AD when he was a freshman at OU. He was ready that year to go into the NFL. He was like that.
He was ready after high schooll
Generational talent, power, speed, and agility. Fortunate to see him play, probably won’t see another back like him especially with the change in run vs pass offense bias now.
Tru that the game is so different now
Most talented back since Jim Brown in my opinion.
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My favorite RB outside of my childhood hometown hero Barry Sanders
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Lucky enough as a Vikings fan to watch his entire career and he is by far my favorite player to watch. Legend
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Lifelong Viking fan. His MVP season was so fun to watch. The defense would stack 9 men in the box and he'd still break off constant gains and big runs. The crazy thing was coming off the knee injury the year before his first 6 games were all pretty sub par, so those last 10 were crazy to watch.
Yea might have been the best comeback from a major injury
One of the best ever
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This man carried the Vikings on his back. Shame he suffered that awful injury, who knows what more he could have racked up. Glad we had him for the time we did. The best RB ever in my eyes.
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Met him at ESPN in Ct He wasn't big but he was amazing Glad to meet him period!
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He carried the Vikings 2012
For real
He carried the team his entire career. The only season he got a break was with Favre.
And every other year without favre? Christian ponder wasn't a pathetic joke for just one season. Never will we see a rb do so much with a qb passing for 100 yards a game.
AP was undeniably one of the greatest running backs thats ever lived. One thing that is talked about, but not enough in my opinion as a Vikings fan, is how absolutely terrible those Vikings teams were outside of 2009. I recall every game, for 80% or more of the game, the defense would load the entire box just to stop him, and he would still run for 100 yards on a normal day. 150+ on a good day. He was incredible. And most of the time they were trying to throw themselves back into the game after the 1st half, too. The man was unstoppable for a while. Plus just the combination of speed, power, vision, acceleration (maybe his best trait, 0 to 100 faster than anyone other than Chris Johnson I have ever seen), size, and the intangible factor of his legs running until after the whistle blew. He was relentless.
My rb 🐐
I started watching religiously in 05 & hes the best ive seen. Ran like derrick henry, but had brakes & got to top soeed in 3 steps. Not the fastest, not the biggest, not the quickest, but the best. He ran violent & without fear.
Tru that
I'd argue he WAS the fastest. Not necessarily the fastest RB ever, but before he blew out his knee he was the fastest player on the field. Most 60+ yard rushing TD's in NFL history.
This guy was an animal one of the best RB to ever run. Shame the vikings could never get a championship with this guy, the chances were there.
Yea the Vikings got to build better around their stars
As a packers fan, this dude was almost unstoppable. Speed strength and vision.
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I was born in 99 and let me tell you watching All Day as a kid was such a treat (except for when he fumbled lol)
Justin Jefferson gives me the same feeling watching AP back in the day did. I almost feel spoiled with the generational talent I've gotten to witness thus far
But no super bowls and looking like 2024 will be another waste of a season
@@SmiteKhepri you'd have enjoyed the 98 season. We all did. At least, until the 4th quarter of the NFC Championship game. I still think Anderson was paid to miss that kick.
In his prime AD was unstoppable
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One of the last of that ancient breed of electrifying perennial 1K per season face of the franchise RB. 1st ballot HOF. Go Hawks
First ballot for sure
Top 5 RB all-time
Easily
Peak AP is a top 3 running back of all time. Possibly number one.
Could be number 1
I'd put Barry ahead of him for pure talent. Maybe Dickerson. No-one else.
He had his best statistical season in 2012, but what a lot of people don't realize is he was at his best before the knee injury. He noticeably lost speed and power after that injury, if you go back and watch his highlights from 07-11 he had freakish speed and power. He became more patient and improved his vision from 2012-on, but his most impressive highlights came before that season.
Still he came back majorly from that injury
@@TheGridironYT That's an understatement lol
I am a Vikings fan and Adrian Peterson is my second favorite football player of all time after Randy Moss... He is in the conversation for the top five RBs of all time and definitely a top 10 back of all time...
