Peterson looks to Faulk in quest to be more versatile

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Peterson looks to Faulk in quest to be more versatile

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He's picked a good back to study!

Vikings’ Adrian Peterson looks to Marshall Faulk in quest to be more versatile
The Vikings’ German receiver Moritz Bohringer has talked about viewing YouTube videos of Adrian Peterson to become interested in football. Well, Peterson has players he watches.

One is Marshall Faulk. The Vikings’ running back, in his quest to become a more versatile player, said he has been studying the hall of famer on film.

“He’s a back that anyone can watch and learn from, so I definitely turn to him,’’ Peterson said. “He was a complete back, and he did it for such a long time. So I just watch him doing his runs and the way he ran his routes and his body position when he went into pass protection. So it’s things like that you can learn from a hall of fame back.’’
“There’s no doubt he has it in him, and he’s working at it,’’ Faulk said of Peterson becoming more versatile. “But I’m not going to lie to you. I don’t think it’s as much him as much as their patience (on the Vikings). Because you have a Matt Asiata and a Jerick McKinnon, guys that can play on third down and can give him a rest.

“The need for him to be an every-down back is really not there, and it might save him. But not having him on the football field is like a sigh of relief for the defense. It’s a Catch-22 for him and the Vikings on what you do, but it’s a great problem to have
I agree with Faulk's take on this.
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Mothman wrote:He's picked a good back to study!

Vikings’ Adrian Peterson looks to Marshall Faulk in quest to be more versatile
I agree with Faulk's take on this.
Yeah, he concisely summarized the gist of our dilemma.
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Mothman wrote: I agree with Faulk's take on this.
As do I. Faulk has analyzed it well.

My two cents is there is no real need for Peterson to always be on the field, but there is no harm in him improving all aspects of his game.
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Less focus on running, more focus on not fumbling please.

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AP might get around to it eventually. You know, being a great all around back. :D
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720pete wrote:Less focus on running, more focus on not fumbling please.
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Peterson can't catch like Faulk and so what if he could? He'll fumble at the most inopportune time. Maybe I'm being drastic, but nah...It's more than a trend at this point and a grave concern of mine for years....As I had said before, Minnesota is best off making AP a 2nd half/even 4th quarter specialist....Keep him fresh for a playoff run..McKinnon is the real deal and knows how to run from the shotgun (helps Teddy)...AP is the GOAT, but i'm just about sick of him...
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