Should you shy away from Adrian Peterson in PPR leagues?

Should you shy away from Adrian Peterson in PPR leagues?

No.

Final Answer.

Adrian Peterson has often been looked at as a player who despite his standard league dominance as more of an arguable #1 overall pick in PPR leagues. Some PPR leagues also give points for rushing attempts, but we will ignore those for now.

Adrian Peterson despite the fact that many feel he cannot catch out of the backfield finished last season with only one less reception than backfield mate Chester Taylor. Now with Chester Taylor gone to the Bears expect him to get a bigger piece of the workload in the passing game than before.
His 42 receptions last year mean he was only 11 receptions behind much ballyhooed pass catcher Maurice Jones-Drew and only 4 less than supposed pass catcher extraordinaire Reggie Bush.

AP has a new backfield mate in Toby Gerhart, a powerful and physical back who will be able to spell AP whenever needed, however expect the feature back role to be 100% AP’s with Gerhart just being brought in to keep AP fresh.  As the season wears on we expect Gerhart to carve out the lesser of a 80-20 timeshare.

Adrian Peterson had 18 rushing TD’s and 43 receptions, and that reception number, should, without question go up pass 50, likely past MJD’s 2009 mark of 53 receptions.

What else can you ask for in a PPR league?

We are talking about the player who has the potential to lead the NFL in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, rushing attempts and will likely get 50+ catches for the season.

Draft accordingly in PPR leagues as AP, may in all likelihood still be the #1 overall fantasy back at seasons end.