Might even be top 1-3
I just remember watching a preseason game against the Jets and instead of going out of bounds after a run he took on a defensive back and clocked that player!!! And I was like OOOOOOHHHHHHH we may have a PLAYER HERE!!!! GAWD was he a stud!!
His running style was so fun to watch. Never seen anything else like it.
Agreed
Without the knee injury, and the pace he was going he was about to be the goat of RBs
Still was after the injury
Adrian Peterson was a 1st Round 7th overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by Minnesota he definitely was one of a kind superstar this is his coming out party in his Rookie Season 296 yards vs Chargers was one of the greatest if not the absolute BEST single game performance in NFL's History no doubt about it he's definitely a 1st ballot Hall Of Famer in my opinion but at the same time he's won a the NFL's MVP in 2012 after coming back from a injury in 2011 against the Redskins but really continued to prove he was a impactful player 2012 he ran for 2098 yards in a season only 9 yards away from the 1984 Season when Eric Dickerson had 2,105 in that time span make no bones about it AP a.k.a All Day will still be the absolute BEST RB of All-Time even though he's not hunted of things that he didn't do like winning a Super Bowl Championship or have another 2K yards of a season 0:48
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I don't care what anyone says, everybody has their opinions and favorites. To me Adrian Peterson was the greatest running back I personally ever saw play the game. Even at Oklahoma it was obvious he was just different. He could juke you like Barry Sanders, or run you over like Earl Campbell. It was just ridiculous how angry he ran with the ball.
Yea he was the full package
the man who made me a football fan really , Moss got me into it but AP made me love it. First Ballot HOF🐐
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He was amazing!!
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AD and Derrick Henry are the last of the classical great backs. Most guys now are hybrid RB/WR.
Exactly
Nah you still have Derrick Henry
I think AP is the 3rd greatest RB of all time behind Barry and Emmitt. This dude was simply incredible.
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The most amazing thing is that through his entire career, the vikings had a good qb for only a single year. He dominated when everyone knew he was gonna get the ball, and the box was loaded.
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SKOL for life all day Adrian Peterson👏🏼
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I was at that browns game. Man what a beast!!! A.P.!!
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This man beat his four year old son black and blue for not sharing a video game with his sister,but he can run with a football so people worship him. It’s sickening!
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Adrian was a spectacular runner who couldn’t hang onto the ball. His playoff fumbles are legendary in Vikings history.
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As somebody who watched him every Sunday, I can say he was very exciting to watch but he did cough the ball up at some key points in his career and hitting his kid with a stick will always be something I associate him with.
Tru he isn’t perfect
Best I’ve ever seen
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Great ball carrier, legendary. Shame the world turned on him for disciplining his own children.
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He is my all-time favorite rb.
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Don’t forget that in his best season the Vikings had no passing game, everyone knew he was getting the ball and stacked the box.
Tru that he somehow still couldn’t be stopped
No matter what, he is still my number 1 running back!
Most ppls number 1
Not only could all day A.P. outrun almost any defender....he did it while carrying the entire vikings team on his back
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One of the best balance back ever
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One of the best running backs ever.
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Someone should sign him even now he’s still a good back he has probably slowed down but his experience can’t be matched
Yea can be a goood player coach
In the last 35 Year's of football that's how far back I can remember watching Barry Sanders ,Adrian Peterson ,LaDainian Tomlinson the 3 best I seen Terrell Davis was special Edgerrin James was too there were so many great running backs but Adrian Peterson might be the best pure runner at running back I've ever seen Barry is the most elusive Adrian Peterson all around tho probably the best
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guy who got me into football
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The GOAT. Running Back
The only problem that I had against Adrian Peterson in his career was if he didn't have that incident in 2014 which made him not play all year, he probably would've hit top 3 or 2 all time records as a running back.
Tru and I think he still did
greatest modern running back that will ever be created.
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Fumble machine in the most critical moments of the biggest games. NFCCG in 2009 he fumbled a handoff completely untouched at the 5 yard line right after the Vikings recovered a turnover in a tied game. This was the critical moment of the game where the Vikings would’ve taken the lead and won the game. He only put up great stats in meaningless games and seasons, but when he had a chance to win he didn’t make a meaningful difference. Career high in fumbles in 2009 with Favre.
