From a fantasy football angle, his owners have to be pleased. Peterson was a mid-second round choice in ESPN average live drafts, but he has been so good that where you drafted him (or how you acquired him) is somewhat irrelevant.
Make no mistake, when discussing fantasy MVP choices, when the candidates were drafted (if at all) matters. Look at the quarterbacks chosen in the first round of 2012 drafts. Aaron Rodgers, Brady and Drew Brees have certainly been usable this season, but they haven't delivered commensurate value related to their first-round draft position. Other quarterbacks, young and old, have been more valuable when you factor in ADP, and there also have been surprising performances at running back and wide receiver that trump some of the bigger names.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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