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Adrian Peterson did not have problem sharing the ball with Chester Taylor
Adrian Peterson did not have problem sharing the ball with Chester Taylor
Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT an Adrian Peterson fan...but I've seen a lot of claims around these forums to the tune of "AP doesn't want Gerhart to get any carries" or "AP comes back from injury quicker than he should just to make sure Gerhart can't start a game" or some-such, and what I've wondered for quite some time is, don't you guys think that he'd react much the same way if Gerhart were black? I mean, virtually any featured back wouldn't want his backup to get many carries regardless of what race he is. It's in AP's best interests for everyone to think he's the heart of the Vikings offense (because this will affect the size of the contracts he gets offered in the future) and not a "system back" so I suspect that even if Gerhart were black he still wouldn't want to give him many opportunities.
Gibbon said:At the post game conference he seemed very light. Excited about the win despite how absurdly ugly it was and how obvious it was they got some critical calls at the end. Not terribly freaked out about the Gronk injury (though also not knowing its extent).
I am thinking this should be his attitude. Grateful for every moment. Screw it. Loosen up. The best years are behind you. Sling 'em and see what happens. Better to go with an upstart, dreaming band of brothers than a group wound so tight, any sign of breakdown throws panic through the ranks. Any way, we'll see how it goes because the window is rapidly closing. Brady's only chance is if he doesn't care.
Continuing with the quoataback talk - pretty much all of them were mediocre to downright terrible. Campbell had a good game but as his career has shown he will have many more bad performances than good ones.
NE needs Toby, but the cap won't allow it because the fading pretty boy is a cap vacuum in his last years. Toby is a three down back that will bring up 8, but the brain trust is still going to live in 2007. In GB whatever McCarthy's shortcomings he at least knew enough in 2006 to emphasize the power run game and hence pro-longed Favre's career. As for GB they finally realized that the Flynn needed some short passes in the center of the field, but too bad I seen Jordy doing the lining up in the slot.
Thankfully, the two players most likely to fill Gronk’s massive void will be TE Matthew Mulligan and FB James Develin, who had a bulldozing TD run last week and a dynamic 31-yard catch yesterday. Also, the loss of Gronk could mean that Austin Collie will be more likley to remain on the roster.
Eagles-Patriots, however unlikely, would be the best Superbowl in the past 25-30 years. Such a game would feature five white receivers (Edelman, Amendola, Collie, Cooper, Maehl), all-white TE’s (Mulligan, Develin, Celek, Ertz, Casey), and 9/10 white OL.
I second that. But as always want the White players of the Cowboys to do well.I want the Eagles to win the NFC East. So go Bears.
Wittens 51st TD