Will Vikings waste Peterson's greatness?

**singersp** · 10-20-2007, 08:40 AM

[size=13pt]Will Vikings waste A.P.'s greatness?[/size]

By Mike Florio, Sporting News
Posted October 19, 2007

With Vikings rookie running back Adrian Peterson splashing onto the NFL scene like teammate Pat Williams doing a cannonball into a kiddie pool, the real question moving forward for Peterson and the Vikings is whether he is going to be a great player on a winning team. Or whether he is going to be the next Barry Sanders, who could run like no other but never really won?...

**ultravikingfan** · 10-20-2007, 08:50 AM

Of course.

Why wouldn't they?

**NodakPaul** · 10-20-2007, 09:16 AM

"singersp" wrote:

[size=13pt]Will Vikings waste A.P.'s greatness?[/size]

By Mike Florio, Sporting News
Posted October 19, 2007

With Vikings rookie running back Adrian Peterson splashing onto the NFL scene like teammate Pat Williams doing a cannonball into a kiddie pool, the real question moving forward for Peterson and the Vikings is whether he is going to be a great player on a winning team. Or whether he is going to be the next Barry Sanders, who could run like no other but never really won?...

I think I would rather be compared to Barry Sanders than most of the RBs who have a super bowl ring...

**MaxVike** · 10-20-2007, 09:51 AM

The nay-sayers will be stood down.
The "Cashier" (as Merrill Hoge calls him) will ring the bell for a long time.
He just said AD is the #2 RB and that he will be #1 as soon as the Vikes have a QB that can take some pressure off of him.

The premise is absurd...Barry Sanders will forever be remembered for his accomplishments on the field; if AD stays healthy, he may too make an everlasting mark.
He's certainly off to a great start.

**nephilimstorm** · 10-20-2007, 09:52 AM

If AD does his randition of Barry Sanders and wins a few Super Bowls...wowwy what a career.

**PurpleTide** · 10-20-2007, 11:50 AM

We will build a team around him, and to be honest, by the end of this year everybody will see that we are not that far from being a championship caliber team. We just bolster a couple positions and keep improving every week we can still go 9-7 this year and crush hopes of others as this season progresses. Let's start at Dallas. Beat the plowboi's.

**DustinDupont** · 10-20-2007, 12:17 PM

maybe this year they wont use him as much as people want but in years to come they ont waste his greatness

**RK.** · 10-20-2007, 12:20 PM

We are just a WR and a few more games under the belt for Jackson to be a playoff team.
I think the thing that is starting to make it happen for us is that the O line seems to finally be getting the complicated blocking assignments down.
Also Chester Taylor is in a position to start having some big days with all the attention on AP.
If we score early we can beat the cowboys.

**gregair13** · 10-20-2007, 12:21 PM

i will go with probably

**DustinDupont** · 10-20-2007, 12:23 PM

"RK." wrote:

We are just a WR and a few more games under the belt for Jackson to be a playoff team.
I think the thing that is starting to make it happen for us is that the O line seems to finally be getting the complicated blocking assignments down.
Also Chester Taylor is in a position to start having some big days with all the attention on AP.
If we score early we can beat the cowboys.

i agree with you totally, so we better not waste ad greatness