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Before joining our Access Vikings team, Dan Wiederer covered Atlantic Coast Conference basketball for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer and was named North Carolina's top sports columnist in 2010. His previous reporting experience includes covering the Chicago Bears. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Titans' Johnson says he's the best
Posted by: under Vikings, Adrian Peterson, Vikings road games Updated: September 9, 2010 - 5:14 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- We just arrived at the Superdome and are in the new press box high atop the stadium. I'm not usually bothered by being high up in a press box but this is one of those deals where when you look straight up your hands start to sweat.
But enough about my issues.
If you didn't see it in Wednesday's collection of blogs, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson told national talk-show host Dan Patrick that he is a better back than Tennessee's Chris Johnson. This goes back to comments Johnson made to The Sporting News in July about being the best running back in the NFL.
Well, Johnson has responded again and not surprisingly he disagrees with Peterson.
Johnson told Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean that he doesn't compare himself to Peterson. "I don’t," Johnson said. "I am the best back in the league. He is not. I don’t think it is close. I feel like I am above all the other running backs in the league. I feel like I am above him."
Peterson told Patrick that Johnson isn't stronger or faster than him. Peterson said he is a fan of the Titans star and Johnson said the same of Peterson.
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