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Adrian Peterson

rmartin65 said:
Yeah, but when teams are down they start passing instead of running.
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actually, I got that wrong..... I've rewatched the game, and the yardage be-ing reported can't be right, because I think he's got like 45+ yards in the second half. Definitely contained by that Texas O, other than the big TD run.

sakebomb said:
They aren't even on pace for 1200 if you added all three of them together.
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As a team, we have not played our best football, not even close. Rewatching the games, you can see alot of little areas that need to be corrected. I'm talking tweeks. I've got confidence that Kubiaks will do the right things, fix our little problems.

Andre is going to have a monster year, Moulds, Walters, Owen....... I was wrong earlier, but now, I can easily see David getting his first 300 yard game in the next two weeks. He's going to finish the year knocking on 4000 yards.

Those 5 yard gains you see Dayne getting, they'll be 15s & 20 soon, and those 12, 14 & 17 yard gains are going to be 45, 65 & so on.....

Get your popcorn Ready Houston, that show everybody is looking for is going to be coming out of Houston, not Dallas.

sprtsfanatic said:
Thunderkyss...what are you smoking??? all three of our backs combined wont get 2000 yds much less the 3100 your calling for...Our current backs (that get playing time) are horribly slow AND MISS EVERY HOLE THE O LINE OPENS UP FOR THEM...instead they run into their own linemans backs and end up smothering themselves at the line of scrimmage.

Step away from the Kool-aid, and take off the homer glasses.
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Hard to believe, I understand.. but it's coming.... it's coming.
 
TheOgre said:
They wanted Maroney. We had a trade in place if he had fallen 1-2 more slots.
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It was for DeAngelo Williams. The trade they were working on was with the Bears at 26--Maroney was gone at 21. Buffalo swooped in with a better offer and then Carolina took him next.
 
He was overhyped going into the season, but I haven't had much chance to watch him at all this year. He is a big guy with good speed and vision, but a step below Peterson and Slayton.
 
thunderkyss said:
I heard yesterday they(ESPN) said he was the next BarrySanders.
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He's 5'7 and 177 lbs. I know there's a lot of small running backs and the way this guy has played he probably is good enough to play in the NFL, but there's still a doubt in my mind if he's big enough. There's plenty of 5'8, 5'9 guys who have had success, but 5'7 would make me somewhat iffy on his pro potential.
 
TexanSam said:
He's 5'7 and 177 lbs. I know there's a lot of small running backs and the way this guy has played he probably is good enough to play in the NFL, but there's still a doubt in my mind if he's big enough. There's plenty of 5'8, 5'9 guys who have had success, but 5'7 would make me somewhat iffy on his pro potential.
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An extra inch won't make a RB any better than his counte-part. It is their running style at that size that seperates them. It is more of a mental thing than physical thing.
 
5'7, 215 (Barry Sanders) is one thing. 5'7, 177 is another.

Height should never be a concern for a RB.
 
YoungTexanFan said:
He was overhyped going into the season, but I haven't had much chance to watch him at all this year. He is a big guy with good speed and vision, but a step below Peterson and Slayton.
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Slayton? As in Marcus Slayton? From Georgetown Hoyas. Sorry, I thought he was a senior this last yr. If your talking about someone else, who, I'd like to see whoever Slayton is, if he's better than Lynch.
 
Titan "Tack" Fan;464931 said:
I hope to see AP in a Titans uniform. . . Or Calvin Johnson. That's all I want for Christmas.
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Good RBs seem to be everywhere. Dominant WRs aren't always there. Calvin Johnson is a beast. I would take him over Adrian Peterson.
 
kastofsna said:
marshawn lynch > peterson
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Adrian Peterson is the best RB in the nation as far as NCAA and the draft IMO.

Adrian Peterson racked up 3000 yards and 29 TDs in his first two years at Oklahoma. He has 8 rushing TDs this season. He is looking to have over 1700 yards this season. He carries his team weak in and weak out.

Marshawn Lynch had 2000 yards in his first two years at California with 20 TDs. He has 4 TDs this season, but also has 3 receiving TDs. He is looking to have 1200 yards this season if not better.

Marshawn Lynch is a good prospect and a good runner (he has a 7.3 yards career average YPC) dont get me wrong.
 
Titan "Tack" Fan;464931 said:
I hope to see AP in a Titans uniform. . . Or Calvin Johnson. That's all I want for Christmas.
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What ? Already given up on Lendale "Pass me another Biscuit"
White. Well acording to some, That'll give CJ a leg up on Jerry Rice. Just October but that makes sense to me. Now whether or not VY will ever be accurate enough to justify taking an elite reciever that high...we'll see. nice game this week by the way. Losing Fischer is going to sting. The guy can flat out coach.
 
kastofsna said:
wolfe is darren sproles at best...

marshawn lynch > peterson
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I think Lynch gets the benefit of torching PAC-10 defenses week in and week out. Much like his predecessor JJ Arrington did before him. Look how he's turned out so far.

