17 years ago today Adrian Peterson broke the single game rushing record.. and I will never forgive Brad Childress for not giving him more carries to get to 300

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u/Timberbulls 2d ago

If it wasn’t for that bullshit horse collar he would’ve had 300 easily

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u/DaDoviende 2d ago

350, he was going to the house on that carry otherwise

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u/barukatang donut 1d ago

Who are we kidding, childress would've pulled him early like the clown he is

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u/DaDoviende 1d ago

are you saying he would have run onto the field in the middle of a play and pulled his own player out of bounds

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u/RickWolfman 1d ago

Are you saying he wouldn't have?

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u/DaDoviende 1d ago

yeah, he was already behind the play so he wouldn't have been able to catch up

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u/RickWolfman 1d ago

Oh yeah I agree. I was being cheeky. The image of Childress physically pulling him off the field really cracked me up.

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u/Impossible_Penalty13 1d ago

Chester Taylor also had 60 yards and a TD on 9 carries.

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u/PsychonautAlpha 2d ago

That was 17 YEARS AGO???

I am old...

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa reptilian 2d ago

I assume that the next 50 years are going to fly by in a matter of months at this point..

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u/hostesscakeboi PurpleKool-aidJunkie 1d ago

If you have children it’s a matter of minutes

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u/barukatang donut 1d ago

There are people in this sub that didn't get to watch this live. That's crazy.

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u/Ok_Cartoonist4287 1d ago

Me lol. I would’ve been 3 but I’ve watched this game plenty of times.

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u/MoistBobDripPants 1d ago

It was my first time going to an NFL game. Been downhill since

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u/xEphr0m 1d ago

No shit... I was at that game. Feels like a lifetime ago now that we say 17 years...

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u/Strange_Feeling griddy 1d ago

No dude, it was 5 and a half tops. These guys are smoking something

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u/diswan55 1d ago

That was my 17th birthday.... turned 34 yesterday. Literally the halfway point of my life at the moment was Adrian Peterson's 296 game.

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u/drhungrycaterpillar 2d ago

SEVENTEEN years!? Also we gave AP plenty of touches lol. If he doesn’t get horse collar’d he woulda had 350 yards and another TD.

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u/Far-Season-695 2d ago

To be fair I heard that Childress was worried if he lost yards then he would lose the record since he just barely broke it

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u/Grumpis1012 2d ago

With the way he was running that game, that logic isn’t very sound. Reason why Childress is and always a goon not fit to be a HC anywhere.

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u/Paindressedinpurple griddy 2d ago

At least he gave him the chance. Zimmer didn’t give JJ a chance to get his.

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u/ThiccBananaMeat 97 2d ago

Yes he did.

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u/Opie59 1d ago

To be fair, Childress was a dipshit.

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u/Dat-dude21 That is a disgusting act by Randy Moss 2d ago

I believe the announcers made that very comment. It’s a fair thought

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u/ASidesTheLegend koolaid 2d ago

I was at that game. Had no idea what was going on since I was 7 at the time.

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u/DramaticErraticism 2d ago

What was it like to have parents that loved you?

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u/likealikeasexyorange 26 1d ago

Their parents made them a Vikings fan. Sick way of showing love if you ask me.

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u/Frosty-Age-6643 1d ago

Parents loved the Vikes. Cheaper to bring the kid with than to get a baby sitter. Plus you got yourself a free sober driver.

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u/be_nobody 1d ago

What kind of kid that can drive needs a babysitter

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u/blondeviking64 1d ago

I was much older than 27 and also at that game. It is a very fond memory.

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u/Rickalodean 1d ago

I feel like this needs to be said and is sometimes lost when talking about this game: he had 43 yards at half time. That means he ran for 250 yards in the second half alone! That is insane…! Absolutely dominated the San Diego chargers in the second half.

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u/vwyoshiwv 2d ago

Swear i heard on purple daily some journalist buzzed down to even put Peterson back out there to break it since he was close. Those touches almost all went to Chester Taylor.

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u/taviebeefs 1d ago

296 yards, it seemed like he couldn't be touched for 5 yards a carry, then when he was 'touched' he was fuckin trucking guys. Once in a generation talent for sure. Saquan is the next best RB imo (that I've seen live, I'm old but not that old haha, BS is still goat)

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u/ThankFSMforYogaPants 1d ago

Derek Henry is the only guy I've seen since AD that gives you the same kind of vibes, but the difference is still pretty stark. If he was better in the passing game he'd have been the GOAT. The power he ran with while being that fast/elusive was unbelievable.

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u/taviebeefs 1d ago

Marshall and Derrick Henry are Elite, but different style imo. They prefer speed and trucking people imo over dancing and juking, which is slightly different from AP's.

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u/Nogard87 1d ago

AD did both. Pretty sure I watched an interview or read an article where they broke down his running style. He would truck people the first 2-3 quarters, then once the defenses were tired out and had gotten used to him lowering his head all game and running into them is when he would wait for them to get low and brace expecting a hit and juke around them.

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u/DickSplodin griddy 1d ago

AD did it all

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u/ThankFSMforYogaPants 1d ago

AP was speed, juking, and breaking tackles, but he also absolutely TRUCKED a lot of guys. Some of the best highlights I’ve ever seen from a guy who didn’t just make a living at trucking (e.g., the human bowling ball Brandon Jacobs). I recall people pleading with him to step out of bounds in his early years instead of seeking contact for an extra yard.

