Adrian Peterson 2019 Outlook

[CroNY 267]

Lol, can AP just retire already. He has the 49ers, Vikings, Bills coming up I'd expect some pretty hideous efficiency vs those teams not to mention they will be down to all of them probably, McLaurin is the only viable Redskins fantasy player. But as a desperation bye week play sure I think this was the best game we will see out of him though.

Edited October 15, 2019 by CroNY

[dicka24 451]

His performance might give him a crumbs worth of trade value in your league as a throw in, or as a desperation play by someone in need.  Glass even fuller, AP did have 195 points in .5 PPR leagues last year (he did in mine) so maybe a new coach and a bit more dedication to giving AP consistent touches could make him a serviceable play as a flex, bye week fill in, or (gulp) a RB2 if you have nothing better.   Hey, stranger things have happened right?    🤣

[Kobe_No_Means_No 887]

So NOBODY thinks AP is startable this week? He's getting 20+ touches and the goal-line back. Quality of touches will be poor, but at least the opportunity is there.

[FitzMagic 4,260]

2 minutes ago, Kobe_No_Means_No said:

So NOBODY thinks AP is startable this week? He's getting 20+ touches and the goal-line back. Quality of touches will be poor, but at least the opportunity is there.

Nope. You do realize what happened to the Rams? Washington is far worse. More opportunities to get stuffed, sure. Unless there are points for carries, I'd sit him.

[CharlesCC2 834]

28 minutes ago, FitzMagic said:

Nope. You do realize what happened to the Rams? Washington is far worse. More opportunities to get stuffed, sure. Unless there are points for carries, I'd sit him.

 

Not to mention it's not like the ground game was consistently good against even the Dolphins.

"They had a season-high 33 rush attempts out of 58 plays. Having a lead all game helped immensely. In truth, plenty of work remains. Miami, after all, entered the game having allowed 175.8 rushing yards per game. And in the Redskins' first three series, they managed 4 yards rushing on three Peterson runs."

"The Redskins also couldn't close out the game on the ground: After taking a 17-3 lead late in the third quarter, their backs ran the ball eight more times for 27 yards and managed one first down on the ground. Still, it beat the alternative."

https://www.espn.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/39152/adrian-peterson-rejuvenates-redskins-run-game-but-challenges-await

[Idoolittle 667]

1 hour ago, Kobe_No_Means_No said:

So NOBODY thinks AP is startable this week? He's getting 20+ touches and the goal-line back. Quality of touches will be poor, but at least the opportunity is there.

I guess it really depends what your options are. In one league (where I'm looking for a high floor) I'm starting both Jordan Howard and Royce Freeman over him. In another league where due to byes I have to start one of Bolden or C. Thompson and would start AP if I had him. Basically he's the worst starting RB to play this week, but could possibly be played over the 2nd guys in RBBC depending on who the player is.

EDIT: In a standard league I think I'd start him over Cohen and Drake (Cohen and Drake would probably edge him out in half-PPR and PPR leagues), but that's kind of the area I'd have him for this week.

Edited October 17, 2019 by Idoolittle

[JE7HorseGod 2,753]

57 minutes ago, Kobe_No_Means_No said:

So NOBODY thinks AP is startable this week? He's getting 20+ touches and the goal-line back. Quality of touches will be poor, but at least the opportunity is there.

Jesus no.

The 49ers have yet to yield a 100 yard rusher or a rushing TD to a back this season.

Mixon had 10 carries for 17 yards, Conner had 13 carries for 43 yards, let's not even mention the Rams, outside of week 1 which was Bosa's first NFL game and most of the guys' first game in this scheme, the only back who had remote success was Chubb, and that was only because he's playing at an elite level and they kept feeding him like crazy, and they were at least somewhat concerned with OBJ.

Peterson behind this abysmal offensive line without Williams has rushed for 25, 37, 28 and 18 yards when playing teams not called the Dolphins.

I would throw a dart at a handcuff of a healthy starter before Peterson this week.

[kball09 1,069]

Try to trade AP before this weekend as a throw-in or something. We just witnessed what will be his best game of the year by far.

[Idoolittle 667]

I do think Washington is more committed to the run than they were under Gruden, so there could be value in the running game here. The issue for AP is their schedule. SF, MIN, BUF, BYE over the next 4 weeks. And Guice is likely to return before they get into a more manageable schedule. AP's going to get the volume until Guice is back, but he doesn't have the skill and team around him to put up the numbers needed to warrant a fantasy play over other starting RB during this tough stretch.

[jamor 20]

High ankle sprain. Future games include MIN, BUF, DET, GB, PHI.   Not many playable games left. Giants in week 16 maybe but are you really putting him out there on championship week?  Give me a break.  Droppable in most formats.

[Nickmo 146]

Anyone know if he's playing tonite? Waiting to know if Smallwood will be a viable play today. 

[Flyman75 5,196]

On 10/22/2019 at 3:34 PM, jamor said:

High ankle sprain. Future games include MIN, BUF, DET, GB, PHI.   Not many playable games left. Giants in week 16 maybe but are you really putting him out there on championship week?  Give me a break.  Droppable in most formats.

Guice will be back soon enough. That makes AP even less playable and more droppable. 

[owenmills 5,332]

10 minutes ago, Nickmo said:

Anyone know if he's playing tonite? Waiting to know if Smallwood will be a viable play today. 

Right now it looks like he’s going to play, although who knows how much. Pretty much makes both him and Smallwood unstartable for fantasy 

[Gootz 131]

He's suiting up: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27917853/adrian-peterson-set-play-former-home-vs-vikings

 

The question is whether or not we start him. My alternative is Mixon, so I'm rolling the dice with AP. Considering this, he will probably pull a DJ, run for 2 yards and be out the rest of the game, so best ya'll bench him.

[sjm76 771]

As mentioned, I don't think you can start either AP or Smallwood unless you're desperate and even if Peterson was fully healthy, he would be an iffy start.  It doesn't matter if it's supposedly his "revenge game" or not.  He won't be able to enact much, if any, revenge because the Redskins suck.

[Spina 730]

AP gets a TD tonight.

....even with no ankles.

[StevenSC400 1,002]

What you guys forgot is he usually always plays decent against the Vikings 

[Brettg57 734]

Revenge game or not, AP looked damn good tonight. Almost vintage.. Dude is a freak. 

[poweiner 29]

Let this man play on a relevant football team again

[Flyman75 5,196]

Me thinks the reports of AP’s demise were a little premature. No TDs, but he’s rushed 57 times for 275 yards in three games under Callahan. 
 

And he’s ~400 yds short of passing Curtis Martin into 5th place all time. Without a doubt, the Redskins are going to make sure he gets there, Guice or no Guice. 

Edited October 25, 2019 by Flyman75

[Brownsfan74 889]

Looked good tonight but with Haskins in there, he might be seeing 10 men in the box.

[FitzMagic 4,260]

He will go back to old man AD plodder next week. It was probably adrenaline. 

[rex_bulkhead 334]

Imagine AD on the Pats in the Blount role

[Brettg57 734]

1 minute ago, rex_bulkhead said:

Imagine AD on the Pats in the Blount role

🤤🤯 Bruh.. 

[potatoetree 113]

He looked okay tonight. 

Nice moment when they honored him during the 4th quarter