Steelers Stop Vikings, Favre, With Defensive Dramatics Under Duress
The Sporting Blog —
This story can be told almost entirely through YouTube videos. First, this happened: Then, Percy Harvin responded. Then, Adrian Peterson decided to do ...
Monday Morning Schadenfreude
What Would Oakley Do? —
AP Steamrolls Gay: The Hit Seen 'Round the World
Just a Bit Outside Sports —
Rather than delve into a 500-word diatribe on why I hope the Phillies destory the Yankees in the World Series, I'm going to refer back to happier times in my sports weekend. The Vikings were trailing by three late in the fourth quarter. My mind frame was, "Here comes another Brett-Favre-winning-drive." We all know how that ended: Favre put a little too much heat on a screen pass to running back Chester Taylor - who probably should've caught it - and Steelers linebacker Keyaron Fox picked it and ran 82 yards for the touchdown. Game. Set. Match. But just prior to that, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson introduced himself to Steelers ...
This was just ridiculous. Adrian Peterson simply runs through William Gay.
Bleeding Green Nation —
This was just ridiculous. Adrian Peterson simply runs through William Gay.
Sunday's five least valuable players: Michael Turner, not burning
Shutdown Corner —
1. Michael Turner(notes), Running Back, Atlanta
Falcons. A year after scorching through the league, Turner still
can't get anything going with the Falcons. The "slow start" phase has passed. Now, he's getting into "just not very good" territory. He's 15th in the league in yards per
game, despite being fourth in carries per game. He's getting 3.4 a carry.
Meanwhile, Jason Snelling(notes) took seven carries from him on Sunday and turned then
into 68 yards. It's a smaller sample size, obviously (19 carries), but
Snelling's getting 6.4 a carry. That turns up the ...
NFL Week 7 Awards
SimonOnSports —
Wow You Guys Suck: A Whole Shit Load of Teams, Honestly have there ever been more teams that were absolutely positively brutal. Between the Chiefs, Bucs, Raiders, Rams, Titans, etc... you have a handful of teams that provide ugly boring football on a week to week basis. Runners Up: JaMarcus Russell finally benched woo, duh Bears defense. This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Tony Sparano, Let's get the ball to start the second half up 14 after dominating on the ground and throw the ball 5 times on 6 offensives plays. A 3 and out and a pick 6 later and the Dolphins were on their way to falling into a deeper hole. ...
The Lizard King Strikes Again
Dave's Football Blog —
Y’know, in most cases, I don’t like to see a player from my favorite team getting blown up like this, but let’s be real. Hits like this one that Adrian Peterson delivers on William Gay are a big reason why people watch the NFL.
On the other hand, Peterson was compared to Earl Campbell here, and hits like this are a big reason why Campbell can’t walk anymore. Playing American football often requires sacrificing your future quality of life. How much do you love this game?
(Spotted on Shutdown Corner.)
