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Normally, this kind of injury would end an athlete's career. However, Adrian Peterson is no ordinary athlete. This man is a machine. In only seven months after a potentially career-ending knee injury, Peterson made a full recovery and was able to play all seventeen of his regular season games, finishing only nine yards short of Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing yards record. Now, how does this translate to his fantasy value? Well, Adrian Peterson put up the most yards from scrimmage and scored the second most touchdowns by a running back in the 2012-2013 NFL season. In a standard scoring fantasy football league, Peterson yielded two hundred and ninety-seven points. Arian Foster and Doug Martin tied for second with two hundred and forty-eight points, a full forty-nine points behind Peterson. When the numbers are compared, Adrian Peterson is in an entirely different tier when it comes to both professional and fantasy football. That being said, Adrian Peterson does not score so many points by mere happenstance.
The entire Minnesota Viking's offense is centered around Adrian Peterson. Although the Vikings have a very reliable run game featuring the best running back in the NFL, their passing game is lackluster for several reasons. The first issue with the Viking's passing attack is their lack of leadership in their receiving core. The Vikings recently traded away their second most valuable asset on the offense, Percy Harvin, to the Seattle Seahawks during the off-season. Percy Harvin is one of those special Renaissance players who can do it all. Not only can he catch, he was the Viking's primary kick returner as well. In order to compensate for losing Percy Harvin, the Vikings brought in former Green Bay Packer, Greg Jennings. .
Although he certainly has the experience and ability to play as a starting receiver for the Vikings, over the last several years Jennings has shown a significant decrease in the quality of his play.