I think Lynch is a decent RB but no way I'd put him over Peterson.
 
Huge said:
I think Lynch gets the benefit of torching PAC-10 defenses week in and week out. Much like his predecessor JJ Arrington did before him. Look how he's turned out so far.

I think Lynch is a decent RB but no way I'd put him over Peterson.
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i don't know either players numbers, i just go by what i see. and i thought (as a lot of people did) that lynch was WAY better than arrington when they were on the team together. he has unreal explosion.

big 12 defenses aren't anything to be proud of either, while we're talking about that. how did peterson do against oregon's defense last year? ;) it's moot.
 
While we are discussing running backs, how do you all feel about Michael Bush next year? I know he is injured this year with ACL but he might be available in the draft next year.

I haven't seen him play much but I have heard so much about him. Is there any chance he might be available to us in the second round of the draft.

How does Michael Bush compares to Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, or some other back.

Where would Michael Bush have been projected in the draft if he wasn't injured this year?

How would he look in Texans back field next year.
 
kastofsna said:
i don't know either players numbers, i just go by what i see. and i thought (as a lot of people did) that lynch was WAY better than arrington when they were on the team together. he has unreal explosion.
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Arrington went for over 2,000 rushing his senior season.

Everybody went goo-goo over Lynch because he averaged almost 9 yards a pop as a freshman. So they automatically assumed that he was better than Arrington. These are probably the same people that though Frank Gore was a better RB than Willis McGahee because Gore also averaged almost 9 yards a pop as a freshman while McGahee was closing in on 1,900 for the season with 25+ TDs.

kastofsna said:
big 12 defenses aren't anything to be proud of either, while we're talking about that. how did peterson do against oregon's defense last year? ;) it's moot.
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They're still leaps and bounds ahead of what the PAC-10 has.

Peterson vs Oregon:
2004 - 183 yards
2005 - 84 yards
2006 - 211 yards
 
Huge said:
Arrington went for over 2,000 rushing his senior season.

Everybody went goo-goo over Lynch because he averaged almost 9 yards a pop as a freshman. So they automatically assumed that he was better than Arrington. These are probably the same people that though Frank Gore was a better RB than Willis McGahee because Gore also averaged almost 9 yards a pop as a freshman while McGahee was closing in on 1,900 for the season with 25+ TDs.
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i know arrington topped the 2000 yard mark. didn't know about lynch's stats. i watched the two, and arrington was always a vey simple troy hambrickish kinda guy. doesn't surprise me that arrington got the yardage, pretty much any back in tedford's offense has put up big yards in college.

and look who's leading the league in rushing these days? frank gore (mcgahee is 3rd)! he very well could've had a better career at miami if not for those drastic knee injuries.

also, a little clarification, gore's freshman season was in relief of clinton portis. gore blew his knee out in spring after portis left for the NFL, and that's when mcgahee took over.
 
kastofsna said:
i know arrington topped the 2000 yard mark. didn't know about lynch's stats. i watched the two, and arrington was always a vey simple troy hambrickish kinda guy. doesn't surprise me that arrington got the yardage, pretty much any back in tedford's offense has put up big yards in college.
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Lynch - 1,294 last season in 10 games.
kastofsna said:
and look who's leading the league in rushing these days? frank gore (mcgahee is 3rd)! he very well could've had a better career at miami if not for those drastic knee injuries.
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Does that make Gore the best RB in the league? I'm aware he's a good RB (he's making me look like a genius in my fantasy league). But I'm not about to put him ahead of McGahee.
kastofsna said:
also, a little clarification, gore's freshman season was in relief of clinton portis. gore blew his knee out in spring after portis left for the NFL, and that's when mcgahee took over.
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And when Gore came back, people were saying he should start over McGahee because of the 9 ypc he averaged in relief of Portis as a freshman.
 
Huge said:
Does that make Gore the best RB in the league? I'm aware he's a good RB (he's making me look like a genius in my fantasy league). But I'm not about to put him ahead of McGahee.
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me neither. but the numbers are there. he's having an awesome 2nd year (after an awesome rookie year) behind a bad line. and i drafted him in the 2nd round of my fantasy draft. boy, people really made fun of me then.

And when Gore came back, people were saying he should start over McGahee because of the 9 ypc he averaged in relief of Portis as a freshman.
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when gore came back, mcgahee had bolted for the NFL following his horrible knee injury.
 
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