Video: Adrian Peterson Sets the NFL Single Game Rushing Record Running Over the Chargers for 296 Yards

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Shaun Rogers, All 340 Pounds, Rumble 66 Yards for the Touchdown and Selvin Young Is NOT Getting in the Way
Published 11/5/2007 at FanIQ Blog
It wasn't exactly as graceful as Adrian Peterson dancing across the MetroDome turf, but big, BIG Shaun Rogers 66 yard interception return for a touchdown might be the highlight of the weekend. Complete with a big meaty stiff arm of Selvin Young. When a big fella is that close to the end, nobody is getting in his way. BTW, I guess the Lions are really good this year. Lions 44, Broncos 7

Peterson Breaks Rushing Record, Transubstantiates [Purple Jesus]
Published 11/5/2007 by Unsilent at Deadspin
Forget about rookie records, Adrian Peterson is going after bigger game. It's taken Minnesota's first-year wunderkind a mere eight attempts to break the NFL's record for rushing in a game. The 296 yard eruption led the Vikings to a 35-17 flattening of the San Diego Chargers and put Peterson over the thousand yard mark at the halfway point of the season. Of course it wouldn't be a truly holy day without a few pilgrimages to the holy land. AP PJ had touchdowns of 1, 64, and 46 yards. Two of them were far more exciting than the third. The loser in the situation (aside from the Chargers defense) is Cleveland's Jamal Lewis who saw his old record fall by the wayside. The convicted felon responded brilliantly with four ...

Case of the Mondays: Remember, remember the run of Adrian Peterson
Published 11/5/2007 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
… Men talking inside Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Man with goofy hat and chaps: I do say fine sir, have you seen this American National Football League running back from the fur trading regions of the Minnesota Territory? Man with beard and goofy clothes: Why yes, I read about him in this morning’s London Oxford Gazette. Man with goofy hat and chaps: He moves with the swiftness of a gazelle and the passion of a Shakespearian sonnet! Man with beard and goofy clothes: It is as if he tars and feathers the other footballers on the opposition has he dodges ...