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Adrian Peterson Breaks Off 90-Yard Run To Tie Jim Brown On All-Time Rushing TD List

Published on: December 4, 2018 at 3:18 AM
By Tony Rivera

Adrian Peterson put together a historic Week 13 performance on the gridiron, owing every record that came of it to a single 90-yard run he broke off in the early minutes in the second quarter of a Monday night matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Peterson did once race 82 yards to the goal-line six years ago, but according to ClutchPoints, never had he sprinted for a 990-yard score before, giving him the longest dash of his Hall of Fame career on the play. The Redskins running back made a slight cut left through the inside zone as an Eagles blitz descended on the right side of the line, and thanks to some key blocking, he was able to jolt free with Kamu Grugier-Hill, Cre’von LeBlanc, Rasul Douglas, and Corey Graham on his tail. As AP approached the end zone, the Monday Night Football crew marveled over how much separation he was able to create at age 33.

Peterson would upstage Herschel Walker in 1994 to become the oldest player to ever run for a 90-yard touchdown. In only totaling an additional three yards on five carries from that point on, he’d also follow in Walker’s footsteps to become just the second player to ever amass less than 100 yards in a game that saw him put a 90-yard run on the ground. However, Peterson cannot shoulder all of the blame for having gone stagnant, as NBC Philadelphia had the offense totaling an anemic 89 yards on the 31 plays that fill-in quarterback Mark Sanchez ran from that point.

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Regardless of the team’s poor showing and 28-13 losing effort to Philadelphia, Peterson had much to celebrate about the run. It was the 16th touchdown run of 50 or more yards in his career, which was good enough to bring him past Barry Sanders, who had previously brought the most rushing TD’s over from the opposite half of the field with 15.

The most lasting of all milestones Peterson reached was without a doubt his entry among the list of the top five all-time rushing touchdown backs – with his 106th career TD on the ground tying the great Jim Brown’s mark. Four more rushing scores will even AP up with Walter Payton, before he finds himself eyeing a top three list that is anchored by Marcus Allen (123) and LaDainian Tomlinson (145), and led by Emmitt Smith, who had 164 career rushing TD’s, according to Pro Football Reference .

In addition to Peterson’s run trending on Twitter into Tuesday, it would also draw disbelief from a number of NFL stars who happened to be tuned in for the off-day action. Among those who reacted were James White, Dont’a Hightower, LeGarrette Blount, Calais Campbell, Mark Ingram, and Benjamin Watson, whose remarks could be read below.

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