Adrian Peterson says he will play vs Colts

[TKnight24]

People really would jump out of the ICU or a Coffin to play the Colts. He wasn't supposed to play until next week smh 

[Myles]

Hard to pass up not running against the Colts defense.

 

[TDewar1987]

Maybe he will run 200+ yards and 3 scores on us. 

[southwest1]

Oh swell. LOL! Our run defense has been top notch this season, but all it takes is for AP to break 1 run for like 50 yards & the whole complexion of the game changes. 

 

Plus, being the brilliant defensive genius Mike Zimmer is, his LBs will be a thorn in Chewy's side all game long. 

 

I will naturally be rooting for my beloved Colts, but I'm preparing myself to lose this game. It's very loud in US Bank Stadium too. I expect a lot of false starts on offense even with a silent snap count. 

 

Tough sledding for the horseshoe no doubt. Good luck fellas. 

 

I do respect Zimmer though, which cushions the sting of a regular season loss a little bit. 

 

Maybe Pat McAfee can fake a punt & throw a touchdown in the second half. I bleeping love it when he does that. 

 

Chud, let's incorporate a flee flicker pass too. When they work, they are a thing of beauty man. Throw it to Moncrief or Doyle not Dorsett please. 

[southwest1]

In all seriousness, I do like Adrian Peterson. He's a good guy that is fascinating to watch in the open field. 

 

Try not to humiliate us too much on the scoreboard man. Thanks.  

[SilentHill]

I'll be watching the redzone channel this week instead of the Colts game, maybe i'll get to see AP score some TD's but I'm guessing I wont see much of the Colts offense.

[1959Colts]

Good. Bring it on.

[TKnight24]

1 hour ago, southwest1 said:

Oh swell. LOL! Our run defense has been top notch this season, but all it takes is for AP to break 1 run for like 50 yards & the whole complexion of the game changes. 

 

Plus, being the brilliant defensive genius Mike Zimmer is, his LBs will be a thorn in Chewy's side all game long. 

 

I will naturally be rooting for my beloved Colts, but I'm preparing myself to lose this game. It's very loud in US Bank Stadium too. I expect a lot of false starts on offense even with a silent snap count. 

 

Tough sledding for the horseshoe no doubt. Good luck fellas. 

 

I do respect Zimmer though, which cushions the sting of a regular season loss a little bit. 

 

Maybe Pat McAfee can fake a punt & throw a touchdown in the second half. I bleeping love it when he does that. 

 

Chud, let's incorporate a flee flicker pass too. When they work, they are a thing of beauty man. Throw it to Moncrief or Doyle not Dorsett please. 

Moncrief was ruled out this week 

[Introspect]

2 hours ago, Myles said:

Hard to pass up not running against the Colts defense.

 

 

His desire to get a "warm up" game against the Colts defense sums up how our Defense and team is viewed in the NFL.  I think teams fear the Jags more than they do us....

[life long]

He may be a tad rusty...... LETS GO COLTS!!!!

[King Colt]

Won't carry the ball much, way too rusty. This is only a limber up game.

[Malakai432]

Well if he wants a good warm up, the Colts are a perfect opportunity before they play a very difficult Packers team on the up swing, both teams competing for a wild card spot in the NFC.  This is a must win for the Vikings.  

[Qwiz]

14 minutes ago, Malakai432 said:

Well if he wants a good warm up, the Colts are a perfect opportunity before they play a very difficult Packers team on the up swing, both teams competing for a wild card spot in the NFC.  This is a must win for the Vikings.  

That's what I'm thinking. Just a warm up game for him. Perfect timing right  

[oldunclemark]

57 minutes ago, life long said:

He may be a tad rusty...... LETS GO COLTS!!!!

I like it......I think he may be great..he may fumble us the ball a couple of times

[indyagent17]

I would start him on any fantasy league.  Our team needs new leadership ASAP

[NFLfan]

43 minutes ago, Malakai432 said:

Well if he wants a good warm up, the Colts are a perfect opportunity before they play a very difficult Packers team on the up swing, both teams competing for a wild card spot in the NFC.  This is a must win for the Vikings.  

 

That's right. It is a warm up in preparation for the GB game. I don't expect him to play much.

[a06cc]

Given the statistics from 2012. We caught him coming back from an ACL tear. He had 3.75 yards a carry. We were prepared that game. Now I'm not sure what I'll see this Sunday from our defense. Regardless I hope they show up. 

