Comments on: Chester Taylor: Unappreciated and Underutilized?

By: Manimal

Manimal — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:18:38 +0000

Eh, yes and no. He did wear down, but it was his first full season as a starter. He wasn’t used to the work load in the NFL.

Regardless of that fact, I still think getting him between 10-15 touches a game would benefit the Vikings greatly.

By: pointNumberOne

pointNumberOne — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:36:19 +0000

Does nobody else remember him basically breaking down at the end of the season? His body couldn’t take a full season of punishment. He’s a great back, and I hope he retires in purple, but he’s not a feature back. We *need* both chester and AD.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:34:42 +0000

That’s something to think about. Where would the Vikings be had they taken Quinn instead of Peterson.

I shudder at the thought.

By: Manimal

Manimal — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:25:51 +0000

Thanks Michael, and yeah, I definitely had trepidation about taking Peterson with Quinn still on the board.

The rest, as they say, is history.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:55:46 +0000

Good article, I feel sorry for the guy to, he cant catch a break. He came here to start, but then AD showed up, I was angry when we took AD at first, because we had Chester, but needless to say, AD is fine with me now.

By: Manimal

Manimal — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:48:43 +0000

I feel real bad for him. Like you say, he’d be starting pretty much anywhere else, and he backed up Jamal Lewis for those first years, so his tenure in the NFL will be that of a backup when he really should have been a starter.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:31:19 +0000

Great work, Manimal. I sometimes feel sorry for Chester – he would be a starter on almost any other team, but lives in AD’s shadow here.

I sure appreciate “All Night”, but I also think he is underutilized.