Early in the game, AP had his way with us, but as the game wore on, Ray started to make his presence felt. The only reason why the Vikings won this game was because Stephen Hauschka missed a game-winner at the buzzer. The period between Stover and Tucker, when it came to Raven kickers, was very hit-or-miss. Hauschka and Cundiff were both reliable and were prone to blow it at the same time. You never knew how it would go.
@rodrigosoriano7832 I'd say this : LT has been the best overall running back this century when we talking about all skills included..but just straight running the ball? AP is the closest to Bo Jackson and Jim Brown we'll ever see
Vikings should have gone to the Super Bowl this year. Saints got away with so many fouls in the nfc championship game. Late hits galore on Farve. It was bounty gate, but they didn't get in trouble till later
@@cfaniel1010 we all know AP never had an outstanding o line. Watch the tape: AP avoided negative yards by running to the point of attack at a speed and strength never seen before.
@@LuisMercadoorglol, you guys acting like the defence doesnt have to respect Favre. These comments are silly These comments hold true for other seasons but certainly not when he had a HOF QB under center Hutchinson was legit asf. I dont remember the Vikings having terrible olines either
@@donsolos a hof QB at the end of his career throwing to whom exactly? Are we rewriting history? Are we forgetting Peterson was the HB who faced most stacked boxes in the entire 21st century? And Hutch was great indeed. Who else? I did say he never had an outstanding o line. One great player doesn’t make up for the rest of the o line.
theres no statue of AP in MN. , Ray and Unitas have staues in baltimore as you walk in the stadium. Ray single handedly was the reason we won the 2000 super bowl, without his leadership , it wasnt happening. he played defense, which is bonkers and won the superbowl mvp
2:28. This is what set Ray Lewis apart. He was great at getting off the block and tackling the back before they could break away. This was executed perfectly. A second late and Peterson was through the gap and in the open field.
I watched this this game live back in '09. And it was one of the best football games I've ever seen, it was back and forth right up to the end. And there was so much star power on both teams.
Ap is the best! Say what you want about whoever you want! Some great names, but AP stands alone. His ability to make you miss or just blatantly run through you was second to none! Hardest runner to ever do it!
“He said he doesn’t care about yards and that he’d trade them for wins and touchdowns any day.” Also “We asked him if he knew the last time he saw us, and he said ‘296’”
Back when football was still football. I was a halfback from 2nd grade through two seasons of college ball, AP was always my biggest inspiration. Every time he touched the ball it was with a head full of steam. GOAT
Vikings wasted AP's talent with shitty qb choices. christian ponder? brooks bollinger? beat to hell favre? tired mcnabb? plus a dozen more duds. Mismanagement on an epic scale.
@@xProxable Yeah but they wouldn't have been able to stack the box with 8 or 9 guys every play and his career would have lasted longer. 2009 was the only year Peterson had a good QB next to him to keep the defense honest.
I would say the last of the legendary backs. There were definately RB1's after him, but I agree 100% that AP was the last of that special gamebreaking breed.
@@howardmighty6764 Nope, didn't say that. I was replying to @edwinbowles2 saying Peterson is the last special gamebreaking running backs. Henry def fits in that category in my opinion.
AP couldve score on that 2nd goal-line attempt if he would've just followed his blockers. Also Ray Lewis called that last big run, "its coming back side" and bam backside jump cut and AD was gone
He called an earlier play too and made the stop. This was late enough in his career where he wasn't the same sideline to sideline player. You could see it in a lot of these plays he didn't get downhill the same way he use to
I used to think Ray won, maybe on scoreboard, but AP was one man taking on whole defense including Reed and other killers. AP won the ground game against Ray.
Not an NFL fan but the sportsmanship Lewis shows in all these clips is the real highlight for me. Clearly respected the hell out of AP and loved playing against him
We’ll never see physicality like this ever again in the NFL. We’ll never see a running back like Adrian Peterson vs a Linebacker like Ray Lewis ever again. So glad I grew up watching real football. I still have fun watching but it’s a completely different game than it used to be.
I remember watching this game with my dad and uncle they called it the game where 2 gladiators met and went to war and back then I didn’t understand I was 11 damn I like this I wanna do that. This was one of the first NFL games I seen that wasn’t a Super Bowl too
I met Adrian at the Minneapolis airport. First off he was really nice to me. Secondly he was HUGE. A brick house. He might not look big compared to Ray Lewis but you definitely wouldn't want him to run into you.
