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Dan Wiederer began covering the Vikings in 2011, enthusiastically delivering insight on the team across the Star Tribune's print and digital products. Prior to joining the Access Vikings team, he spent seven seasons covering ACC basketball at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. He also covered the Chicago Bears in 2003 and 2004. 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.
Percy Harvin has been brilliant since Adrian Peterson went down
Posted by: Dan Wiederer under Vikings, Leslie Frazier, Adrian Peterson, Leslie Frazier, Percy Harvin Updated: December 15, 2011 - 8:38 AM
Two days before the Vikings were to host Denver in Week 13, Percy Harvin missed practice with an illness. For a brief period anyway, there was some question as to whether he would be able to play.
The struggling Vikings were already preparing to go without star running back Adrian Peterson, who was out with a high ankle sprain. They had also put receiver Michael Jenkins on injured reserve earlier that week.
When asked about the potential of facing the Broncos without Harvin too, head coach Leslie Frazier seemed quite rattled.
“Oh, man. Please, please, please let’s not go down that road,” Frazier said.
Yep, Percy Harvin has now established himself as one of the most valuable players in the organization. And his brilliance over the past month deserves widespread recognition.
Just how good has the third-year receiver out of Florida been? Here are some eye-opening nuggets:
- Harvin has a chance to set new career-highs in receptions and yards this weekend. He needs three catches and 90 yards to surpass his totals from last season (71 grabs, 868 yards).
- Harvin's 68 grabs this season rank eighth in the NFL.
- Harvin has 38 catches since Week 10, most of an player in the league during that span.
- Over the past four games, with Peterson out, Harvin has averaged 121 yards from scrimmage and scored five touchdowns.
- Harvin also now has 200 career catches and has an outside chance by season's end to set a new Vikings record for most receptions in a player's first three seasons with the team. The current mark: 226 grabs by Randy Moss (from 1998-2000). Rickey Young had 224 grabs in his first three years in Minnesota (1978-80). Young had played three years before that in San Diego.
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