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Week 6 bold predictions: Adrian Peterson makes Saints regret trade

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Throughout the 2017 season, NFL Network analysts will provide one bold prediction heading into each weekend's games. Here are their thoughts on Week 6:

 During his four weeks in New Orleans, 
[Adrian Peterson](/player/adrianpeterson/2507164/profile) ran the ball a total of 27 times for 81 yards. This weekend, in his debut as an Arizona Cardinal, he gets at least 20 carries for 100-plus yards 
[against the Bucs](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017101507/2017/REG6/Buccaneers@Cardinals). 

 The 
[Green Bay Packers](/teams/greenbaypackers/profile?team=GB) will get a monster performance from one offensive player who's not 
[Aaron Rodgers](/player/aaronrodgers/2506363/profile). 
[Davante Adams](/player/davanteadams/2543495/profile) goes off for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns 
[against a solid Vikings secondary](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017101503/2017/REG6/Packers@Vikings). 

 Rookie 
[Chiefs](/teams/kansascitychiefs/profile?team=KC) RB 
[Kareem Hunt](/player/kareemhunt/2557917/profile) has a whopping 775 yards from scrimmage through five games so far. And even though he's facing the 
[Steelers](/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT)' 
[third-ranked defense](http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?tabSeq=2&defensiveStatisticCategory=GAME_STATS&conference=ALL&role=OPP&season=2017&seasonType=REG&d-447263-s=TOTAL_YARDS_GAME_AVG&d-447263-o=1&d-447263-n=1) 
[on Sunday](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017101509/2017/REG6/steelers@chiefs), I think he'll rack up 160 more to give him 935 -- 2 more than the current record-holder, Eric Dickerson, who had 933 yards from scrimmage in his first six games with the 
[Rams](/teams/losangelesrams/profile?team=LA) in 1983. 

 Kyle Shanahan heads to his old stomping grounds with his new team. The first-year head coach leads the 
[49ers](/teams/sanfrancisco49ers/profile?team=SF) to their first win of the season 
[in Washington](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017101506/2017/REG6/49ers@Redskins), where he was offensive coordinator from 2010 to 2013. 

 I said this to my colleague Bucky Brooks in our 
["Move The Sticks" podcast](http://www.nfl.com/podcasts?series=movethesticks-podcast), but I think 
[Kirk Cousins](/player/kirkcousins/2532820/profile) bounces back after 
[the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017100200/2017/REG4/redskins@chiefs). He's fresh coming off Washington's bye week and will throw for 400 yards.