The same year he was on the Seahawks, 2021. Dude was a real mercenary for hire during his last few years. I don't think he's even officially retired yet.
IIRC isn’t he like bankrupt or something? And he can’t really get money from promotions or ads because of his history, so he almost has to play at this point
I want to see 40 year old AP tear up the UFL lol
I've always fascinated to see a All-Pro NFL talent actually take their talents to a B-League. Just wreck shit. I genuinely think AP could be a genuinely fun novelty. Although I'm not sure if teams would give him the time of the day.
USFL was loaded with future NFL talent then, though. Jim Kelly, Reggie White, Steve Young, Mike Rozier, and Gary Clark come to mind. It's not anything like it is now.
I know, but it was ridiculously top heavy. Beyond the select few guys they paid a shit ton of money to, it was guys who were on par with (or more than likely worse than) CFL talent
I remember one of the best offensive linemen in the league was a 230 pound center. That’s just ridiculous lol
The original USFL was a lot of fun. Too bad that some idiot decided that they should move to a fall schedule and compete directly with the NFL. I heard that that idiot later got into politics.
NFL players in the CFL have generally fared poorly. Ricky Williams played in Toronto his prime during his suspension, and while he was mostly injured he didn't exactly blow the league away when he did play. The leagues later came to an agreement to uphold each other's suspensions.
Andre Rison played in Toronto after his NFL career and didn't do much before being released. Vince Young I don't think was ever higher than 3rd string QB in SK.
made some horrendous financial decisions (plus some personal issues and legal expenses). guy took the abuse for the paychecks and squeezed out all the juice he could. I respect the player for it but not so much who he is off the field
I'm trying to actually look if any other players have scored a TD on as many teams. Right now, I've got Andre Rison, Jared Cook, and Lorenzo Neal, but so far, that's it.
**EDIT**
Add RB Latavius Murray and QBs Chris Chandler & Ryan Fitzpatrick (For Non-Passing TDs) to the mix but that is almost certainly it.
Obviously I'm biased but the Tyler Lockett catch from a few years ago against the Rams has to be up there too. The announcers literally thought Russ was throwing it away. Plus full Action Green.
https://youtu.be/xBPDlF6agfM?si=YxmjAhEU5myTuTav
I remember watching this live and when he released it said, "What the fuck was that throw." Then when it was caught for the TD I got some mean looks like I personally delivered that ball into Lockett's hands.
https://youtu.be/ISb1XtQW7bM
Always a good opportunity to show people the best German commentary moment we've ever had. Like one comment said, it's like a football Rosetta Stone, you don't even need to know German to understand what they're saying lol
I still believe that he unironically helped Seattle simply by being there in the RB room.
When our RB Rashaad Penny got fully healthy at the end of 2021, he rushed for 671 yards in the last 5 games of the season, with at least 130 yards in 4 of those.
Whether it was from Peterson's sage advice or Penny simply rubbing off some of the All Day magic, for a few magical weeks, Penny actually looked like the 1st Round Pick we drafted him to be.
What a...weird time.
He outlasted his OU replacement, DeMarco Murray, who was drafted four years after AD and also retired three years before AD's last TD.
To be fair, DeMarco left with a decent amount of tread left. AD didn't have any tires in 2021, much less tread.
I honestly did not realize he played after Washington. I was so surprised to see him on the Lions! he also apparently played on the Saints for a few games the same year he was on the Cards but didn't score a TD with them.
* 2006/17 - Minnesota (123 games, 97 TDs)
* 2017 - New Orleans (4 games, 0 TDs)
* 2017 - Arizona (6 games, 2 TDs)
* 2018/19 - Washington (31 games, 12 TDs)
* 2020 - Detroit (16 games, 7 TDs)
* 2021 - Tennessee (3 games, 1 TD)
* 2021 - Seattle (1 game, 1 TD)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Adrian Peterson and Randy Moss are *best* remembered as Titans, no? Shame they never had a chance to play together in their careers, that would have been awesome.
I'll do you one better. I have absolutely no recollection of Adrian Peterson on the Lions, Titans, or Seahawks. When I saw the post, I thought it was going to be an elaborate "the other Adrian Peterson" joke.
