The Washington football team fired Adrian Peterson, who could signal the end of his NFL career.
Peters spent the last two years with Washington, who at the time led the team in running with 1,940 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has run 14,126 yards, trailing Barry Sanders by 1,053 yards to fourth on the NFL career list. Peterson ranks fourth with 111 rushing touchdowns.
He still wants to continue playing, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schaefter.
Washington Washington has a young roster he wants to grow. Peterson is 35 years old and is considered a power runner. The team has four other running backs, all 27 years of age or older and able to help with both run and pass play.
Still, it was a surprise move considering what Peters did most early in the summer and they appreciated his power run and leadership. But coaches often refer to diversity. At both tight end and receiver positions, the lack of proven talent and depth has made it even more important at this position. Washington wants an element of surprise to speed up its crime.
The team wants to use a lot of two running back sets and the back wants to be multithreaded. He drafted Antonio Gibson in the third round; He played mostly receivers in Memphis, but Washington will use him as a ringing back who can arrange all in a pass game. The team signed P Te Na Barber’s P Te Barber and are happy with how he can contribute as both a runner and a pass-catcher.
Washington signed third down back JD McKissick in free agency and also Bryce Love, who was elected in the fourth round in 2019 and is returning from knee surgery at Stanford late last year. Love has been practicing all summer and a source said this week that he believes that, in a few months, he could probably go where he was in college lodge.
Those players allow Washington to use his back in a variety of ways. Although Peterson was able to catch the ball – he caught 37 passes with Washington Washington in two seasons – he was seen as the first and leading runner, though he was with a good deal of strength.
Two weeks ago, coach Ron Rivera said he could imagine Peterson still running by hand effort. “He’s going to pick up four, five, six yards on the second down,” Rivera said. “This is what you want. It’s here – to set the tone, set the tempo for our offense as a physical team.”
Peterson was not in high demand when he was signed by Washington Shington in the summer of 2018 after a string of back injuries at training camp – especially Darius Guis’s torn ACL. Peterson dealt with injuries and trades the previous year, running for 529 yards combined in 10 games with New Le Reliance and Arizona.
In Washington Washington, Peterson emerged as the team’s top runner in 2018 with 1,042 yards and seven touchdowns. Subsequent coach Jay Gruden made him a healthy inactive in the season opener last season. Gruden felt that the crime of being a power runner was limited. But Peterson was active the rest of the season and finished with 898 yards for a 3-138 team.
The other running back often admires Peterson, whom they considered an accessible legend. He was ready to share knowledge on a small back.
After spending 10 seasons in Minnesota, Peters recently called Washington his “second home.” He said he loved how he got hugged.
“God willing, it will be five more years,” he said.
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