Don't Put the Blame On Favre
Hey look, I’m the biggest AP fan out there. But after last night I have to say something. Adrian Petersen, you are not yet the best running back in the National Football League. You are not ready for the big time. Because when it comes down to it, “the only” flaw in your game turned out to be the one that cost the Vikings the game.

Oh sure, you can blame it on Favre’s “gunslinger mentality” but can you blame him? AP had turned it over twice already. And on that drive, he put it on the ground again! Thank god a linemen was there to recover the ball, otherwise the Vikings might not had even made over time.


Adrian Peterson is by far the most physical, hard-nosed, intimidating runner in the game. However, his style of running is suited for losing the football. AP doesn’t shy away from getting hit, he welcomes it. And while this might make him look like a hard-ass, it also doubles the propensity for the ball getting knocked out. The worst thing is, after two years, and hearing line after line of, “you need to protect that ball,” AP can't hold the thing to take care of his life. If he weren’t so powerful we might have another Wendell “oops” Taylor on our hands.


Look AP, Tiki corrected this. Marcus Allen corrected this. Barry Sanders corrected this. There is no reason that in the off season you can’t work on holding on to the god damned ball. I just don’t know if you will have a quarterback as good as Favre to back it up. T-Jack is due for a good season, but the ol man was a sure thing. And you let him, and the entire state of Minnesota down.

I don’t want everyone to pin this on Favre, because if I were in the same position, 3rd and 15 I might have done the same, with your track record. The only mistake on Favre’s part was not insisting that Chester Taylor came in. For all we know he might have been pleading with Childress to put Chester in, with all their problems. In the end though, it was the dissidence between quarterback and head coach that influenced the call and it was AP that was the WHOLE REASON behind their lack of ability to find a definite play. If I’m Brett, at the line, and have no idea what my coach wants, I’m throwing the ball. No way in hell I’m turning it over to my renegade back who likes to cough it up every single friggin time it gets in his hands. Don’t blame the old dude. Blame the young gun.

Adrian, BOTH HANDS ON THE BALL. You have 7 months to figure this out.

- jawk