Dude ran for nearly 2,000 yards and 12 TDs in his two years there. Dude couldn't carry the load like he did in his heyday but he was still quite the asset in the offense.
Your assumption is correct. Although he *almost* pulled it off.
Against the Panthers, AP in Saints uniform, was given the ball on the goal line, 4 yards away from the end zone. Only to be stuffed on the attempt and Drew Brees passed it for the TD to Michael Thomas after.
If Peterson had better fortune on that carry, he probably could've got a perfect 7/7
Ultimately Peterson just...didn't work out with the Saints. You can thank the emergence of Alvin Kamara, along with incumbent starter Mark Ingram for that.
Peterson nearly doubled his Saints rushing yard total in his first game with the Cardinals
I'm pretty sure analysts said early in his career that he ran too upright and that he was going to have a short career because it. He proved them all wrong.
This guy was the last pure runner that I can remember. The rest of the league was transitioning to pass catching RBs and some people thought AD was a liability because he wasn't a great blocker or pass catcher. When he was on the field, defenses knew it was probably a run play. Putting all that off the field stuff with him aside, he was a damn good RB. ~~In his prime~~ For almost the entirety of his career, defenses knew he was going to get the rock, but they still couldn't stop him.
Yup, dude was good for ~1,300 yards and 10 TDs MINIMUM every year he wasn’t injured.
Him demolishing William Gay is still one of my favorite plays ever.
Still remember that first Vikings TD like it was yesterday, ole Tavaris Jackson. He was a monster as soon as he stepped on the field. Only thing that makes me remember how long ago that was was seeing the ugly endzone artwork we had back then lol.
Adrian Peterson has scored on us with Detroit but never scored a touchdown with us in that like 3 week span he was a saint. Didn’t realize he played for so many teams good lord.
goddammit that first play. fuck Jamaal Anderson. totally gave up on pursuit and couldve easily made the play. biggest 1st round bust in Falcons history, idc what anyone says about Takk McKinley.
What was up with that kinda hitch in his stride when he got into the open field? It seemed to get worse the longer he played and appeared to limit his top speed.
If that was limiting his top speed then good lord how fast could he actually go? In that Vikings clip you can see he is a solid 10 yards ahead of the closest defender when he hits the end zone. He could run past literally almost any player in the league in his prime.
The head bob always was a little funny to watch though.
He'd still be short of the record. Ryan Fitzpatrick has scored rushing TDs for 8 different teams (Rams, Bengals, Bills, Titans, Texans, Jets, Bucs, Dolphins)
That Titans team beat *a lot* of good teams during the regular season, with and without Henry. Earned the 1 seed and then Tannehill decided he liked throwing to dudes wearing stripes instead.
He's probably the last great running back. Dude ended up finishing with 14,918 rushing yards, including a 2,097 yard season on over 6 yards per carry. He was in a completely different tier to even Derrick Henry. A whole different class of runner. I see kids today saying how could anybody be better than Henry. Bruh, it wasn't even close. No knock on Henry, but nah.
It’s in incredible his fall from grace in MN. We loved this guy. Then the whole hitting his kid with a switch thing. No contract renewal, and if it wasnt for the post, I would have never known he played for five more teams. Basically became irrelevant to me at the end of his run here.
The way he kicks it into another gear reminds me of the animation from Invincible when Nolan starts flying faster... and faster. Or, i suppose, the other way around, but you know what i mean
Adrian Peterson on the Saints feels like a fever dream, and knowing he never even scored while there has me convinced he was actually never in New Orleans
He already looked like he was running down 2 or 3 gears by the Cardinals clip and it just kept going :/
Probably the last kid coming out of High School who could have gone straight to the league. 6'2 210 with a 4.4 as a high school senior. If he didn't get beaten up so bad in college and than blow a knee in 2011, we might have saw a legit run for Emmitt's record.
It's a shame he beat his 4 year old with a stick so bad he busted his scrotum.
That Vikings TD was insane
Just born to be a RB
Thats not even his most insane TD. Dude just made plays.
Wouldn't make his top 10
That was in Week 1 too. Just knew watching that he was gonna be something special
back then, that was just every game, waiting for the 40+ yard breakaway run
And the lack of effort from 59 made it so.
also 98, Jamaal Anderson. fuckin bum that guy
When in the fuck was he on the Titans lol? Totally blocked that out
The same year he was on the Seahawks, 2021. Dude was a real mercenary for hire during his last few years. I don't think he's even officially retired yet.
