Peterson is expected to miss multiple games.
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“We’re not going to overreact”, Rodgers said.
As for the next game, the home opener against Detroit, McCarthy and Bennett said they’re not going to forget Lacy and Starks. However instead of giving the Packers offense a chance to tie or win the game, Randall was called for pass interference and the Vikings were able to clinch a victory.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (28) carries the ball and is injured on the play in the third quarter against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday in Minneapolis. But as the running back evaluates his options with team doctors and athletic trainers, the Vikings will have a handful of possibilities to contemplate.
“He took hits he shouldn’t have taken”, left guard Alex Boone said.
“Anytime you have a guy like that in a leadership role that does go down, obviously everyone kind of takes a step back”, defensive captain Brian Robison said. “Just learn from it and grow and keep moving forward”, Morgan Burnett, Packers safety said.
Afterward, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said he wanted Bradford to play in a 25-16 win at Tennessee in the September 11 opener, but because he hadn’t yet mastered the offense after being acquired on September 3, Shaun Hill went the distance. It wouldn’t be beyond the realm of possibility he could play with the injury, depending on how severe it is and how much pain he’s willing to tolerate. Until that happens, Zimmer said he did not want to disclose a timetable for when Peterson might return. It was an unusually swift recovery, and Peterson finished the 2012 season with 2,097 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, which earned him MVP honors. After being examined on the sideline, Peterson hopped through a field-level club at the team’s new stadium toward the Vikings’ locker room. Reserve running backs Matt Asiata (ah-see-AH-tuh) and Jerrick McKinnon will serve as the duo to replace Peterson’s production in his absence.
Still, despite their early-season run-game issues, losing Peterson, the reigning rushing champ, for an extended period of time would be a significant blow for the Vikings, who are already without starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. However, she said that probably was unlikely considering many National Football League players are able to put surgery off until the end of the season on a torn meniscus if they can play through the injury.
The Vikings, who have three running backs on their 53-man roster, could also promote Duluth native C.J. Ham from the practice squad.
Adams, who had a fumble on Green Bay’s first play of the game, felt the offence hurt itself by not finding its rhythm until those late drives that ended with the costly giveaways.
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“It’s Week 2. We are not going to panic about it”.
