Deangelo Williams >>>> Adrian Peterson

[Snake]

I think if AP played for us his Fumbles would improve. There are not many better then Jim Skipper. I mean he had Foster producing and that was a feat in its self. Even Nick Goings put up 100 yard games.

[MadHatter]

the flaw with this comparison...and there always seems to be one when comparing deangelo williams to anyone (at least on the huddle) is you're comparing 4 years of stats for williams to 3 years for peterson.

the most logical thing to do is to compare peterson's 3 seasons to williams's first 3 seasons.

...btw, a couple of your stats for peterson are a wee bit off.

peterson (39 games started)

atempts - 915

rushing yards - 4401

ypc - 4.9

tds- 40

fumbles - 20

fumbles lost - 13

williams (18 games started)

attempts - 638

rushing yards - 2733

ypc - 4.2

tds - 23

fumbles - 2

fumbles - 1

i'm sure that someone will come along with with "but, but, but, williams blah blah blah"...the fact of the matter is, williams hasn't had to deal with even half the weight that peterson has in any of his 4 seasons in the league.

"...but williams doesn't fumble as much as peterson!"

who does?

and since no one else in the league does, why is that so significant when comparing just these 2?

No, the more applicable comparison is to compare Peterson's three seasons to DWills LAST 3 seasons...not his first 3 seasons. He was not the starter his rookie year.

In the past 3 seasons, DWill has outperformed Peterson is just about every category.

Who is best? don't know....but I would take DWill if I were putting together a team.

Peterson has put up his stats behind a stud OLine. DWill has put up his behind a revolving door of a line. We have had sig injuries on the Oline the past 3 seasons.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

williams wasn't the starter his sophmore season either, so do you throw that out?

if you do, you're right back to where I started...williams hasn't had the weight of a team put on his back like peterson.

...and even with a revolving o-line, carolina's is still one of the best in the league.

[beastson]

J.Stew > A.P

D.Will > A.P

Dude played like a bum in the championship game. Fumble, fumble, fumble. Dude fell off. He not breaking long runs anymore. He couldn't even run over Darren Sharper. Now the damn Aints going to the S.B

f**k A.P

[Gscottnc5]

the flaw with this comparison...and there always seems to be one when comparing deangelo williams to anyone (at least on the huddle) is you're comparing 4 years of stats for williams to 3 years for peterson.

the most logical thing to do is to compare peterson's 3 seasons to williams's first 3 seasons.

...btw, a couple of your stats for peterson are a wee bit off.

peterson (39 games started)

atempts - 915

rushing yards - 4401

ypc - 4.9

tds- 40

fumbles - 20

fumbles lost - 13

williams (18 games started)

attempts - 638

rushing yards - 2733

ypc - 4.2

tds - 23

fumbles - 2

fumbles - 1

i'm sure that someone will come along with with "but, but, but, williams blah blah blah"...the fact of the matter is, williams hasn't had to deal with even half the weight that peterson has in any of his 4 seasons in the league.

"...but williams doesn't fumble as much as peterson!"

who does?

and since no one else in the league does, why is that so significant when comparing just these 2?

For one, you can't show a good comparison with using the first 3 years of each of their careers. It's not apples to apples. He didn't start. We are looking at STARTED GAMES. That is the only fair assessment.

So my original comparison is the most accurate way to evaluate each player.

Your way is completely WRONG

http://www.nfl.com/players/deangelowilliams/profile?id=WIL221323

[nosuchthingasapanther]

For one, you can't show a good comparison with using the first 3 years of each of their careers. It's not apples to apples. He didn't start. We are looking at STARTED GAMES. That is the only fair assessment.

So my original comparison is the most accurate way to evaluate each player.

Your way is completely WRONG

http://www.nfl.com/players/deangelowilliams/profile?id=WIL221323

my way is wrong?

fine.

your stats and your link all provide career totals, not just starting stats. if you want to look at just games started...

peterson (39 games started)

812 attempts

4018 yards

4.9 ypc

37 TDs

19 fumbles

12 fumbles lost

williams (31 games started)

523 attempts

2759 yards

5.0 ypc

25 TDs

3 fumbles

3 fumbles lost

and before anyone spouts off about the 8 game difference between the 2...take a good look at the stats.

that's a difference of..

289 attempts

1259 yards

12 TDs

that's a season's total for a good running back crammed into a difference of just 8 games.

who wants to give williams enough of a workload to catch up to peterson and do a real comparison?

again, williams is a good back...but it's long past time for people to stop these comparisons to try and make williams look like the superman they want him to be.