Share

Without Adrian Peterson, Vikings need luck, plus Bradford and toughness

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewatertore multiple knee ligaments on August 30, and the team started the season with two different quarterbacks after trading for Bradford on September 3. That triggered the bold trade with Philadelphia to bring in Bradford.

Advertisement

That restaurant is the Delta Sky360 Club at U.S. Bank Stadium, according to the Star Tribune’s Michael Rand, where fans can hang out during the games. He had to be carried to the locker room where he received medical treatment. “These guys have had my back from day one”.

Peterson, 31, wasn’t putting any weight on his right knee, the same one in which he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in 2011, as he was helped to the locker room following a tackle by Kyler Fackrell. Kyle Rudolph hauled in the first touchdown. It’s just part of pro football.

Arian Foster (backup: Jay Ajayi), Thomas Rawls (backup: Christine Michael) and Doug Martin (backup: probably Charles Sims, maybe Jacquizz Rodgers) also suffered injuries, but the extent won’t be known until later this week. “He seems to always be finding a way to get open”.

But it appears likely Peterson will miss that game, and his status for the Vikings’ Week 4 home game against the Giants on Monday Night Football is very much in doubt as well.

“He might miss a week”.

Adrian Peterson went down in the third quarter with an apparent right knee injury. McCarthy said extensive surgery could end Peterson’s season. The extent of Foster’s injury isn’t yet known, but Coach Adam Gase said Sunday that the team’s medical staff knew it was serious right away. Rodgers found the end zone two plays later when he hit Jordy Nelson to put the Packers up 6-0.

FLIPPED: A taunting call on Cleveland’s Terrelle Pryor for flipping the ball at a defender with 27 seconds remaining negated a 20-yard catch to the Ravens 10. Rodgers has a 57.1 completion percentage through two games, the lowest of his career since he’s become a starter. It was a tense fight back and forth as the Vikings punted a half-dozen times, and it seemed the Packers turned the ball over nearly a half-dozen times. The Panthers are only 16th in the league against the run through two weeks, but they had the NFL’s fourth-best rushing defense a year ago. We’ve been as confident as we need to be and we’ll continue doing that through ups and downs. He left the field after being looked at by trainers and didn’t return, finishing the game with 12 carries for 19 yards. Then came the interception at the Minnesota 41 with 1:50 left that sealed the victory. “I just tried to give him a chance”.

With Sam Shields out with a concussion, Randall was the No. 1 cornerback and he went up against the Diggs multiple times.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons outlines recovery time ranging from three weeks to three months depending on the severity of the injury and the surgery required.

Advertisement

After allowing 320 yards passing by Blake Bortles in the opening win at Jacksonville, the Packers were vulnerable again against Bradford.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was carried off the field with a right knee injury during Sunday's game against the Packers