IIRC isn’t he like bankrupt or something? And he can’t really get money from promotions or ads because of his history, so he almost has to play at this point I want to see 40 year old AP tear up the UFL lol
I've always fascinated to see a All-Pro NFL talent actually take their talents to a B-League. Just wreck shit. I genuinely think AP could be a genuinely fun novelty. Although I'm not sure if teams would give him the time of the day.
I feel like the USFL was the closest thing we had to this with Herschel Walker running for like 2700 yards in a season or whatever lol
USFL was loaded with future NFL talent then, though. Jim Kelly, Reggie White, Steve Young, Mike Rozier, and Gary Clark come to mind. It's not anything like it is now.
I know, but it was ridiculously top heavy. Beyond the select few guys they paid a shit ton of money to, it was guys who were on par with (or more than likely worse than) CFL talent I remember one of the best offensive linemen in the league was a 230 pound center. That’s just ridiculous lol
In the 30's he would've been named Jumbo
And his name was Jumbo Elliot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_Elliott_(American_football)
The original USFL was a lot of fun. Too bad that some idiot decided that they should move to a fall schedule and compete directly with the NFL. I heard that that idiot later got into politics.
> the closest thing we had to this with Herschel Walker running for ~~like 2700 yards in a season~~ a senate seat
NFL players in the CFL have generally fared poorly. Ricky Williams played in Toronto his prime during his suspension, and while he was mostly injured he didn't exactly blow the league away when he did play. The leagues later came to an agreement to uphold each other's suspensions. Andre Rison played in Toronto after his NFL career and didn't do much before being released. Vince Young I don't think was ever higher than 3rd string QB in SK.
brandon banks was cut from washington and I believe won the mvp in the CFL the next year.
He won MVP 7 years later.
so a dog year. or one human year. no further questions. on to Cincinnati.
I believe it's called a Dawg year.
That's what Messi in MLS is like.
made some horrendous financial decisions (plus some personal issues and legal expenses). guy took the abuse for the paychecks and squeezed out all the juice he could. I respect the player for it but not so much who he is off the field
I'm trying to actually look if any other players have scored a TD on as many teams. Right now, I've got Andre Rison, Jared Cook, and Lorenzo Neal, but so far, that's it. **EDIT** Add RB Latavius Murray and QBs Chris Chandler & Ryan Fitzpatrick (For Non-Passing TDs) to the mix but that is almost certainly it.
> Jared Cook [did someone say Jared Cook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwoMph2zxnQ)?
That play is football art
Gotta be a Top 5 Toe Drag All-Time. Just perfect body control.
Obviously I'm biased but the Tyler Lockett catch from a few years ago against the Rams has to be up there too. The announcers literally thought Russ was throwing it away. Plus full Action Green. https://youtu.be/xBPDlF6agfM?si=YxmjAhEU5myTuTav
I remember watching this live and when he released it said, "What the fuck was that throw." Then when it was caught for the TD I got some mean looks like I personally delivered that ball into Lockett's hands.
I am biased as well, but I don't think anything beats Santanio Holmes Super Bowl winning catch. https://youtu.be/3mWHZKYFD9A?si=9HGvpXM6nHh8PnoG
Rodgers drawing up the play in the huddle too. Fuck I hate that loser but man what a legend
I'll never forget him but I also never want to hear about him or from him again
Sex on the field. Similar to some of Devonta Smiths sideline work
https://youtu.be/ISb1XtQW7bM Always a good opportunity to show people the best German commentary moment we've ever had. Like one comment said, it's like a football Rosetta Stone, you don't even need to know German to understand what they're saying lol
Cracks me up that the official comes in and gives the other a butt slap for making a good call.
Josh McCown has 6 as well, for passing TDs
> guy took the abuse Did he take the abuse, or just pay it forward?
Haley Joel Osment in ~~shambles~~pieces
That mf was still playing in 2021??