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He set the blueprint for backs like Derrick Henry💯
For real
He deserved a better team for a good chance at a ring.
For real, hopefully they win one with Jefferson
T.O and All Day should definitely get a chance to play one more year! Some of these teams are trash enough to give it a shot!
At least player coaches
When jim Brown says you're his favorite RB, that tells you how good AD was.
My one negative with AD / Adrian Petterson was he fumbled too much and often in crucial moments/sutuations " i still enjoyed watching his very talented athletic abilities and endeavors " i only wished all of his career been like his rookie 2007 season tho and a SB ring with vikings wouldve been nice 🎉❤
Yea the Vikings need to figure it out soon
Goat 🐐
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It should be noted, that monstrous 2012 season came with one of the worst starting QBs of the last 30 years in the NFL. There was no threat of anything going over the top, the box was always stacked again him. Absolutely incredible.
PS - Barry Sanders still was clearly the best RB of all time. And Im a die hard Vikings fans.
As time goes on, the RB job gets harder because everyone wants to see passing. U gotta account for that when comparing AP and Sanders.
Barry Sanders averaged more yards per carry than Peterson despite having a much much much higher rate of first defender getting to him behind the line of scrimmage. Barry the best.
Dude should have never been let go from the vikings or the redskins. He was still producing for those teams. He would have passed emmit smiths record if NFL teams had any sprt of loyalty
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l lub him so much!! 💜
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@@TheGridironYT can you please get me his autograph? l was in the Navy and sent him well wishes from multiple countries & continents on IG & Twitter but have yet to get a response 😢
Peak AP you can say was the GOAT and shouldn’t get backlash
Facts
Hated seeing him twice a year. Big, strong, fast. You had to stop him behind or at the line, because if he got in the open field you werent stopping him. Might get lucky saving a td after 40, 60 yard gain.
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Prolly the most aggressive and violent runner. Also fast and strong.
Tru that
I just stopped by to say he is the goat of my generation
Thanks for stopping by
Barry n AP r the best I’ve ever seen
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The buccaneers have needed an Adrian Peterson for the past five years 😂
For real, even as a player coach
He WAS UNSTOPPABLE... Them cases and The team management didn't step up to help and they should of smfh
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What a talent. If only he had some with money management.
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Adrian Peterson was a dude that forced teams to literally put 10 men in the box. 😂😂😂😂 Elite
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As a packers fan i loved when he left lol. But he was a beast! If it wasnt for his child abuse case he still couldve done good work but got the ray rice treatment . I think he could still play to this day imo
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Very good.
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Peak Adrian Peterson was the best running back since Barry Sanders.
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As a GB fan AP is the best RB i have ever seen in my life his only bad fault is fumbleing
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The only player I've seen who could have gone to the NFL straight out of highschool.
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5:34 ahhh Chester Taylor highlights in a video about Adrian Peterson.....😂
This dude was the goat but owes at least at least a bit of his success at the vikes to Kleinsasser cleaning out the path in front of him.
Tru shoutout to the O Line
It’s sad that in today’s game, even with an extra game, RBs won’t come near Dickerson’s record.
It’s a passing league
@@TheGridironYT that’s the sad part.
Well this didn't age well 😂
@@colereviewsyt og I’m glad it didn’t. Good to see the RB position get their recognition again. Rooting for Saquan tbh.
Peterson was a phenom no doubt, and he deserves his flowers. If we're doing a player profile we should also talk about his weaknesses. He was not an all down back. His blocking and pass catching were questionable. You couldn't flex him like a CMAC or LT. He fumbled quite a bit. A few were in key situations. He was also injury prone. To my memory, he wasn't the strongest red zone threat. Despite all of this, he is in conversation of top 5 all time. If he's your GOAT I wouldn't be upset with you.
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Excellent points, right on the mark with this.
Good enough for my buddy to name his first son Adrian
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Peak AP was truly amazing to watch. Post-career AP is a little different. Lots of kids with lots of diff women. Dude's net worth is about $10 dollars total lol
😂 u gotta be safe out there
Peak priest Holmes was the greatest running back of all time.
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