On this week, road teams played more like wild-eyed consumers on Black Friday, ripping half-off blenders out of the arms of children -- aggre sive, but ultimately embarra sing. However, a few away teams were mighty thankful for some extraordinary performances. One from a future r, Anderson Espinoza Jersey one from an unsung wideout and one from a Honey Badger. Greatne s on the Road winnerAdrian Peterson Just because he does it every week doesn't mean he shouldn't be commended for doing so. The running back is already on pace for another year, leading the league in rushing yards (1,164), attempts (237) and yards per game (105.8) despite mi sing all of 2014. He's single-handedly taken Minnesota to the top of the NFC North standings, and is running away with Comeback Player of the Year. But most importantly, he's playing his best in the most vital of games. Following a disappointing performance against the , Peterson ripped up the Georgia Dome turf in a matchup between two playoff-hungry teams. AD terrorized the ' front seven all day en route to a 158-yard performance on a dominant 29 rushes. Peterson salted away with a fourth-quarter 35-yard gallop to the end zone for his second touchdown on which he accelerated, a la 2012 Peterson, through the ' secondary with no regard for human life. Over the ' past seven games, they have won six, and has thrown over 250 yards in just two games, one of them a division lo s. Long story short: when Minnesota takes the ball out of Teddy's hands and thrusts it into Peterson's, good things happen. Just ask the . Runners-upTyrann MathieuWe'll continue to tout as a Defensive Player of the Year candidate after the safety picked off a pa s and drove the crazy all day with a team-leading 13 tackles, two pa ses defensed and a tackle for lo s. One of the most versatile defenders league-wide, the Honey Badger continues to play the best football of his life for the surging . is no , or even , but Mathieu's stalking of the quarterback demonstrated his potential to drive fear in the heart of signal-callers around the league.Markus WheatonAll this talk about wide receivers and being the top deep threat combo in the league, and goes ahead and posts one of the most of the year. Considering his opponent -- the once-vaunted Legion of Boom -- Wheaton's 201-yard highlight reel outing is as impre sive as Brown's 284-yard monster game at home against the . The third-year wideout's career day was even more surprising because he had totaled 45 yards receiving combined in his last five games, hadn't gone over 72 yards all year and had never eclipsed 100 yards in his career. If it weren't for 's heroic performance in over Pittsburgh, Wheaton would clearly be the top road player of Week 12. Alas, a wide receiver can only do so much. Wil Myers Jersey