I assume that this was an interesting matchup of Running Back Adrian Peterson Vs Linebacker Ray Lewis with the two Purple Teams against each other of the Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings.
Adrian Peterson faced off against Ray Lewis during an NFL game. Their physical matchup showcased the clash of talent and determination on the gridiron field. They are both future Hall of Famers at that.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
This man gave nfl teams nightmares especially the Chicago bears! Remember the first game he had against the bears he straight up cooked us and cooked ever since. Both entertaining and was a nightmare too lol
Time is 2:07. No linebacker in the NFL today takes on an offensive lineman, stops the lineman in his tracks, sheds the block, and tackles the ball carrier dead in his tracks.
19 rushes for 138 yard. dude averaged 7 yards a carry. get rid of that one run and he had 18 rushes for about 80 yards which is 4.4 yards a carry. he even had 20 receiving yards. no td's but he hurt them the entire game. AP definitely wins
thats crazy talk, not that d, not that year. who wins a SB with no offense, only them, 4-5 games without a td and we won a sb. remember ray was faster that year
Ray got sealed out of that play so bad, he looked like he was still a freshman at the U. Reed to his credit corralled a runaway train which most FS ain’t doing
Peterson had some memorable performances during this season but statistically it wasn't even his best. That was just the kind of RB he was. Hopefully he'll get his gold jacket soon!
AP might be the best back of all time. Think about the level of athletes on the field, and the old school hard-nose style of football that was yet to be penalized outve existence. He accomplished all of it against guys like Ray Lewis, Ed reed, Brian Dawkins, Patrick Willis, Luke Kuechly, Urlacher, Clay Matthew’s, James Harrison, Kam Chancellor, Khalil Mack, Troy polamula, etc…I could go on for days about how tough these defenses were combined with how relaxed the rules were in comparison to todays game. The best, and hardest, of both worlds and he ended up becoming a top 10 RB of all time.
Zechariah 7:10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
How demoralizing must it have been in the 4th qtr to look across and see AP, after +25 touches, still bouncing around like it was the 1st qtr? His physical conditioning was ABSURD!
Just a very explosive runner. And a very hard runner. Now thats what you call a power back. A back who knows im going through the A gap and im going in top speed see if you can stop me. Most backs today seem to suffer from identity crises. They run through the a gap hard but then slow down to try to find another hole but by then its too late and they got stopped for a 1 yard gain. Or they look at the A gap and bounce out left and try to round the corner like an explosive back but already have the whole defence on them. AP never struggled with that. He knew im going in an im going in very hard and very fast. bruise that defence up all night. As for the shifty backs like barry sanders he also knew his identity. Im running but you cant catch me
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Who won this matchup? 🤔
AP
Ad by a mile although ray had some nice tackles
Early in the game, AP had his way with us, but as the game wore on, Ray started to make his presence felt. The only reason why the Vikings won this game was because Stephen Hauschka missed a game-winner at the buzzer. The period between Stover and Tucker, when it came to Raven kickers, was very hit-or-miss. Hauschka and Cundiff were both reliable and were prone to blow it at the same time. You never knew how it would go.
Ray Lewis won it at the goal line, but AP had some other plays where he ran wild. Call it a tie
@@tyblack7441how that was a tie. And ran over 100 against an entire HoF defense. Lewis wasn’t alone, AP was alone.
Prime AP is the best RB since Barry Sanders
Tomlinson???
@rodrigosoriano7832 I'd say this : LT has been the best overall running back this century when we talking about all skills included..but just straight running the ball? AP is the closest to Bo Jackson and Jim Brown we'll ever see
@@elbowgang9715facts! AP was just nasty running the ball. Pure animal
Adrian Peterson was nice in his prime , but Barry Sanders was a once in a lifetime event.
What about Marshall Faulk?
“It takes all 11 guys to try and stop Adrian Peterson” the most truthful thing I’ve heard an announcer say
Vikings should have gone to the Super Bowl this year. Saints got away with so many fouls in the nfc championship game. Late hits galore on Farve. It was bounty gate, but they didn't get in trouble till later
Well, Farve did throw the game away
Years later the vikings return the favor twice
@@joetube2995yup, and still couldn’t make the Super Bowl
Naaah Bret Farve egot stopped kept throwing instead of Peterson
That's why you always cheat first. Consequences later. Too bad vikings are dumb.
