It’s impossible to erase a play from the final box score, but the Denver Broncos have to feel pretty confident in the fact that if they had that option they would have held Adrian Peterson to under 50 yards rushing.

They didn’t, and his 48-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-one was a major factor in the game. But Denver otherwise shut down the future Hall of Fame running back, allowing him to gain just 81 yards on 16 carries.

Minus the big run, Peterson would have averaged just 2.2 yards per carry on the day.

No doubt defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will still spend plenty of time reviewing film on the play that allowed Peterson to go for a game-changing score, but he has to be happy with his defense’s performance against the run otherwise. In total, Minnesota went for just 113 yards on the day.

As the game unfolded, the team at Mile High Sports (as well as the Denver media at-large) was keeping a close eye on how the defense stopped Peterson, and offering their analysis along the way.

That was the end of the action on Twitter about Peterson, but the game unfolded with an even bigger play to end things. Check it out HERE.