Sam Bradford has been with the Vikings for a little more than a week and had never played a down for Minnesota until Sunday night at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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Aaron Rodgers was able to settle down the Packers offense in the fourth quarter, and lead them on a 75 yard drive capped off with a scrambling touchdown run by Green Bay’s quarterback. The Vikings won 17-14.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee in Sunday night’s 17-14 win over the Green Bay Packers. The team didn’t even acknowledge Bradford in the lineups that were announced about an hour before the game. The big debut of the gleaming new $1.1 billion stadium was indeed a grand one, the culmination of a decade-long struggle to replace the drab and dingy Metrodome.
Guion was part of a Packers defense that held the Vikings to just 30 yards rushing on 22 carries. That triggered the bold trade with Philadelphia to bring in Bradford. “That’s why he was the No. 1 overall pick a couple years ago”, Randall said. “He was born for something like this”.
“These guys have had my back from day one”, Bradford said.
Peterson left the game in the third quarter, unable to put weight on his right knee.
WR Golden Tate, Detroit Lions: Catching two of nine targets for 13 yards is not going to cut it. Kyle Rudolph hauled in the first touchdown.
“To get that first touchdown, it meant a lot”, Bradford said. He’s always getting separation.
Zimmer recorded his weekly appearance on the show before addressing the media on Monday.
“He might miss a week”.
However, Guion said team doctors believe there was no damage to his ACL and surgery will not be required. Allowing just 19 yards on 12 carries for the reigning National Football League rushing leader.
The return of wide receiver Jordy Nelson and the addition of tight end Jared Cook was supposed to cure that, but it hasn’t happened so far. Rodgers has a 57.1 completion percentage through two games, the lowest of his career since he’s become a starter. They’ve still got to come to our place later in the season. “I think we did a good job of responding, but we just kind of ran out of time”.
WAYNES’ WORLD: With Xavier Rhodes sidelined for a second straight game because of a knee injury, Trae Waynes again became the workhorse cornerback. He only carried the ball twice against the Packers. And especially winning the opening game here. He would later hit Diggs with a 25-yard touchdown. “They were on time and when the quarterback and receiver are on time like that, they’re very hard to stop”.
“I had a really bad penalty where it could have cost the team the game, and it hurt me because I’d been moving forward”, Diggs said.
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