Baldinger "The Best RB in the NFL in Adrian Peterson"

**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 08:15 AM

[size=13pt]Adrian Peterson could be the best, Minnesota Vikings' Tony Richardson says[/size]

TONY RICHARDSON VIKINGS FULLBACK

Article Last Updated: 10/21/2007 12:10:27 AM CDT

twincities.com

I looked at all the tape of the guys we might draft, and I'm watching Adrian's film. I saw him play in college. But watching game film is different. Every time he touches the ball, he looks like he's going to take it to the house.....

**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 08:39 AM

[size=13pt]Vikings' Peterson Is Running Ahead of Schedule[/size]

Sunday, October 21, 2007

washingtonpost.com

Before the season started, Vikings RB Adrian Peterson set a goal of 1,800 rushing yards for his rookie year. Turns out he just might have set the bar low.....

**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 08:53 AM

[size=13pt]Adrian Peterson quickly takes the NFL by storm with speed, power[/size]

Posted on Sun, Oct. 21, 2007

'All Day' impact

By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Star-Telegram staff writer

It wasn't that long ago that Adrian Peterson got a little too big-headed for his father's liking. Nelson Peterson told his then-teenage son, who was just starting to be recognized as a Texas high school running back at Palestine, "Hey, man, who knows who Adrian Peterson is? Nobody.".......

**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 08:55 AM

[size=13pt]Buck Harvey: Peterson speeds onward with fate still ahead of him [/size]

Web Posted: 10/20/2007 09:44 PM CDT

Buck Harvey
Express-News Staff Writer
mysanantonio.com

Adrian Peterson displayed talent as a high school kid in 2004, as well as some logic. Then he stood on the floor of the Alamodome and told a national TV audience why he wouldn't play football for the Texas Longhorns.....

**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 09:03 AM

[size=13pt]Peterson has fans buzzing, perhaps a little too much[/size]

By Kathleen Nelson
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

stltoday.com

10/21/2007

Vikings rookie running back Adrian Peterson has given fans in Minnesota and around the league lots to be excited about....

**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 09:08 AM

[size=13pt]Vikings' Peterson hits ground running as a rookie[/size]

By Dan Pompei

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Minnesota Vikings rookie Adrian Peterson is making this football thing look preposterously easy, leading the NFL in rushing yards and the NFC in yards from scrimmage. The only running backs in recent memory who started off as well were Cadillac Williams and LaDainian Tomlinson.

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**singersp** · 10-21-2007, 09:10 AM

[size=13pt]Peterson's NFL breakthrough[/size]

Vikings' running back puts himself on league map with sizzling start

01:05 AM CDT on Sunday, October 21, 2007
By DAVID MOORE / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected]

PALESTINE, Texas Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Wind through the downtown streets on a hazy, fall afternoon and there are no signs of the city's native son.....

**snowinapril** · 10-21-2007, 09:18 AM

I was looking at that list of Rookie rushers through this week in the NFL.

Dickerson
Peterson
Simms
.....
.....

I got to Simms, and it hit me that he was replaced by a better back in Barry Sanders, what a predicament to have back to back RBs.
http://www.detroitlions.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=3863

Reminds me of the durability issues that surround all RBs.