{"id":47718,"date":"2017-10-16T07:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=47718"},"modified":"2017-10-16T07:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:18:29","slug":"peterson-gives-arizona-run-game-tampa-rally-falls-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/peterson-gives-arizona-run-game-tampa-rally-falls-short.html","title":{"rendered":"Peterson gives Arizona a run game, Tampa rally falls short"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peterson gives Arizona a run game, Tampa rally falls short<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Peterson gives Arizona a run game, Tampa rally falls short:- Amazing what a difference one man can make to an NFL team, especially if that man is Adrian Peterson.<\/span><\/p>\n

For five games, the Arizona Cardinals had the worst running game in the NFL. Then Peterson came to town.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five days after he was traded to the Cardinals after a brief, unsatisfying stint in New Orleans, Peterson showed his trademark dynamic power in Arizona’s 38-33 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday. He rushed for 134 yards and ran for two touchdowns .<\/span><\/p>\n

Peterson, traded by the Saints to Arizona last Tuesday, had heard all the talk about how he simply didn’t have it anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I do a great job of blocking out, but I’m hearing it, and when you hear those things it kind of hits you a little bit,” he said. “But for me, I never lost focus, and I have always understood what God has blessed me with.<\/span><\/p>\n

“So being able to come here and have the opportunity to display it, that was satisfying.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Big games by Arizona’s three “old guys” \u2014 Peterson, Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald \u2014 almost weren’t enough as backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick rallied the Buccaneers from a 31-0 deficit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The game wasn’t secured until Fitzgerald gathered in Tampa Bay’s onside kick attempt with 2:02 to play. The Buccaneers had no timeouts so Arizona was able to run out the clock.<\/span><\/p>\n

“No moral victories in the NFL,” said Fitzpatrick, who threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns but was intercepted twice. “We just didn’t get it done. … There’s a couple of throws I’d like to have back that really cost us, but I was proud of the way the guys fought.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick came on in the second half in relief of Jameis Winston, who left with a right shoulder injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tampa Bay lost at Arizona for the second year in a row. The Buccaneers lost to the Cardinals last season 40-7.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some things to consider after Arizona’s victory over Tampa Bay:<\/span><\/p>\n

TOUGH WINSTON: Winston was injured in the first quarter but tried to keep playing. He finally left for good after three straight incompletions in the second quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He’s one of the toughest guys I’ve ever played with,” Fitzpatrick said. “So for him to have to come out of a game, that was killing him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Winston downplayed the injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not concerned at all,” he said. “It was just pain. That was the only reason I didn’t come back.”<\/span><\/p>\n

X-rays were negative, coach Dirk Koetter said. An MRI was planned for Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

NEW O-LINE: The Cardinals’ offensive line has been a major problem all season, but the revamped unit was solid on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two players were back from injuries \u2014 left tackle D.J. Humphries and left guard Alex Boone. Earl Watford, the ex-Cardinal signed two weeks ago, started at right guard in place of struggling Evan Boehm.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I got lucky to come back the same week that Adrian Peterson got here,” Humphries said. “What a week to come back.”<\/span><\/p>\n

DEEP HOLE: The Buccaneers outscored Arizona 33-7 after falling behind 31-0 early in the third quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s just one drive at a time,” Fitzpatrick said. “We got a touchdown and we got that second touchdown and the defense scored a touchdown. At that point, we really had a chance.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Arizona’s final touchdown came after the Cardinals’ Tramon Williams intercepted Fitzpatrick’s pass at the Tampa Bay 1-yard line.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I made too many mistakes,” Fitzpatrick said, “especially the big one giving them seven points, for us to complete the comeback.”<\/span><\/p>\n

INJURED PETERSON: Arizona’s other Peterson, standout cornerback Patrick, left the game in the fourth quarter with a quadriceps injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m OK, just a little stiff right now,” he said. “I’ll be OK for next week for sure. I just didn’t want to put full power on it and put myself in harm’s way.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But Peterson had second thoughts about leaving the game as he watched the Buccaneers pull closer and closer.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If I had to do it again,” he said. “I would’ve toughened it out.”<\/span><\/p>\n

LONDON BOUND: The Cardinals were to leave Monday for London, where they will spend the week preparing for next Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will be the second trip to London this season for Adrian Peterson, who was there with the Saints earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s good that we are leaving tomorrow to adjust to the time,” he said. “It took me about two and a half days to really adjust. I don’t know how Miami did it coming in on Friday, but I knew we had an advantage.”<\/span><\/p>\n

New Orleans beat Miami 20-0 in London on Oct. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2017\/10\/15\/peterson-gives-arizona-a-run-game-tampa-rally-falls-short\/106699716\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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