Thread: AP 294 Shy Of Breaking Dickerson's Record

Originally Posted by Lippythelion69

He's doing this when the d knows its coming
8 9 in the box amazing

Actually in some ways it helps. With a FB blocking in front of him, as long as he can beat 1 guy at the LOS having 8 in the box leaves only 3 to defend the rest of the field. He stiff arms one and runs past the other 2.

Originally Posted by Purple Floyd

Actually in some ways it helps. With a FB blocking in front of him, as long as he can beat 1 guy at the LOS having 8 in the box leaves only 3 to defend the rest of the field. He stiff arms one and runs past the other 2.

I would agree with this. It means a few more negative plays, but a few more home runs as well.
Teams stack the box when they don't respect the pass.
Chris Johnson 2009-QB Vince Young- 23rd in pass yards
Jamall Lewis 2003-QB Kyle Boller, Anthony Wright, 32nd in pass yards
Terrell Davis 1998-QB John Elway, 7th in pass yards
Barry Sanders 1997-QB Scott Mitchell, 12th in pass yards
Eric Dickerson 1984-?-27th in pass yards(of 28 teams)
Oj Simpson 1973- 26th of 26.

The only one with a good QB was Terrell Davis, and Elway was always a threat to scramble which likely caused defenses to stack the box anyway.

Look at Petersons ypc compared to our passing game.
07-5.6ypc-28th passing yards
08-4.8ypc-25th passing yards
09-4.4ypc-8th passing yards
10-4.6ypc-26th passing yards
11-4.7ypc-28th passing yards
12-6.3ypc-32nd passing yards

His 1812yards is already a personal best for Peterson and ranks him 19th in league history even if he doesn't get another yard. It's going to be fun watching him move up the list with every carry.

1 Eric Dickerson Los Angeles Rams 2,105 1984
2 Jamal Lewis Baltimore Ravens 2,066 2003
3 Barry Sanders Detroit Lions 2,053 1997
4 Terrell Davis Denver Broncos 2,008 1998
5 Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans 2,006 2009
6 O.J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 2,003 1973
7 Earl Campbell Houston Oilers 1,934 1980
T8 Ahman Green Green Bay Packers 1,883 2003
Barry Sanders Detroit Lions 1,883 1994
10 Shaun Alexander Seattle Seahawks 1,880 2005
11 Jim Brown Cleveland Browns 1,863 1963
12 Tiki Barber New York Giants 1,860 2005
13 Ricky Williams Miami Dolphins 1,853 2002
14 Walter Payton Chicago Bears 1,852 1977
15 Jamal Anderson Atlanta Falcons 1,846 1998
16 Eric Dickerson Los Angeles Rams 1,821 1986
17 O.J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 1,817 1975
18 LaDainian Tomlinson San Diego Chargers 1,815 2006
19 ** Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings 1,812 2012

Originally Posted by jmcdon00

I would agree with this. It means a few more negative plays, but a few more home runs as well.
Teams stack the box when they don't respect the pass.
Chris Johnson 2009-QB Vince Young- 23rd in pass yards
Jamall Lewis 2003-QB Kyle Boller, Anthony Wright, 32nd in pass yards
Terrell Davis 1998-QB John Elway, 7th in pass yards
Barry Sanders 1997-QB Scott Mitchell, 12th in pass yards
Eric Dickerson 1984-?-27th in pass yards(of 28 teams)
Oj Simpson 1973- 26th of 26.

The only one with a good QB was Terrell Davis, and Elway was always a threat to scramble which likely caused defenses to stack the box anyway.

Look at Petersons ypc compared to our passing game.
07-5.6ypc-28th passing yards
08-4.8ypc-25th passing yards
09-4.4ypc-8th passing yards
10-4.6ypc-26th passing yards
11-4.7ypc-28th passing yards
12-6.3ypc-32nd passing yards

Thanks for posting that, I hadn't thought to make that correlation. That is very interesting.

It does seem the teams that run the ball well make a concentrated effort to do so.

How many of these top rushers produced a high quality play off win the same year?

D Sharp on NFLN was emphatic about AP breaking the record.

It is the only thing that I liked to hear from him all year.

The one thing we got going for us is that the Packers and the Texans may not want to get beat to crap by AP.

Lower the BOOM and Let's rock n roll AP.

Thanks for the Stats jmcdon00, I bet he passes Tomlinson, O.J., and maybe even Dickersons1986 year, with his first carry.....

Originally Posted by jmcdon00

His 1812yards is already a personal best for Peterson and ranks him 19th in league history even if he doesn't get another yard. It's going to be fun watching him move up the list with every carry.

1 Eric Dickerson Los Angeles Rams 2,105 1984
2 Jamal Lewis Baltimore Ravens 2,066 2003
3 Barry Sanders Detroit Lions 2,053 1997
4 Terrell Davis Denver Broncos 2,008 1998
5 Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans 2,006 2009
6 O.J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 2,003 1973
7 Earl Campbell Houston Oilers 1,934 1980
T8 Ahman Green Green Bay Packers 1,883 2003
Barry Sanders Detroit Lions 1,883 1994
10 Shaun Alexander Seattle Seahawks 1,880 2005
11 Jim Brown Cleveland Browns 1,863 1963
12 Tiki Barber New York Giants 1,860 2005
13 Ricky Williams Miami Dolphins 1,853 2002
14 Walter Payton Chicago Bears 1,852 1977
15 Jamal Anderson Atlanta Falcons 1,846 1998
16 Eric Dickerson Los Angeles Rams 1,821 1986
17 O.J. Simpson Buffalo Bills 1,817 1975
18 LaDainian Tomlinson San Diego Chargers 1,815 2006
19 ** Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings 1,812 2012

The Vikings defense will have to help AP this weekend. The Texams are a running team that could limit the number of carries AP gets if the Vikings defense can't stop the run, or get off the field on third down. Especially if the Texans get a big lead.
Vikings need to get the lead early and stop the run on defense for AP to get enough carries.