Adrian Peterson – Injured but will return

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Adrian Peterson, the rushing phenom for the Minnesota Vikings, heard some good news about the knee he injured against the Packers.

Shortly after a series of tests beginning Monday at 9 a.m., however, Peterson found out the relatively good news: His knee had remained mostly intact in an awkward collision with Green Bay cornerback Al Harris in Sunday’s 34-0 loss to the Packers. The only damage was a torn lateral collateral ligament, an injury that will sideline him for this Sunday’s game against Oakland but not much longer.

Athletic trainer Eric Sugarman said the injury does not require surgery and could heal sufficiently enough for Peterson to play Nov. 25 against the New York Giants. Sugarman emphasized that Peterson “absolutely, without question” will play again this season.

“He’s very lucky that this is all he has,” Sugarman said. “He’s going to be fine.”
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The hit was not considered vicious and the tear is in a place that can heal.

Sugarman said an MRI exam Monday showed significant trauma to the LCL, but it wasn’t clear whether the ligament was fully torn. On a scale of one to three, with three being the most serious, medical officials graded Peterson’s injury a “2-plus.”

This is good news for the lowly Vikes that were destroyed in that game by Brett Favre and the Packers.

Peterson is a great back and many had him marked as injury prone. For him to come back would say a lot.

Adrian was on pace for 2,000 yards. My guess is Minnesota will be a little protective of Peterson for a while.

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