Two of my favorite players of all time. What a time in the NFL when thr RB still mattered.
This vid feels Nostalgic
child abuser vs murderer, get some new heroes
@ryand6150 and you probably donate 500 dollars to tik tok women and say you're not a simp😂😂😂
This wasn’t AP vs Lewis, this was AP vs an entire HoF defense. And he still battled them almost single handily.
Don’t do that…show respect to the linemen
@@cfaniel1010 we all know AP never had an outstanding o line. Watch the tape: AP avoided negative yards by running to the point of attack at a speed and strength never seen before.
You are on point g. All facts
@@LuisMercadoorglol, you guys acting like the defence doesnt have to respect Favre. These comments are silly
These comments hold true for other seasons but certainly not when he had a HOF QB under center
Hutchinson was legit asf. I dont remember the Vikings having terrible olines either
@@donsolos a hof QB at the end of his career throwing to whom exactly? Are we rewriting history? Are we forgetting Peterson was the HB who faced most stacked boxes in the entire 21st century? And Hutch was great indeed. Who else? I did say he never had an outstanding o line. One great player doesn’t make up for the rest of the o line.
A battle between two titans.. Football at its finest!
When an unstoppable force meets and immovable object
Couldn't have put it any better
theres no statue of AP in MN. , Ray and Unitas have staues in baltimore as you walk in the stadium. Ray single handedly was the reason we won the 2000 super bowl, without his leadership , it wasnt happening. he played defense, which is bonkers and won the superbowl mvp
Eddie George has something to say about this “immovable object” 😭
2:28. This is what set Ray Lewis apart. He was great at getting off the block and tackling the back before they could break away. This was executed perfectly. A second late and Peterson was through the gap and in the open field.
Or 3:35 when he called the play "Its coming this way"
@@ggsimmonds1 right. Real field general.
That was prime Adrian Peterson straight monster
I watched this this game live back in '09. And it was one of the best football games I've ever seen, it was back and forth right up to the end. And there was so much star power on both teams.
AP is the best explosive running back ever.. straight monster.. yes I’m a Vikings fan… 😅
3:32 Ray called the play and made the stop. Impressive
But ALL Day still had positive yardage...
AP is underrated in RB history!
Cut the noise he isnt underrated.hes literally the last of a dying breed. LT is an underrated back however I still think AP is better
No he’s not 😂
0:28 Best block by a ref I've ever seen
Ap is the best! Say what you want about whoever you want! Some great names, but AP stands alone. His ability to make you miss or just blatantly run through you was second to none! Hardest runner to ever do it!
Adrain Peterson Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson in their prime were something special to watch. Earl Campbell was the greatest power back of all time
Agreed.
“He said he doesn’t care about yards and that he’d trade them for wins and touchdowns any day.”
Also
“We asked him if he knew the last time he saw us, and he said ‘296’”
Back when football was still football. I was a halfback from 2nd grade through two seasons of college ball, AP was always my biggest inspiration. Every time he touched the ball it was with a head full of steam. GOAT
Future HOF vs Future HOF
Future HOF vs murderer
@@sg6068child abuser vs murderer
@@sg6068 Child abuser vs murderer
Nah future Hof vs 3 future Hof's
Ray is in it already
Vikings wasted AP's talent with shitty qb choices. christian ponder? brooks bollinger? beat to hell favre? tired mcnabb? plus a dozen more duds. Mismanagement on an epic scale.
Frfr his best qb was farve which is disgrace 😤 should be a 30 for 30 other then rice and harvin they didnt even give him a wr 😮
@@jcchambers7896 Facts and gave him out of prime Randy Moss for 4 games returning as a Viking Lol
True, but with a better QB AP would get less touches.
@@xProxable Yeah but they wouldn't have been able to stack the box with 8 or 9 guys every play and his career would have lasted longer. 2009 was the only year Peterson had a good QB next to him to keep the defense honest.
I teared watching this. Great match up
Missed this era. True RB1’s getting 30 carries a game. Physical linebackers to match the intensity
jamal lewis ran for 2066, ap did over 2000 as well, oh and jamal ran for 295 against the browns and ap 296 , so close , but ap was better.
Nice assist by the referee 0:29
The last true RB1 😢
I would say the last of the legendary backs. There were definately RB1's after him, but I agree 100% that AP was the last of that special gamebreaking breed.