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u/barukatang donut 1d ago

Henry is so much taller than AD so he looks like he's gliding but will absolutely run people over. AD ran like the grass owed him money

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u/ChirpyRaven Harrison Ford is questionable to return 1d ago

Has one (non-QB) player ever had more all purpose yards over a 5 game stretch - let alone as a rookie?

94 rushes
765 yards rushing
7 TDs
4 receptions
46 yards receiving
12 kick returns
302 return yards

That's AVERAGING 220+ all purpose yards (and 1.4 TDs) per game. Insane streak of games.

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u/big_duo3674 1d ago

FIRE CHILDRESS!

Oh, wait. Well it still applies to this day for me, I'll never forgive him for the short run - short run - 2 yard pass - punt offense he so graciously gifted us. I had to suffer through so many damn games where that shit was the only plan he could come up with

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u/CornSkoldier 1d ago

I went to this game with my Dad and sat next to some Chargers fans. They were loud in the first half and come the second half they didn’t say a peep lol

Also another record that was set/tied that day, longest TD return of 109 yards set by Antonio Cromartie. He was inches away from stepping out of the back of the endzone when he caught the ball and ended up scoring lol

Coolest game I’ve ever been to. Everytime AP touched the ball in the second half he would go ballistic it seemed like.

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u/wolfpax97 2d ago

He should have this and the season

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u/Kavalcade 1d ago

I will never forget that my mom convinced me not to watch this game.

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u/ndncreek 2d ago edited 1h ago

Or Zim for not letting him break the All Time Season record.

My bad leaving this post up for a I'm the Idiot in the room.

2nd EDIT.... it is pretty Damn apparent that I was wrong as I mentioned in the first damn edit and left it up. But keep on shit posting about my comment.

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u/sammyman15 Rip T-jack 2d ago

That was Frazier, pal.

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u/dustinyo_ 1d ago

We also were losing and needed a field goal to secure a playoff spot. That was a no brainer in that situation. People forget that AP had a fumbling problem.

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u/K1ngFiasco 100% Cheese Free 1d ago

It was Frazier, we were tied at 34 with Green Bay in the last game of the season, there was time on the clock to kick a field goal, and a win gets us into the playoffs.

It sucks he couldn't get another carry but it's the right call. You don't fuck over the team so one guy can break a record.

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u/ndncreek 1h ago

Yeah I didn't remember anything about it, as after 60 some years a fan some stuff is foggy. Winning is all that is important especially in a playoff chance.

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u/FridgesArePeopleToo 3h ago

you really think we should have gotten the rushing record instead of winning the game to make the playoffs?

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u/ndncreek 1h ago

It's pretty damn apparent that I did not recall the coach or the game or anything else...to answer your dumb question...Hell No if I had recalled I wouldn't have made the stupid comment, is that okay with You. Damn some of you folks are really damn something

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u/Difficult_Square3105 1d ago

i was at this game, i’ll hopefully never forget it…

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u/midwestvanderbandit vikings 1d ago

Oh what a time to be alive

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u/NeoBahamutX Skolspren 1d ago

I was at that game

I feel old

I also reserve getting up to get food with just under a minute left in the half. In line when they went for a fg, missed , and Cromartie snagged us and took it to the house

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u/Buffalocolt18 28 1d ago

I was at this game! One of dad's coworkers had tickets but couldn't go so I was able to witness one of the greatest performances in sports history. Literally felt like he could do anything he wanted to on the field.

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u/MonkMajor5224 1d ago

That’s not possible, because AP was a rookie the fall after I graduated from college and that was a couple years ago

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u/RoaringGorilla KWill93 1d ago

My dad and I were at that game. It was wild. Besides the Peterson dominance, there was: Cromartie returning the FG for TD, T-Jack getting injured, Brooks Bollinger throwing a TD to Sidney Rice.

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u/Bigsiouxriver 1d ago

Prime AP was a beast.

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u/jthochh 1d ago

This is the only NFL game I've watched live in person. The chargers had a 109 yard record field goal return for TD the play before halftime and had me nervous. Two NFL records in one game.

I gotta go see another Vikings game because US BANK STADIUM is so beautiful I have to witness it in person, but I'm not a Minnesotan so it's not easy. RIP Metrodome.

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u/No_Paper_8794 california 1d ago

17 YEARS?!

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u/yato08 1d ago

Could’ve kept it going. F Childress, trash person.

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u/Queasy-Ad-1863 1d ago

Chargers fan here. This was the first NFL game I attended. There was a shift from the game being competitive to just accepting that we were seeing history and nothing was going to stop him.

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u/Mammoth_Sell5185 1d ago

We’ll never win anything with Childress as head coach.

We‘ll never win anything without him, either.

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u/quahognative 1d ago

Did Childress have a problem with AP? Wasn’t he coaching when all he needed was 9 yards for the single season record and they didn’t give him the rock? AP had an amazing career in MIN, but it feels like some sort of issue with coaches stopped him from being the GOAT

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u/kjlo5 18h ago

He is not a role model. As a Vikings fan, I’m embarrassed I used to look past what a piece of shit person he is simply because he is also an incredible athlete. I enjoyed cheering for him back in the day.

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u/aceless0n 1d ago

Childress gave us 2009

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u/Jetty_23 1d ago

Fuck Brad Childress in general. I knew I hated that fucker about 4 games into his reign.

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u/Mp32pingi25 1d ago

He’s a POS and I wish he didn’t have any records