Adrian "All Day" Peterson

Adrian "All Day" Peterson went nuts on Sunday. A day that was supposed to belong to the Patriots and Colts, who played "Super Bowl XLI1/2", was stolen by the rookie phenom. Peterson ran for a single game record 296 yards against a strong, albeit beat up, San Diego run defense. He had touchdown runs of 1, 46 and 64 yards. He averaged around 10 yards per carry, and the whole time everyone knew he was getting the ball.

Peterson has to be considered the best running back in the league so far this season. The Vikings have no passing game. Teams are regularly stacking up against the run, and they still can't stop number 28. This is his second 200+ yard game this season(a rookie record) and it's only week eight. Peterson has racked up 1036 yards (the most in history through eight games) on the season; that's 310 more than the number two running back in the league. He is averaging 6.6 yards per carry, best among starting running backs (2nd: Brandon Jacobs 5.6 yards per carry). He's also number one in rushing touchdowns with eight so far. He has five runs for 40+ yards (most in the league, see a trend?) and nine runs of 20+ yards (tied for first). He is on pace for a 2000 yard season(2072 to be exact), a feat that hasn't been accomplished since 2003 (Jamal Lewis: 2066 yards second all-time, 2105 is the all-time recond: Eric Dickerson 1984). The one blemish has been his three fumbles, which is a somewhat high number for this point in the season.