Adrian Peterson is not Overrated, statistical comparison CTaylor - AP

[BillNye]

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Watching him in college left me with a large man crush on Reggie Bush.

I think Peterson is a MUCH better back for the pro game. However, he needs to run with more care for his body, or he's going to miss a fuckload of games.

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Injuries happen to all RBs. Avoiding the hits is obviously a useful skill but eventually injuries will happen to everybody. You can only hope its not too serious such as an ACL.

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Yes, everybody gets hurt. Some people get hurt a lot more than others because they insist on jumping around and throwing themselves into people without any regard for their own goodwill.

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Completely agree, coaches need to put incentives into his contract that involve going out of bounds.

[bernie]

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However, he needs to run with more care for his body,

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Hopefully he won't learn the SA turf flop. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Reggie Bush was never slated to be an every down workhorse back in the NFL.

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[bernie]

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Watching him in college left me with a large man crush on Reggie Bush.

I think Peterson is a MUCH better back for the pro game. However, he needs to run with more care for his body, or he's going to miss a fuckload of games.

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Injuries happen to all RBs. Avoiding the hits is obviously a useful skill but eventually injuries will happen to everybody. You can only hope its not too serious such as an ACL.

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Yes, everybody gets hurt. Some people get hurt a lot more than others because they insist on jumping around and throwing themselves into people without any regard for their own goodwill.

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Alot of times they get injured trying to avoid the injury rather than just running hard.

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It does. A RB who runs 8 yards or 2 yards is more valuable than a RB who runs 12 and -2.
Edit: The first one is an extreme example, but the value of each rushing yard isn't linear. A 2 yard run isn't twice as valuable as a one yard run.

[/ QUOTE ]Obv a running back who gets 0 or negative yards the majority of his carries is pretty worthless but that is a hypothetical player who does not exist. In general I'll take a steady player over boom/bust but not if the boom is like Peterson or Barry Sanders. Talking about players that not only can but probably *will* score from 40+ yards out once a game. That's points on the board on a regular basis.

I said that has nothing to do with anything because no one gains 4 yards or more every carry, and no one goes for 0 or 40 either. I mean if you think Marion Barber or Joesph Addai are better because of their DVOA, lol. Pretty sure you do not though so I'm making a strawman here.

[TheRover]

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lol at thayer saying hed rather have reggie bush.

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lol @ you keeping your mouth shut the past 2 weeks.

I still stand by my statement.

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Reggie Bush is super underated, don't understand the hate on him. Look at him doing exactly what "he couldnt" Take the full load...

Anyways, comparing Bush to Peterson is like comparing Vick to Manning. They are both the same position but in name only because they bring entirely different mismatches to the field.

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That cheap shot at Reggie Bush was totally unnecessary imo.

[bernie]

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Reggie Bush is super underated, don't understand the hate on him. Look at him doing exactly what "he couldnt" Take the full load...

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When has he taken the full load as a RB? He isn't even averaging 15 carries a game.

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[TheRover]

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Talking about players that not only can but probably *will* score from 40+ yards out once a game.

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"that is a hypothetical player who does not exist"

[THAY3R]

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Reggie Bush is super underated, don't understand the hate on him. Look at him doing exactly what "he couldnt" Take the full load...

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When has he taken the full load as a RB? He isn't even averaging 15 carries a game.

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Why does that even matter?

[TheRover]

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Reggie Bush is super underated, don't understand the hate on him. Look at him doing exactly what "he couldnt" Take the full load...

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When has he taken the full load as a RB? He isn't even averaging 15 carries a game.

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This seems to have more to do with the Saints passing abilities/being behind a lot early in the season than any merits of Reggie Bush. The only time another running back had a significant amount of carries since Deuce was injured was week 6 when Stecker had 8 to Bush's 19. I'm not counting the blowout of San Fran when Stecker damn well should've been in over Bush.

Was Bush injured during the week 6 game?

[Shoe]

Being a Packer fan, all I have to say is this. I do not look forward to having to face AP 2+ times per year for the forseeable future.