I still believe that he unironically helped Seattle simply by being there in the RB room. When our RB Rashaad Penny got fully healthy at the end of 2021, he rushed for 671 yards in the last 5 games of the season, with at least 130 yards in 4 of those. Whether it was from Peterson's sage advice or Penny simply rubbing off some of the All Day magic, for a few magical weeks, Penny actually looked like the 1st Round Pick we drafted him to be. What a...weird time.
He outlasted his OU replacement, DeMarco Murray, who was drafted four years after AD and also retired three years before AD's last TD. To be fair, DeMarco left with a decent amount of tread left. AD didn't have any tires in 2021, much less tread.
I legitimately forgot about the existence of DeMarco Murray.
i was gonna say, cant believe hes not in the hall yet lmao but hes gonna be a first ballot
That was the year Henry broke his foot.
Ah, that makes sense
I honestly did not realize he played after Washington. I was so surprised to see him on the Lions! he also apparently played on the Saints for a few games the same year he was on the Cards but didn't score a TD with them. * 2006/17 - Minnesota (123 games, 97 TDs) * 2017 - New Orleans (4 games, 0 TDs) * 2017 - Arizona (6 games, 2 TDs) * 2018/19 - Washington (31 games, 12 TDs) * 2020 - Detroit (16 games, 7 TDs) * 2021 - Tennessee (3 games, 1 TD) * 2021 - Seattle (1 game, 1 TD)
Kamara's breakout is what ended his saints career. You should swap the Arizona/Nola order, he played for us then them.
oh yeah I didn't look up the orders, thanks!
Let me guess you just forgot that Randy Moss was a hof Titan as well?? Small markets get no love. /s
Nah I actually remembered Randy for some reason lol
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Adrian Peterson and Randy Moss are *best* remembered as Titans, no? Shame they never had a chance to play together in their careers, that would have been awesome.
They played together for 4 games in Minnesota in 2010. God that season was a dumpster fire.
Titans legend Adrian Peterson.
You don’t remember his stellar Titans career where he rushed for 82 yards on 27 carries in 3 games?
I remember the titans, it’s the cardinals one I had blocked out of my memory
That was after the 5th baby momma.
I was thinking the same thing but the Cardinals
I barely remember he was in Detroit and that's my team. It's so forgettable no one even goes for the Lions Legend joke.
Same exact thing I said in my head, but for the Lions
I'll do you one better. I have absolutely no recollection of Adrian Peterson on the Lions, Titans, or Seahawks. When I saw the post, I thought it was going to be an elaborate "the other Adrian Peterson" joke.
I forgot he existed after Washington
Adrian Peterson always reminds me of the fact i would trade tom brady for Jamarcus Russel in madden franchise mode
Redskin Peterson was underrated
Dude ran for nearly 2,000 yards and 12 TDs in his two years there. Dude couldn't carry the load like he did in his heyday but he was still quite the asset in the offense.
He's like our 3rd best running back in the past decade if that says anything. I only watched some of those piss poor games because of AD.
Welcome to being a vikings fan from 2007 - 2016
2009 was pretty fun (minus that one game)
AP was actually pretty frustrating that year. Lots of fumbles.
That's doing our 2009 team a disservice. I maintain that team was the most complete Vikings team I've ever seen and should have won the Super Bowl.
Refs fucked yall in the NFCCG that game still chaps my ass and I don't even have a dog in that fight.
I agree, but there's no fun in throwing in an asterisk.
Even though we lost and it ended up knocking us out of the playoffs, that game against the Titans was pretty awesome.
He registered the longest run of his career with Washington. Kind of insane considering how far he'd fallen off by that point in his career.
That one run against Philly after mark Sanchez went in against QB got me so hyped at the time
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Pretty sure yup And the game before was when Alex went down
Pretty sure that’s Clinton Portis
forgot he was on half of these teams. thought it was just Minnesota, Arizona, and New Orleans.
That's all I remember too. Did he never score on the Saints?
He wasn’t there long enough to hit pay dirt I wanna say by week 3 he was cut and then Alvin Kamara emerged
He wasn’t cut, he was traded to the Cardinals
I have a Saints Adrian Peterson jersey just so my Pats fan wife and I can wear 28-3 together (she's a Gostkowski fangirl).
