Sam said:
Peterson had 62 yards and no TDs against the Panthers. 31 of those came in mop up minutes with the game clearly out of hand. He was a non-factor out of the gate. Those 62 yards is his lowest outing since September of LAST season.
Honestly, you couldn't have seen that game if you claim AP did any damage. And that's fine. I wouldn't expect a Rams fan to be watching a Panthers game and vice versa. Especially seeing how they were being played at the same time.
I still find it funny that 62 yards from All Day, AP is being touted as him getting over on the Panthers based on a 6.2 YAC. Or how was it worded? It was the Rams that went away from him? Nice theory. I wonder why they would ever go away from him when he's averaging a killer 6.2 per clip???
Lets see. Peterson started out slow with his first 4 runs of the game going for a total of 1 yards. His next 3 runs went for 27 yards. Giving him 7 rushes for 28 yards at half. However, by the point they got the ball back in the 2nd half, they were down 21-3. His next 3 runs in the 3rd quarter went for 34 yards. By the end of the 3rd, he had 10 rushes for 62 yards but the Vikings were down 28-3.
When you are getting blown out and failing to sustain drives due to bad QB play, you don't tend to run the ball a lot.
But shutting down Peterson? BS.
Now, go ahead and make excuses as to why C.J. Spiller and Andre Ellington ran on your defense. Let me guess, "if you remove their longest run..." will start the sentence. :lol: