Along with a playoff chase, there's one player going for an NFL record, another named as a player of the week and now the quarterback gets married at a courthouse to an ESPN reporter.
The Minnesota Vikings kept their play-off hopes alive with a 36-22 win on the road in St. Louis this afternoon and Adrian Peterson continued his assault on the NFL single season rushing record with another 212 yards on the ground.
The Minnesota Vikings got 103 yards rushing and two touchdowns...in the first quarter! from star running back Adrian Peterson, and used plenty of solid defense to beat the Chicago Bears 21-14 at Mall of America Field in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon...
The Green Bay Packers overcame 210 yards rushing from Minnesota's Adrian Peterson to down the Vikings 23-14 and move into a first place tie in the NFC North Sunday afternoon.
Adrian Peterson went over 1000 yards on the season and Christian Ponder threw two scores to lead the Vikings over the Lions in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon.
Adrian Peterson is only getting better as the season wears on, producing at a level that matches what he did before going down with a major knee injury last December.
Josh Freeman threw three TD's and Doug Martin rumbled for a combined 214 yards and two scores as the Buccaneers blitzed Minnesota 36-17 in Thursday Night Football action.
The Minnesota Vikings, led by Adrian Peterson's 140 yards and a touchdown, improved to 5-2 with a 21-14 win over the visiting Arizona Cardinals Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Peterson ran hard all afternoon, breaking tackles on his 13-yad first quarter score, part of his 23 carry, 153 yard effort...