Posts Tagged Adrian Peterson
AFC, NFC Championship Game, Fantasy Rankings and more…
Posted by Monty in Baseball, Fantasy, Football, Miscellaneous, Off-season, Podcast on January 21, 2010
Cwik and I talked about the following topics on our latest podcast…
1.AFC/NFC Championship preview. Who is the most important person in Saints-Vikings game
2.Padilla/Blanton/Piniero sign, any of these significant?
3.Matt Forte has surgury. How much did injuries factor in his season?
4. Conan O’Brien offered to play for Washington Generals. Would you watch?
5.Mock Draft notes and thoughts
6.Pop culture notes. I have a great movie suggestion and Chris picked up a new album.
NFL Notes and Trends…Week 6
Browns Kick Returner and only scoring threat Josh Cribbs
-Tom Brady threw six touchdown passes in the Patriots’ 59-0 win over the Titans, including five in the second quarter, an NFL record for one quarter. Brady also set an NFL record for the fastest five TD passes, throwing his 2nd-quarter TDs in a span of 9 minutes, 44 seconds. The previous record was 11 minutes, 13 seconds by Daryle Lamonica of the Raiders in 1969.
-Adrian Peterson rushed for 143 yards, the highest total against the Ravens in a game that Ray Lewis played in more than a decade. The last player with that high a rushing total against Lewis and the Ravens was James Allen of the Bears in 1998 (163 yards).
-The Bills defeated the Jets despite allowing 318 yards rushing. Only one other team in NFL history won a game in which its opponent gained at least that much rushing yardage: The Redskins beat the Cleveland Rams, 14-10, in a 1944 game in which the Rams rushed for 320 yards.
-Josh Cribbs tied one record and set another with a 98-yard kickoff-return touchdown against the Steelers. Cribbs became the first player in NFL history to score on a kickoff return in five straight seasons, and his total of six KOR-TD’s tied the NFL career mark that he now shares with Mel Gray, Dante Hall, Ollie Matson, Gale Sayers and Travis Williams.
-How bout this for the Bet. JaMarcus Russell’s 86-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller was the Raiders’ longest TD pass in more than a quarter-century – since Jim Plunkett threw a 99-yarder to Cliff Branch in 1983.
Sporting News Releases Top 100 NFL Players…O Boy!
Where did Adrian Peterson rank according to TSN Top 100 players?
The Sporting News came out with the 100 best players in the NFL. Lists seem to be the way the Sporting News gets attention. They came out with the 50 best coaches in sports just a month and a half ago and the top 100 college football teams just recently
NFL Season Preview: NFC North
Posted by Monty in Fantasy, Football, NFL Season Preview 2009 on September 4, 2009
AP may be the best player in football, but is his team best in the NFC North?
2008 was another weak season for the NFC North. The Vikings, led by Adrian “All Day” Peterson and the Williams brothers, Kevin and Pat, on defense, won the division at 10-6 with a less than impressive +46 point differential. The Bears finished in 2nd place at 9-7, found themselves some nice offensive weapons in Greg Olsen and Matt Forte, while their defense had one of their worst seasons in the Urlacher era (2000-current). The Packers found out that Aaron Rodgers is for real, and they can really put up some points, but their defense struggled immensely. Finally, the part of NFC North that will stick with 2008 was the Detroit Lions. They struggled in every aspect of the game, went 0-16 for the first time in NFL history and the only bright spot was the emergence of Calvin Johnson as an elite receiver.
Sorry Purple Jesus, Judas Has Arrived
The Minnesota Vikings believed Brett Favre was this missing piece that could take them to the Super Bowl. The Vikings did what the Packers didn’t want to do last year, wait around and cater to Brett Favre’s every need. The Vikings wanted Favre to participate in all offseason activities and they said they wouldn’t pay him a ton of money, oops. Brett Favre started off strong in New York, but faltered down the stretch throwing 2 TD to 8 Interceptions in December.
I am of the belief that Brett Favre makes the Vikings a worse football team. Favre throws and throws and throws, Minnesota is an offense that runs and runs and runs. I know what your thinking, Favre he will throw when he needs to and be better at it than Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, but still hand the ball off to Purple Jesus most of the time. If Favre has shown anything throughout his career consistently it’s that he loves throwing the football.
The Forum: Who’s Number Two?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Fantasy, Football, The Forum on August 8, 2009
Peterson will likely go number one, but who goes number two?
In this day and age, who doesn’t play fantasy football? With the season approaching, many leagues will be drafting their teams very soon. Anyone who has started to do their research this season knows that Adrian Peterson is the slam-dunk number 1 pick in almost every league. The problems, however, start immediately after AP. Most of the fantasy football magazines out there have either Michael Turner, Maurice Jones-Drew, or Matt Forte as the number two overall player in fantasy drafts. So, who should you choose at number two this season? Let’s go to The Forum.
The Forum: Starting an NFL Franchise
Posted by Chris Cwik in Football, The Forum on August 6, 2009
10 years is a long time, Kurt Warner started his first game in 1999
Training camps have opened, roster battles have begun, and rookies are looking to make their mark. This can only mean one thing, the NFL Season is upon us. Before the season begins, we here at Foul Pole want to give you readers the best and most insightful analysis possible. We’ll start things off by exploring a timeless debate. No one will argue that Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Ed Reed are some of the top players in the game. However, all of those players are in the 30 and over club and don’t have many years left in their primes. Who is going to be the face of the NFL when that time comes? Considering that nothing lasts forever, especially in sports, here is the topic of our very first Forum: Taking age into consideration, if you could build an NFL team around one player for the next 10 years who would it be?
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