King henry gets no respect
@@Thomas-rc7cmfr like
@@Thomas-rc7cm you'd take prime henry over prime AP.. 😂😂
@@howardmighty6764 Nope, didn't say that. I was replying to @edwinbowles2 saying Peterson is the last special gamebreaking running backs. Henry def fits in that category in my opinion.
@3:34 Ray calls out the dive, explodes through the fullback and form tackles AP? Ray Lewis will forever be the GOAT Linebacker 💪🏾!
AP couldve score on that 2nd goal-line attempt if he would've just followed his blockers. Also Ray Lewis called that last big run, "its coming back side" and bam backside jump cut and AD was gone
He called an earlier play too and made the stop. This was late enough in his career where he wasn't the same sideline to sideline player. You could see it in a lot of these plays he didn't get downhill the same way he use to
Great editing! I appreciate you! So many people cut off the commentators mid sentence.
The determination AP walked with back to the huddle is intimidating.
I used to think Ray won, maybe on scoreboard, but AP was one man taking on whole defense including Reed and other killers. AP won the ground game against Ray.
Now we need prime Ray v prime Edge James
Not an NFL fan but the sportsmanship Lewis shows in all these clips is the real highlight for me. Clearly respected the hell out of AP and loved playing against him
Before leaving the house Ray would say “it’s going to be a rough night at work”! The boss AP is in town…
We’ll never see physicality like this ever again in the NFL. We’ll never see a running back like Adrian Peterson vs a Linebacker like Ray Lewis ever again. So glad I grew up watching real football. I still have fun watching but it’s a completely different game than it used to be.
I remember watching this game with my dad and uncle they called it the game where 2 gladiators met and went to war and back then I didn’t understand I was 11 damn I like this I wanna do that. This was one of the first NFL games I seen that wasn’t a Super Bowl too
Those Reebok jerseys were shiny.
That guy was an animal- the bursts of speed he gets is nuts.
As a Vikings fan I can confirm that we were spoiled with Adrian Peterson
Favres cadence brings tears to My eyes. Same with Rodgers. Sound identical
Lewis,Harvey,Peterson. Big backs are fun to watch, but fuck they hit hard and dont last long. Blessed to watch these beasts create carnage.
I met Adrian at the Minneapolis airport. First off he was really nice to me. Secondly he was HUGE. A brick house. He might not look big compared to Ray Lewis but you definitely wouldn't want him to run into you.
To be fair this wasn't just AP vs. Ray, this was AP versus one of the greatest defenses in NFL history!
I assume that this was an interesting matchup of Running Back Adrian Peterson Vs Linebacker Ray Lewis with the two Purple Teams against each other of the Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings.
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Best AP ever when he tore his ACL & MCL and came back 8 months later to rush for over 2,000 yards 💯
Adrian Peterson faced off against Ray Lewis during an NFL game. Their physical matchup showcased the clash of talent and determination on the gridiron field. They are both future Hall of Famers at that.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈
You sound like Leonard from big bang theory
I thought Ray Lewis was already in the HOF
@@frankcastle4435 he is already in the Hall of Fame, so we are waiting for Adrian to get his gold jacket
Never thought I’d ever see anyone rip off a run over 20 yards on Ray Lewis and that Bmore D. I think AP had a 58 yarder in this game too.
Ap was and still is my favorite running back 💯🔥🔥🔥
Before the Nfl turned into south parks sarcastaball
I havent watched an nfl game in god knows how long.....but i do remember my hatred of cbs not having down+distance on screen at all times lol.
AP of course will always get his flowers, but let’s talk about Ed Reed CONSISTENTLY stopping AP in his tracks alone.
This man gave nfl teams nightmares especially the Chicago bears! Remember the first game he had against the bears he straight up cooked us and cooked ever since. Both entertaining and was a nightmare too lol
Time is 2:07.
No linebacker in the NFL today takes on an offensive lineman, stops the lineman in his tracks, sheds the block, and tackles the ball carrier dead in his tracks.
And this is a Ray with so many miles on him at this point in his career…absolute freak.
Don't forget about Ed Ried...and T Suggs
19 rushes for 138 yard. dude averaged 7 yards a carry.
get rid of that one run and he had 18 rushes for about 80 yards which is 4.4 yards a carry. he even had 20 receiving yards. no td's but he hurt them the entire game. AP definitely wins
This ravens defense is an absolute powerhouse. AP was just that dominant.
