Is Adrian Peterson the Last Franchise RB in the NFL’s Passing Era?

March 20, 2015   ·   Rivers McCown   ·   Jump to comments

Despite his legacy-tarnishing suspension for child abuse, Adrian Peterson will go down as one of the greatest running backs in NFL history. Peterson's defining on-field trait will be that he always made anything seem possible. 
Come back from a torn ACL and MCL to rush for 2,000 yards? No biggie. Trying to contain him on the edge? This run is still going to the house. A 200-yard game? Peterson has five, as well as the all-time record for rushing yards in a single game (296). 
But with all that individual success, Peterson has never played in a Super Bowl. Your creator of choice couldn't sculpt a running back with better traits than the 5-star, all-everything runner. Outside of perhaps his early-career fumbling problems, Peterson is the definition of what a scout looks for in a ball-carrier. 
Peterson was simply born 20 years too late. 
The devaluation of the superstar running back is a story that begins to take root in the late 1990s. You can poi...

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