Here’s a quick section of 2009 NFL trivia for you to assumption at. How abounding active backs accept added carries than Adrian Peterson’s 40 this year?
While you anticipate that over, Peterson maintained his NFL administration in hasty with his 92 yards Sunday adjoin Detroit, but a brace of huge performances about the alliance Sunday cut that advance significantly. He now leads Tennessee’s Chris Johnson (254 yards) by just 18 and San Francisco’s Frank Gore by (237 yards) by 35.
In an era area at atomic 20 teams accept what could be advised a active aback antagonism or a committee, the canicule of the crammer active aback accept acutely gone the way of the wishbone offense. Peterson acutely is the capital man in the Vikings backfield, but the canicule of the 20-carry-a-game active aback are vanishing.
It may not be as apparent to Vikings admirers because the NFC North doesn’t accept abundant in the way on active back-by-committee setups. Chicago has Matt Forte. Detroit has Kevin Smith. Green Bay has Ryan Grant. But the NFC North is far from the barometer and the after-effects accept been axiomatic by the numbers.
At a time if quarterbacks get aberrant aegis and receivers can’t be affected above 5 yards, the casual attacks of the NFL accept replaced the 20-carry active back. Vikings admirers should accede themselves advantageous that Peterson wants to backpack the brawl 20 times. He is acceptable a throwback.
By the way, the four guys through two weeks that accept added than 20 carries a game? Michael Turner (50), Cedric Benson (50), Mike Bell (45) and Fred Jackson (43) – not absolutely the murderer’s row of active backs
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