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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- David Johnsons chances of being the NFLs Most Valuable Player are slim at best, given the Arizona Cardinals record after Sundays 48-41 loss to the New Orleans Saints.Still, the second-year running back is putting up numbers that are hard to ignore.Johnson made NFL history on Sunday with his 108 yards from scrimmage. He became the first player to record 100-plus scrimmage yards in 14 straight games to start a season.It means a lot. No one else has ever had it, so this is probably my favorite thing that Ive accomplished that has to do with football, Johnson said.Johnson also tied Hall of Famer Marcus Allen (1985) for the second-longest streak with at least 100 scrimmage yards at any point in a single season. Only Hall of Famer Barry Sanders (15 in 1997) has a longer single-season streak in NFL history.In a season that has gone astray from what the Cardinals (5-8-1) and their fans expected, Johnson has produced all season long.His 73 catches and 800 receiving yards lead all running backs, and hes in the top five in rushing yards with 1,138 on 260 carries.Hes also in the top five with 13 rushing touchdowns, and no NFL player has more total touchdowns over the past two seasons. Johnson scored twice against the Saints and has 30 in 30 games.The Cardinals will have a losing season for the first time in four seasons under coach Bruce Arians, but Johnson is the star of the offense.You have to acknowledge anyone that does something for the first time in the history of the NFL. Thats very unique, Arians said. Very happy for David, very proud of him.Johnson has the support of his veteran teammates, who feel he deserves to be the MVP.As impressive as a stat as that is, quarterback Carson Palmer said. You kind of expect it. Hes a great player. Why not go for 16?I think hes, if not the best, one of the best players in this game, Palmer said. Typically that award goes to the ... player that has the better record, but theres no doubt that hes one of a kind.Star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald agreed with Palmer, which meant a lot to Johnson.I had to come a long way, seriously, Johnson said. I was third-rounder, maybe not even supposed to get drafted. A lot of stuff has happened and it means a lot to hear it from those guys.Arians used Johnson at wide receiver several times on Sunday in an effort to get as many of his most dynamic offensive players on the field at the same time.With Michael Floyd having been released earlier in the week, the Cardinals were short-handed in experience at the position.Johnson said he had not lined up at receiver so often since early in his college days at Northern Iowa. He even drew double coverage.We scripted it up all week to have me play receiver a little bit, Johnson said. I enjoy doing that. Anyway I have a chance to have the ball in my hands.Johnson is still 200 yards away from 1,000 receiving yards on the season, but is hopeful to get to that mark and finish with 1,000 yards in rushing and receiving. The only two players to have accomplished the feat are Roger Craig and Marshall Faulk.I definitely have that on my radar, Johnson said. Anything can happen. I could break out with 130 yards or 100 yards in one game. The skys the limit.Johnson is an expectant father and celebrated his 25th birthday on Dec. 16. Hes been too busy to stop and reflect on his season.When I told Larry how old I was, he joked with me. Im 25, second year, so he was probably like 20 in his second year, Johnson said. He gave me a hard time and I just told him I had to get as much as I can in early, because with me being second year at 25, I have to do as much as I can.---For more NFL coverage: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Custom Rashan Gary Jersey . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. Cheap Packers Jerseys . The nimble-footed quarterback got his wish, dashing through the snow and a weary defence all the way into the NCAA record book. http://www.custompackersjersey.com/ . 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Power won three of those races and was the runner-up in the other two, moving the Team Penske driver from seventh to second in season points.Its been a fantastic stretch of races. I dont actually feel like Im doing anything exceptional, said Power, the 2014 IndyCar champion. Im just kind of doing my job and obviously the team is firing on all cylinders. ... It hasnt been doing anything like taking risks or anything. Weve just been very methodical.When the Texas race was red-flagged because of rain after 71 of 248 scheduled laps on June 12, after having already been postponed a day by wet weather, Power was seventh in season points -- 117 behind Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud.Now back at the high-banked, 1+-mile Texas oval, Power is only 20 points behind his teammate and tied with a series-high four wins even while starting one fewer race. After the final 177 laps of the Firestone 600 are completed, there will be only two races left this season.Im going to be doing everything I can to finish it off well, said Power, who missed the season opener because of an inner ear infection that was initially diagnosed as concussion-like symptoms.Power, who won the second race of a weekend doubleheader at Belle Isle right before the first waterlogged one in the Lone Star State, restarts fourth Saturday night behind Hinchcliffe, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Mikhail Aleshin, while Pagenaud is 15th.At Texas in June, Pagenaud had a dominating 80-point lead over Scott Dixon that was bolstered by consecutive runner-up finishes to start the season and then three wins in a row. But Pagenaud has won only once in the past eight races, finishing 13th or worse half the time.Hinchcliffe will have led for 76 days when the race finally restarts, but he hasnt been out in front in other races during that span.Some other things about tthe resumption of the Texas race:NOT MUCH PREP: There will be a lap for a mandatory systems check and then only 10 minutes of practice.dddddddddddd Thats the weird part, is just simply very little practice and then lets go race, Graham Rahal said. Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi said restarting on lap 72 will be treated like lap 1, but that it will be different having only minutes instead of hours of practice.DRIVERS OUT: Only 20 of the 22 cars that started the race in June will be on the track Saturday night. Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly were involved in a crash in June that did extensive damage to both cars and a safety barrier, and also left Newgarden with a broken right collarbone and broken right wrist. They will not be allowed to finish the race. Newgarden, who is third in season points, didnt miss a race because of his injuries and won a month later at Iowa. Newgarden and Daly are both still expected to be at the race with their teams.BACK THE BLUE: IndyCar drivers will have Back The Blue decals on their cars and will wear caps representing local police and national law enforcement agencies before getting into their cockpits. Jorge Barrientos, a Dallas police officer wounded in the July 7 downtown attack that left five officers dead, will join Fort Worth officer Matt Pearce as co-grand marshal. Pearce, who survived being shot multiple times by a fugitive during a manhunt in March, was grand marshal in June, when he gave the command for drivers to start their engines.RACE DELAYS: The last time an IndyCar race started and resumed another day was at Brazil in 2011, but the completion came a day after the first 14 laps were run and then delayed by rain. The last series race with such a long postponement was the 2001 series finale scheduled for the weekend after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks but pushed back three weeks into October. As for the series last rain delay, that was just this week at Pocono, with all 500 miles run Monday after being postponed Sunday. ' ' '