Off-Topic Forum

I was on the site going through my collection while waiting on hold for a work call, and received the text notification from ESPN that Adrian Peterson was just traded to the Arizona Cardinals.  It's so amazing how fast elite running backs lose their value these days.

Hopefully Peterson can find a place where he is utilized. 

AP should have never agreed to sign with N.O.! WTH was he thinking in the 1st place. He wasn't going to replace Ingram and he isn't a guy that wants random plays or situational hand-offs. He could have signed with so many teams. I still can't figure out why he went to the Saints at all. At least he can be the guy in ARZ after Johnson got hurt.

Maybe he just wanted to work with Drew Brees. But he could have went to NE and Brady, GB and Rodgers, NYG and Eli, SEA and Wilson. So many teams that would have used him as the starter and he went to a team where he was a 3rd string RB! In Arizona, he'll get some yards now, but I bet he takes a lot of hits. He'll still make the team better though. Maybe not playoff contenders, but at least he'll get the touches he wants. I think a better move for him would have been either of the L.A. teams. They both could use him to take some of the heat off the QB. One 10-20 yard run by him in a game could have changed several of their losses into wins.

He signed with New Orleans because nobody else really gave him a solid offer.  He took the job that was available.  The bigger question is why did New Orleans sign AP??

I completely agree with your question. BUT, why did the Saints even chase him? They didn't need him and they weren't going to make him the starter anyway. He probably wouldn't have been the #2 RB either. AP would've have been better off going to Dallas to fill in for Elliott while he's dealing with his legal issues. I guess Jerry Jones thought he could buy his way out of that suspension instead of buying an RB to fill in for Zeke for a while.

There had to be many more teams interested in AP. He was either chasing the paycheck and/or avoiding the non-playoff teams where he would have been a starter. I know he really wants a ring, but he needs to realize that he's to old, slow and often-injured now to get that as the starting RB or for a team that can spend a bunch of money on him for one year. The worst positions to play after age 30 are RB and CB! If you can't run as fast or faster than the guys in front of you, you don't hold much value for any team. WR and LB would be the next 2 positions in that line.

Sometimes you don't even have to be close to that age to get dumped or traded! I am still shocked that the Panthers traded Kelvin Benjamin to the Bills for a 3rd & 7th Round DP next year. That's shocking b/c KBen was a 1st Rd. DP in 2014!!! Apparently KBen is just too slow when compared to Funchess though (who was also drafted by the Panthers in 2014). Kelvin missed the whole 2015 season (when the Panthers went to the SB). Funchess wasn't too good that year, but was consistent and stayed that way in 2016. He's been really good this year though. DFun is more aggressive and faster than Benjamin. It just took him a bit longer to develop into a good WR. If Ted Ginn Jr. wasn't so wishy-washy and chasing $-signs, the Panthers would still have KBen. With Ginn bouncing after the dollars AGAIN, the Panthers still need speedy receivers to stretch the field. Curtis Samuel (their 2017 DP @ WR) helps give them the speed and their acquisitions on both sides of the ball should help the Panthers be better overall. Benjamin was just clogging up the offense instead of helping it!

Sorry that I got side-tracked on this topic, but it helps illustrate my point! AP is done in the NFL, UNLESS he puts his ego aside and decides to be a teacher instead of demanding to be the leader. He can "coach" a young RB into being the best RB in the game right now! He can still fill-in for a starter due to injury or sickness and be very effective, but he needs to assume a leadership role for any team he is on. He doesn't seem like he wants to do that though.

yeh anymore people are used more as bargaining chips. its sad.. and it upsets me that my dang NYG didn't even make an attempt. he still has some good years. unfort though when someone is out spoken they get a bad rap. in the past couple years he has had some bad publicity and we don't know what's actually happened behind the scenes. i hope he has an awesome year though to show he still has it