Who needs KG or Torii? We've got AD.

It's been easy to ignore the Vikes this year, but with Adrian Peterson running like this, I'm busy on Sunday the rest of the year.
Here's a Twinstown column that may appear in a local paper this week:

Sunday’s Colts-Patriots tilt had the TV talking heads falling all over themselves for hyperbole, with “Game of the Century” getting bandied about rather liberally.
But soon those same sputtering suits were spitting all over themselves for a different reason.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson had upstaged the game of the century with the performance of a lifetime, rushing for an NFL record 296 yards, leading the Vikings to a shocking 35-17 win over heavily-favored San Diego.
This was a banner weekend in the NFL - besides Colt-Patriots, there was Brett Favre continuing to lead the Packers to an improbable run towards the NFC’s No. 1 seed, the Lions proving they’re for real by slaughtering Denver, Drew Brees throwing for nearly 500 yards in the continued resurgence of the previously left-for-dead Saints.
But Peterson was the day’s biggest story.
Going against a defense that featured notable run-stuffers Jamal Williams and Shawne Merriman, Peterson was simply unstoppable. He was untacklable, he always fell forward for extra yardage, he beat the angles to the edge, he cut back, he stayed in bounds, he put his head down and ran through the second level. It was a thing of beauty, coming from a team that has had a virtual monopoly on ugly for most of the year.
Suddenly the previously unwatchable Vikings are must-see TV, for no other reason than No. 28.
No doubt there were observers who spent much of Sunday’s game yelling at their TV screens that if Peterson had been getting 30 carries a game all year long, the Vikings might have a better record than their current 3-5 standing.
Perhaps, but this is where a word of caution should be offered amidst the AD love.
Running backs are the most precious commodity in the NFL. The average running back’s career lasts 3.2 years. Most likely the Vikings hope to get more than 3.2 years out of Peterson.
You don’t have to look far to find a cautionary tale. Kansas City’s Larry Johnson carried the ball 750 times for over 3,500 yards in 2005-2006, and finds himself struggling this year, averaging just 3.6 yards per carry at age 27. It could be just an off year, but many are wondering if he’s already lost a step.
Earl Campbell was a bulldozer as the Houston Oilers’ main weapon in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but overuse shortened his career considerably, and today he’s in a wheelchair.
For every Curtis Martin or Emmitt Smith, there are a dozen Preist Holmes‘ or Neal Anderson‘s, guys who break down after 1,000 or so punishing carries.
And Peterson, who’s currently averaging a ridiculous 6.6 yards per attempt, with 1,036 yards on 158 carries through eight games, faced questions about his durability before he was even drafted, due to his upright running style and once-broken collarbone.
This Vikings team has a promising future, especially if it can ever field a competent quarterback (Brooks Bollinger looks like the best one on the roster right now, for what it’s worth), but it’s not going to the playoffs this year.
The hope here is that coach Brad Childress doesn’t give in to outside pressures that insist Peterson touch the ball 30 times every week. Chester Taylor is a very good back, and keeping him in the rotation is the right move. It could significantly prolong the career of a guy who has a chance to be the best player in franchise history.
And there’s one other thing to keep in mind. If Peterson keeps going like this, he’s going to end up on the cover of next year’s Madden video game, and nobody wants that.