Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will experience surgery to repair a torn meniscus, taking a chance with his accessibility for the rest of the season.
By ANDREW KRAMMER and MATT VENSEL/Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Adrian Peterson will have surgery on Thursday to repair the torn meniscus in his right knee, a surgery that could end the Vikings running back's season.
Mentor Mike Zimmer affirmed the surgery arranges at his Wednesday news meeting, yet did not expand on a timetable for Peterson's arrival.
"I have no clue … we'll discover amid surgery," Zimmer says. "It relies on upon if the (specialist) needs to repair it or retouch it. Could be season completion, could be three, four weeks, I don't have the foggiest idea.
"Need to converse with the specialists. I'm certain they'll tell us after the surgery."
Peterson has not been put on harmed hold.
The Vikings marked veteran running back Ronnie Hillman, who played the previous four seasons for Denver, showing up in 48 amusements for last season's Super Bowl champions. He had 863 hurrying yards last season.
The group additionally put left handle Matt Kalil on harmed hold as he will have hip surgery.
ESPN journalist Josina Anderson talked with Peterson on Wednesday and was told he has what is known as a "pail handle tear" and could be out for three to four months. Peterson told Anderson he was recouping with "confidence and hopefulness."
The Vikings will continue without the All-Pro running back under new quarterback Sam Bradford, who said Wednesday that "I have all the trust on the planet in the folks we have in the locker room at this moment."
Bradford supplanted beginning quarterback Teddy Bridgewater after Bridgewater tore his front cruciate tendon, and later had surgery, before the group's last preseason amusement. Bradford originated from Philadelphia in an exchange that incorporated the Vikings' first draft pick one year from now.
"We simply need to comprehend that is the NFL _ everyone's going to get harmed; no one is going to feel frustrated about you," said cautious end Brian Robison. "You never need to see a person go down, however toward the day's end, time is not going to stop. We simply need to continue pushing ahead."
Peterson endured the damage Sunday night on his twelfth convey of the Vikings' 17-14 win against Green Bay after he was handled from behind with his projection stuck to the U.S. Bank Stadium turf. He quickly snatched his lower right leg, however, and sat down on the turf when he was not able keep weight on his leg.
This is not the same knee Peterson harmed late in the 2011 season. That was the ACL in his left knee that he tore before almost setting the NFL's single-season surging record in 2012 and being named association MVP.
Jerick McKinnon and Matt Asiata are the other running backs, alongside Hillman, on the program. McKinnon and Asiata split snaps in 2014 when Peterson played stand out diversion after the NFL banned him taking after youngster misuse accusations he confronted in Texas.
As a group, the Vikings positioned eleventh in the class in yards per convey that season and fourteenth in hurrying yards by and large. McKinnon, who arrived at the midpoint of 4.8 yards as a freshman, had sunk into the lead back part when a back damage finished his season. Asiata, in the interim, was among the group pioneers in surging touchdowns with nine.
McKinnon will begin and likely play no less than 60 percent of the snaps. In any case, Asiata would get conveys, as well, and most likely handle objective line obligations. Both have had a part on passing downs this season while going down Peterson, with McKinnon running courses and Asiata being confided in pass assurance.
"It's been an intense couple weeks for us to the extent folks going down, key folks going down," Robison said. "In any case, the thing that is extraordinary about this group is we're still eager to get what we need to get. We have folks that have gotten tied up with this framework, got tied up with all that we got going ahead here. We got folks like Jerick and Matt Asiata that are going to venture in and we have trust in them they'll take care of business."
So far this season, the Vikings figured out how to win both of their amusements regardless of Peterson getting off to the minimum beneficial begin of his vocation. He had just 50 surging yards on 31 conveys in his initial two recreations and his 1.6 yards-per-convey normal was the most minimal for any player with no less than 30 surges since 1970 NFL/AFL merger, as indicated by ESPN.
Peterson is making $12 million this season and is planned for a $6 million list reward in March for next season in the event that he is still on the list.
