Will Adrian Peterson play in 2018?

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@Maple Surple said:
I bet this is the driving force :

http://www.espn.com/nfl/history/leaders/_/stat/rushlead

Excellent point...Jim is within shouting distance...

Rushing Leaders
RK	PLAYER	YDS
1	Emmitt Smith	18,355
2	Walter Payton	16,726
3	Barry Sanders	15,269
4	Curtis Martin	14,101
5	FRANK GORE	14,026
6	LaDainian Tomlinson	13,684
7	Jerome Bettis	13,662
8	Eric Dickerson	13,259
9	Tony Dorsett	12,739
10	Jim Brown	12,312
11	Marshall Faulk	12,279
12	ADRIAN PETERSON	12,276

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its ego...100% him thinking about his legacy.   we know he has no financial pride or he wouldnt have walked away from the mortgage in minny.   i doubt his financial responsibilities to his kids are a major driving point for him either.  

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@RushmoreVike said:

@mgobluevikes said:
I honestly don't know of a team that would be interested. Seems like AZ is the place where aging vets go to end their careers.Must be something about the demographic. Where do you go from there?

its a retirement area.   signing the old names that the retirement folks recognize from their youth is how they sell tickets down there...  B)

The Sun City Cardinals!

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Hard to believe Frank Gore is that far ahead of him. Classic turtle vs. the hare scenario.

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I look at Sanders and think Woah....what if he had continued playing?

He made dudes look stupid

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@RushmoreVike said:
Remember when people were mocked for predicting this kind of finish when he was in his prime?

Right, but that was following his knee injury and amazing.....HGH...cough...cough...cough...recovery

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@Vanguard83 said:
I look at Sanders and think Woah....what if he had continued playing?

He made dudes look stupid

Barry was magnificent...So was Simms before he busted up his knee. Detroit has had a couple of very good tail-backs over the decades. 

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@mgobluevikes said:
Hard to believe Frank Gore is that far ahead of him. Classic turtle vs. the hare scenario.

Volume stats don't tell the story very accurately.   Gore isn't even top 20 in all time rush yards/game, but AD is 4th and he and Bell are the only active guys on the list:

Rank	Player	Y/G	Years	Tm
1	Jim Brown+	104.3	1957-1965	cle
2	Barry Sanders+	99.8	1989-1998	det
3	Terrell Davis+	97.5	1995-2001	den
4	Adrian Peterson	92.3	2007-2017	3TM
5	Eric Dickerson+	90.8	1983-1993	4TM
6	Walter Payton+	88.0	1975-1987	chi
7	Clinton Portis	87.8	2002-2010	2TM
8	Le'Veon Bell	86.1	2013-2017	pit
9	Billy Sims	85.1	1980-1984	det
10	Curtis Martin+	83.9	1995-2005	2TM
11	O.J. Simpson+	83.2	1969-1979	2TM
12	Edgerrin James	82.7	1999-2009	3TM
13	Earl Campbell+	81.8	1978-1985	2TM
14	Arian Foster	81.6	2009-2016	2TM
15	Emmitt Smith+	81.2	1990-2004	2TM
16	Jamal Lewis	81.0	2000-2009	2TM
17	LaDainian Tomlinson+	80.5	2001-2011	2TM
18	Domanick Williams	79.9	2003-2005	htx
19	George Rogers	78.0	1981-1987	2TM
20	Shaun Alexander	76.9	2000-2008	2TM

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Who, just a few carries away, wouldn’t wan’t to brag
about having more yards than Jim Brown ?
& this country loves it’s Top 10 lists !

& then there’s this...
~~What Peterson had just accomplished didn't sink in until that night, when he was back home, lying down and relaxing. That's when he began to take in his historic day.
"I was like, 'Wow, I just set a record,'" Peterson said. "My whole thing was, I could've got 300. Like, 296 was cool but 300 sounds a lot better”

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I'll always appreciate AD for the excitement he gave us all those years for the Vikings.  That said he's probably looking for a job. Any job in thr NFL. He's on the hook for many years to his many kids and their mamas.  Sad way to end a fine career.