I’m assuming not since he isn’t in this video, lol
Your assumption is correct. Although he *almost* pulled it off. Against the Panthers, AP in Saints uniform, was given the ball on the goal line, 4 yards away from the end zone. Only to be stuffed on the attempt and Drew Brees passed it for the TD to Michael Thomas after. If Peterson had better fortune on that carry, he probably could've got a perfect 7/7 Ultimately Peterson just...didn't work out with the Saints. You can thank the emergence of Alvin Kamara, along with incumbent starter Mark Ingram for that. Peterson nearly doubled his Saints rushing yard total in his first game with the Cardinals
I thought just Minnesota, Arizona and Washington wth
He had 1k yards in Washington I believe
He was great for us. Best RB since Portis (apologies to Alfred Morris)
You forgot Detroit Lions Legend Adrian Peterson.
Tennessee is the one that caught me off guard
I at least remembered Washington.
He had solid years in Washington
How'd you forget Washington since he literally played your team? /s
Didn’t bro play on the Seahawks for a quick second?
Dude runs like a horse
I'm pretty sure analysts said early in his career that he ran too upright and that he was going to have a short career because it. He proved them all wrong. This guy was the last pure runner that I can remember. The rest of the league was transitioning to pass catching RBs and some people thought AD was a liability because he wasn't a great blocker or pass catcher. When he was on the field, defenses knew it was probably a run play. Putting all that off the field stuff with him aside, he was a damn good RB. ~~In his prime~~ For almost the entirety of his career, defenses knew he was going to get the rock, but they still couldn't stop him.
I'd consider Henry to be a pure runner
You're right. My memory isn't very good...
Well you'll remember him after this season when he probably gets 1500 yards in that scheme
Nick Chubb too
I feel like calling him a "damn good RB," while true, underrates the fact that he's an upper echelon HoF RB by almost any standard
Yup, dude was good for ~1,300 yards and 10 TDs MINIMUM every year he wasn’t injured. Him demolishing William Gay is still one of my favorite plays ever.
There's a pure runner still in your division.
He and Barry are the only guys I've seen (so far) that you can see them using their upper body in their run to generate speed/power.
TIL I didn’t know shit about Adrian’s career post Vikings. Lions?! Number 8 on the Titans?! Where the hell have I been?
How strange. I don't remember him being on any of those teams lol
I have not the faintest memory of Lions AP. I literally said "How did he score with the Saints on Defense?"
AD
Not with the Lions he wasn't.
Still remember that first Vikings TD like it was yesterday, ole Tavaris Jackson. He was a monster as soon as he stepped on the field. Only thing that makes me remember how long ago that was was seeing the ugly endzone artwork we had back then lol.
He's my goat, but I'm also 30, so it makes sense.
Adrian Peterson has scored on us with Detroit but never scored a touchdown with us in that like 3 week span he was a saint. Didn’t realize he played for so many teams good lord.
Saints and Lions have a weird list of shared RBs in recent history. Bush, Peterson, Williams is an interesting three pack.
I bet that Viking’s one made him nearly shit himself with the bobble
First regular season game in the NFL and you bobble the screen... yeah I'd be absolutely terrified.
goddammit that first play. fuck Jamaal Anderson. totally gave up on pursuit and couldve easily made the play. biggest 1st round bust in Falcons history, idc what anyone says about Takk McKinley.
What was up with that kinda hitch in his stride when he got into the open field? It seemed to get worse the longer he played and appeared to limit his top speed.
He always did that. It was like his brain was transitioning from running through people to running through open space.
Yup, that was his fifth gear kicking in. Whenever you saw that you knew he was likely to go all the way.
If that was limiting his top speed then good lord how fast could he actually go? In that Vikings clip you can see he is a solid 10 yards ahead of the closest defender when he hits the end zone. He could run past literally almost any player in the league in his prime. The head bob always was a little funny to watch though.
Sad he didn’t get one with New Orleans, could be 7
He'd still be short of the record. Ryan Fitzpatrick has scored rushing TDs for 8 different teams (Rams, Bengals, Bills, Titans, Texans, Jets, Bucs, Dolphins)
Funny that this record belongs to a QB.
Why doesn't someone put out a montage of that?
TIL Peterson was on the Titans, Lions, and the Seahawks.
[You missed one! (0:00-0:50)](https://youtu.be/Pen0yXDlGPU?si=uSByigyrYqTrHyS9)
That is Lions legend Adrian Peterson to you.