By ANDREW KRAMMER and MATT VENSEL/Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Adrian Peterson will have surgery on Thursday to repair the torn meniscus in his right knee, a surgery that could end the Vikings running back's season.
Mentor Mike Zimmer affirmed the surgery arranges at his Wednesday news meeting, yet did not expand on a timetable for Peterson's arrival.
"I have no clue … we'll discover amid surgery," Zimmer says. "It relies on upon if the (specialist) needs to repair it or retouch it. Could be season completion, could be three, four weeks, I don't have the foggiest idea.
"Need to converse with the specialists. I'm certain they'll tell us after the surgery."
Peterson has not been put on harmed hold.
The Vikings marked veteran running back Ronnie Hillman, who played the previous four seasons for Denver, showing up in 48 amusements for last season's Super Bowl champions. He had 863 hurrying yards last season.
The group additionally put left handle Matt Kalil on harmed hold as he will have hip surgery.
ESPN journalist Josina Anderson talked with Peterson on Wednesday and was told he has what is known as a "pail handle tear" and could be out for three to four months. Peterson told Anderson he was recouping with "confidence and hopefulness."
The Vikings will continue without the All-Pro running back under new quarterback Sam Bradford, who said Wednesday that "I have all the trust on the planet in the folks we have in the locker room at this moment."
Bradford supplanted beginning quarterback Teddy Bridgewater after Bridgewater tore his front cruciate tendon, and later had surgery, before the group's last preseason amusement. Bradford originated from Philadelphia in an exchange that incorporated the Vikings' first draft pick one year from now.
"We simply need to comprehend that is the NFL _ everyone's going to get harmed; no one is going to feel frustrated about you," said cautious end Brian Robison. "You never need to see a person go down, however toward the day's end, time is not going to stop. We simply need to continue pushing ahead."
Peterson endured the damage Sunday night on his twelfth convey of the Vikings' 17-14 win against Green Bay after he was handled from behind with his projection stuck to the U.S. Bank Stadium turf. He quickly snatched his lower right leg, however, and sat down on the turf when he was not able keep weight on his leg.
This is not the same knee Peterson harmed late in the 2011 season. That was the ACL in his left knee that he tore before almost setting the NFL's single-season surging record in 2012 and being named association MVP.
Jerick McKinnon and Matt Asiata are the other running backs, alongside Hillman, on the program. McKinnon and Asiata split snaps in 2014 when Peterson played stand out diversion after the NFL banned him taking after youngster misuse accusations he confronted in Texas.
As a group, the Vikings positioned eleventh in the class in yards per convey that season and fourteenth in hurrying yards by and large. McKinnon, who arrived at the midpoint of 4.8 yards as a freshman, had sunk into the lead back part when a back damage finished his season. Asiata, in the interim, was among the group pioneers in surging touchdowns with nine.
McKinnon will begin and likely play no less than 60 percent of the snaps. In any case, Asiata would get conveys, as well, and most likely handle objective line obligations. Both have had a part on passing downs this season while going down Peterson, with McKinnon running courses and Asiata being confided in pass assurance.
"It's been an intense couple weeks for us to the extent folks going down, key folks going down," Robison said. "In any case, the thing that is extraordinary about this group is we're still eager to get what we need to get. We have folks that have gotten tied up with this framework, got tied up with all that we got going ahead here. We got folks like Jerick and Matt Asiata that are going to venture in and we have trust in them they'll take care of business."
So far this season, the Vikings figured out how to win both of their amusements regardless of Peterson getting off to the minimum beneficial begin of his vocation. He had just 50 surging yards on 31 conveys in his initial two recreations and his 1.6 yards-per-convey normal was the most minimal for any player with no less than 30 surges since 1970 NFL/AFL merger, as indicated by ESPN.
Peterson is making $12 million this season and is planned for a $6 million list reward in March for next season in the event that he is still on the list.
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