- Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson leads the NFL in rushing this season. And to say that is to severely underscore his 340 yard lead over second place Marshawn Lynch. This is after another 200 yard performance on Sunday against the St Louis Rams.
- Peterson's 1,812 yards put him well within striking distance of the hallowed 2,000 yard mark, and within reasonable striking distance of Eric Dickerson's record of 2,105 yards in a season.
- All this is even more impressive due to the fact that Peterson tore his ACL and MCL on Christmas Eve of 2011 and was back for the preseason and week one of this season where he ran for 84 yards and two touchdowns. In the past 8 games Peterson has rushed for at least 100 yards and for at least 150 yards in 6 of the 8. In those 8 games Peterson scored 9 touchdowns. Peterson is the leader in the clubhouse for the NFL comeback player of the year and is battling with Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the likely winner of the NFL MVP.
Bynum lashes out at Kobe
- Former L.A. Lakers Andrew Bynum is now with the Philadelphia 76ers and although he hasn't played a game yet, he's widely considered the best player on the team. But he doesn't credit his development from high school draftee to NBA All-Star to former teammate Kobe Bryant; in fact he thinks that Kobe stunted his development.
- In response to questions about how his game was with Kobe having the ball so often, he said: "I felt I was able to get the ball more and do more things with the ball, so I could definitely see how it could stunt growth." To his credit, Bryant agreed with Bynum's statements and was very supportive of his old teammate. The only negative comment he made was about Bynum's new hairdo, sarcastically saying, "I guess he's a trendsetter."
- The Lakers now have Dwight Howard but many people, Bynum included feel that those are the top 2 centers in the NBA today.
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