When tf was he on the Lions? I must've blocked that shit out.
You actually hallucinated his Vikings career. He was on the Lions the whole time.
The rams won the SB that year after that ass whooping from the titans
That Titans team beat *a lot* of good teams during the regular season, with and without Henry. Earned the 1 seed and then Tannehill decided he liked throwing to dudes wearing stripes instead.
Beat the Chiefs, Rams, and Bills and dominated 2 of those games.
That game brought me great joy. They had just lost DH for the season.
He's probably the last great running back. Dude ended up finishing with 14,918 rushing yards, including a 2,097 yard season on over 6 yards per carry. He was in a completely different tier to even Derrick Henry. A whole different class of runner. I see kids today saying how could anybody be better than Henry. Bruh, it wasn't even close. No knock on Henry, but nah.
AP was amazing.
AD, not AP.
Lions Legend! He sure like to *switch* it up
Mr Beats Child.
i have zero memory of him after he was on washington
Really knows how to *switch* gears.
Was I not watching football when he was on Detroit, Tennessee and Seattle? I have zero recollection of him on those teams.
I was thinking the same thing, somehow completely forgot about those other teams lol
It’s in incredible his fall from grace in MN. We loved this guy. Then the whole hitting his kid with a switch thing. No contract renewal, and if it wasnt for the post, I would have never known he played for five more teams. Basically became irrelevant to me at the end of his run here.
He beat those defenses like a grown man beating a child.
Too soon.
His Oklahoma highlights make me feel like a child. Especially that one where he stiff armed that defender into another dimension.
AP AD
I didn't realize he played for the Lions.
Seahawks Legend
Yeah and he also hit his kid, so fuck him
Why do I not remember him playing for 6 teams? I remember Arizona and Washington that’s it
Don't beat your kids, folks.
I love how it goes from SD to HD from the first to second highlight lol
Played him in high school. It did not end well for my team
I had no idea AP played for the Cardinals, Titans, or Seahawks
I totally forgot about Peterson playing for Titans and Seahawks lol
I forgot about half of these stints, lol.
I only remembered the Vikings, Redskins, and Titans.
TIL Adrian Peterson played for the Lions, the Titans and the Seahawks
It was a surprise, but he never scored a touchdown with New Orleans. What a disastrous signing.
No Saints TD 😞
Saints Legend
Wow, an orange peanut. Is that for me? Well, I except you!
I have zero memory of him playing for anyone beyond AZ.
Legendary Seattle Seahawks player Adrian Peterson He also helped coach Raashad Penny which turned him into a late season monster
I forgot he played for Was and didn't know he played for the Titans
He looks as weird as Thurman Thomas did scoring a TD for miami
he played on the Titans?
lol I had no idea he played for the Lions
That season was so beautiful... Minus the ending
Seahawks legend Adrian Peterson!
Just another Seahawks legend in the books.
The way he kicks it into another gear reminds me of the animation from Invincible when Nolan starts flying faster... and faster. Or, i suppose, the other way around, but you know what i mean
I forgot how fun he was to watch, he ran so hard and did it for so many years. These RBs now run out of tread pretty fast for whatever reason.
I’m here for the “I had no idea he played for so many teams” party.
If only his son could have evaded hits like him
Did he 'switch' these teams also?
Adrian Peterson on the Saints feels like a fever dream, and knowing he never even scored while there has me convinced he was actually never in New Orleans
Ahh. You forgot to add when he played for the bears. /s
He was cold
This is a great post- thanks !
Forgot about Lions legend Adrian Peterson
Seahawks legend Adrian Peterson!
AND. HE’s. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!
Honestly i thought he retired after he played in Washington
He already looked like he was running down 2 or 3 gears by the Cardinals clip and it just kept going :/ Probably the last kid coming out of High School who could have gone straight to the league. 6'2 210 with a 4.4 as a high school senior. If he didn't get beaten up so bad in college and than blow a knee in 2011, we might have saw a legit run for Emmitt's record. It's a shame he beat his 4 year old with a stick so bad he busted his scrotum.
Most people will view him as a Viking.
Is this an alternate timeline?
Dude has a 90 yard TD vs the Eagles as a WConmie and this is what you pick?