I have to wonder how many of these solid tackles would be flagged in this upcoming season.
Don't think AP finished this game. Don't think he ever finished a game vs the Ravens.
Great RB though. All time great no doubt.
O my if not for Oklahoma. Boi I didn’t get to watch. Minnesota Viking games down south but I’m about to go back and watch this career
Both were great players and people
these years were the best NFL ever played
As a Bears fan I hated AP he use to destroy us But as A Football fan he was one of the best if not the best in his era
Die hard ravens fan since 96. Eddie George, bettis, Barry, Faulk, LT etc. Prime 2012 AP is the only RB I could see run 200 against that 2000 defense.
thats crazy talk, not that d, not that year. who wins a SB with no offense, only them, 4-5 games without a td and we won a sb. remember ray was faster that year
Brett Favre and Adrian Peterson... what a duo
Ray got sealed out of that play so bad, he looked like he was still a freshman at the U. Reed to his credit corralled a runaway train which most FS ain’t doing
Back when football felt real 🥲
Id give everything to have this type of football back ..
It was a young man vs old man. What do you think was going to happen?
Them two dogs going at it first but ray go low at the goal line 😮😢😂😂😂😂
Peterson had some memorable performances during this season but statistically it wasn't even his best.
That was just the kind of RB he was. Hopefully he'll get his gold jacket soon!
Everytime he took the field AP choose violence when he ran.
It's amazing APs career was as long as it was
My gf in high school here in Texas came from the high school that Adrian Peterson went to. Her 8th was his 12th grade year
Palestine
@@PrivateSmiles yep.
This ravens d had 3 hof players vs ap in his prime what a match
Prime AP 2000 yard season might be the best ever
Seahawks should’ve ran the ball with marshawn
Man I miss watching Peterson play
How many HOFers are on that field?
A.P. From Palestine Texas.
I’m grateful I was able to witness AP. He was the Lebron of football. A true Legend
Prime AP was something else.
AP might be the best back of all time. Think about the level of athletes on the field, and the old school hard-nose style of football that was yet to be penalized outve existence. He accomplished all of it against guys like Ray Lewis, Ed reed, Brian Dawkins, Patrick Willis, Luke Kuechly, Urlacher, Clay Matthew’s, James Harrison, Kam Chancellor, Khalil Mack, Troy polamula, etc…I could go on for days about how tough these defenses were combined with how relaxed the rules were in comparison to todays game. The best, and hardest, of both worlds and he ended up becoming a top 10 RB of all time.
Sad I didn't get to see this live in a bar I knew AP I was sleeping on ray lewis dude is an absolute tactical nuke - friendly fire is on
AP don’t get enough praise Barry sanders was a little before I started watching football so AP has always been my Rb 🐐
AP was the best of his era….
Like 5 hall of famers on the field
Last of smash mouth era of football. Ray lewis, ed reed, terrel suggs 😢
9:40 ray called the cut back
Lewis is Ali and AP is Frazier. Timeless battle
In college Lewis got clocked by Nebraska's I back and full back in the NC game in '95
Amazing thing is, the Vikings has no passing game. They knew they were going to run and stacked the box.
Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
How demoralizing must it have been in the 4th qtr to look across and see AP, after +25 touches, still bouncing around like it was the 1st qtr? His physical conditioning was ABSURD!
There is no running back that hits the gaps harder than AP
2mins in and no Adrian vs ray , hit that misleading
Just a very explosive runner. And a very hard runner. Now thats what you call a power back. A back who knows im going through the A gap and im going in top speed see if you can stop me. Most backs today seem to suffer from identity crises. They run through the a gap hard but then slow down to try to find another hole but by then its too late and they got stopped for a 1 yard gain. Or they look at the A gap and bounce out left and try to round the corner like an explosive back but already have the whole defence on them. AP never struggled with that. He knew im going in an im going in very hard and very fast. bruise that defence up all night. As for the shifty backs like barry sanders he also knew his identity. Im running but you cant catch me
Ref opened the gap on that first run! 😂
Those Raven where tough as hell
AP got a taste of what it was like when you are the only option, playing against a hall of fame team
Adrian Peterson was a throwback to our father’s and uncles NFL type running back. Unbelievable player.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalm 37 : 25