Recovery from a torn meniscus typically takes three to four months, meaning Peterson could miss all or most of the Vikings’ remaining 14 games.
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According to USA Today, Peterson thinks he’ll be ready to return once he’s eligible to come off the injured reserve list on November 18.
Now the offense will use a running back by committee, with shifty Jerick McKinnon getting the start, thumper Matt Asiata spelling him and the recently signed Ronnie Hillman there for insurance.
“That’s why we have 53 guys here, so that we can try to win as a team”.
RECEIVERS ON A MISSION: Panthers wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin has been huge since his return from a torn ACL with 13 receptions for 199 yards and three touchdowns in his first two games back.
It’s also unclear if he’d be able to come back late in the season or for the playoffs, after surgery to fix a torn meniscus.
The Broncos rode a dominant defense to the Super Bowl championship last season, with DeMarcus Ware, Von Miller, Aqib Talib and crew helping a weakened Peyton Manning win his second title.
At least for a while it did as star running back Adrian Peterson will be out longer than anticipated.
“I’ve had that injury, and it took me three weeks to be able to do a pushup”, said Adickes, who played six years as an National Football League offensive lineman before making a career change. Diggs has been huge this season so far, and if Bradford can find him, he’s going to have opportunities to make plays. “We’re going to continue to stay that way”, Zimmer said. He’s the last guy not named J.J. Watt to be named Defensive Player of the Year (having won the award in 2013), and the Vikings are always going to have to know where he is. Take our shots when we get a chance.
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The Vikings could always activate him later, but that couldn’t happen before Week 11 now, and would preclude them from activating any of their other injured players. While he was obviously playing against a fairly stacked box with quarterback’s Shaun Hill and Sam Bradford under center, it’s hard to look past the fact that he averaged 1.6 yards per carry over his two games of action.