[will426]

Hope he runs chud grigson and pagano off the damn team lol

[jameszeigler834]

3 hours ago, southwest1 said:

In all seriousness, I do like Adrian Peterson. He's a good guy that is fascinating to watch in the open field. 

 

Try not to humiliate us too much on the scoreboard man. Thanks.  

Why would it not be humilliating to watch this week when last week was humiliating enough.

[jameszeigler834]

46 minutes ago, indyagent17 said:

I would start him on any fantasy league.  Our team needs new leadership ASAP

Ya this team is an embarrassment.

[Malakai432]

48 minutes ago, NFLfan said:

 

That's right. It is a warm up in preparation for the GB game. I don't expect him to play much.

 

Yeah, the Colts seemed banged up but they sometimes bounce back after a bad loss.  I see it being a decent game though.  Hopefully a fun one to watch at least.

[IinD]

5 hours ago, TKnight24 said:

People really would jump out of the ICU or a Coffin to play the Colts. He wasn't supposed to play until next week smh 

Lol...jump out of ICU or a coffin..comedy gold.

 

Very curious to see if the guys have packed it in on 2016.

[TheRustonRifle#7]

1 hour ago, NFLfan said:

 

That's right. It is a warm up in preparation for the GB game. I don't expect him to play much.

Good luck kid....but not too much

 

[southwest1]

3 hours ago, TKnight24 said:

Moncrief was ruled out this week 

Thanks for the update TK. I don't watch Pagano press conferences anymore. 

 

Props for the correction though. 

[grmasterb]

5 hours ago, TDewar1987 said:

Maybe he will run 200+ yards and 3 scores on us. 

Nah. 376.

[Hi-Tek]

Will probably gash them for 200

[LucasOilStadium]

Vikings just announced they activated Adrian Peterson for Sunday's game with the Colts.

[NFLfan]

6 minutes ago, LucasOilStadium said:

Vikings just announced they activated Adrian Peterson for Sunday's game with the Colts.

 

Thanks for posting that, LOS. I just read that too. The Vikes put DT Toby Johnson on waivers to activate AP. I hope the Pats don't pick up Johnson.

 

It had been reported that we gave Johnson a 3-year contract earlier this week when we activated him from the practice squad. He posted a picture showing that. I wonder if we gave him an extension to deter another team from picking him up on waivers?? I hope we can retain him.

[krunk]

Seems like every time we play the Vikes Adrian Peterson is coming back from a knee injury of some sorts.  I remember in Lucks first year when we played the Vikes at Lucas Oil Adrian Peterson was coming back from a knee injury. Don't recall him doing much to us in that game.  They had a lot of heat on Luck in that game, but we won.   Seems like Deja Vu all over again.

[WoolMagnet]

Well isn't that special 

i was hoping he'd figure the team didn't need him this week.

well, i guess its a good way to evaluate our run defence.

[krunk]

Dont know how good we will be on the defensive side of things in this contest since we are now missing Art Jones. We are down to Ridgeway and a Gimpy Henry Anderson. If I were the Vikes I would just keep handing off to AP and those other backs. Make some timely throws here and there while playing a strong defensive game. No reason for them to be all that risky on offense. Just take Houstons game plan.

[NFLfan]

37 minutes ago, krunk said:

Dont know how good we will be on the defensive side of things in this contest since we are now missing Art Jones. We are down to Ridgeway and a Gimpy Henry Anderson. If I were the Vikes I would just keep handing off to AP and those other backs. Make some timely throws here and there while playing a strong defensive game. No reason for them to be all that risky on offense. Just take Houstons game plan.

 

That is probably what the Vikes will do (give it to the RBs); actually, that's what they always do. But their running game is historically bad. And that's not an exaggeration. Peterson won't make it that much better, IMO.

 

I think the Vikes should let Bradford throw the ball a bit. At least let him throw on first down. He has the highest completion percentage in the league (71%) although he is in the bottom third in yards per pass attempt. If the Colts don't bring a pass rush, Bradford will do well. He does poorly when he is pressured. His pocket awareness is terrible but he looked better against the Jags last week. 

 

I don't think Peterson will have too many carries (less than 20). The Vikes just want him to shake some rust off before playing GB next week. He will share the carries with Matt Asiata and Jerick McKinnon. 

[oldunclemark]

It will lift the crowd....certainly....He may be figuring he cant wait until next week because the Vikings could be eliminated by then

[AZColt11]

Wow.  I was really surprised we held up that well vs. the run.  Especially after last week.