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Facing Bucs on Sunday, Cardinals trade for Adrian Peterson

 
The Cardinals have reportedly helped themselves by trading with the Saints for veteran running back Adrian Peterson. [Getty Images]
The Cardinals have reportedly helped themselves by trading with the Saints for veteran running back Adrian Peterson. [Getty Images]
Published Oct. 10, 2017

The Bucs go to Arizona this weekend to face the NFL's worst rushing offense, but the Cardinals have reportedly helped themselves by trading with the Saints for veteran running back Adrian Peterson.

The Cardinals are averaging just 51.8 rushing yards per game -- 23 less than any other team in the NFL -- and averaging a league-low 2.6 yards per carry. How much can Peterson help that in his first week? He's totaled just 81 yards for the Saints (3.0-yard average), including four carries for 4 yards in his last game. ESPN first reported the trade Tuesday morning.

Peterson had expressed interest in playing for the Bucs, but that never happened -- now, instead of the Bucs facing him twice a year with New Orleans, they'll get him just once, on Sunday in Arizona.

Peterson is 0-3 in his career against Tampa Bay, but he's run well, with 328 rushing yards and three touchdowns in three games, averaging 5.6 yards per carry. Now the most recent of those was in 2012, so he's not quite the running threat he was five years ago.

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