AP hurt.

[Dre_7]

Injured right knee. :depressed I hope hes ok! He is clearly the best RB in the NFL right now.

[peewee's lovechild]

Ryan Grant is looking better right now.

Too bad Peterson got hurt, but that's the nature of the game.

[Dre_7]

He was runnin on the sidelines. Good sign!

[mardigan]

Peterson out at least one game but won't need surgery
Associated Press

Updated: November 12, 2007, 2:20 PM ET


EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will miss Sunday's game against Oakland with a torn ligament in his right knee, coach Brad Childress said Monday.

Childress said Peterson tore his lateral collateral ligament in the Vikings' 34-0 loss to Green Bay. Peterson will not require surgery, Childress said.

"The good news is that the knee is otherwise stable and the injury is isolated to that ligament," Childress said. "I'm told that's a good-healing ligament."

Childress said the injury is not a season-ending injury, but he did not talk about when Peterson might be back.

"I'm real hesitant to put a timeline on that thing," Childress said.

The coach was informed by team doctors that ligament tears are graded on a three-point scale, with three being the worst.

Childress said he was told that Peterson's tear is "two-plus," but is not as serious as if it were an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which would have required surgery and ended Peterson's brilliant rookie season.

"This is not one of those," Childress said.

Peterson was injured in the third quarter on Sunday in a 34-0 loss at Green Bay. Packers cornerback Al Harris hit him in the knee just as Peterson was about to make a cut downfield, and the star rookie writhed in pain for several minutes in a scary scene.

Losing the only offensive star they have will be a devastating blow to a unit that has struggled in every game that Peterson has not topped 200 yards rushing this season. It's been a one-man show in Minnesota, with Peterson accounting for 1,081 of the team's 1,551 yards rushing and eight of the team's 10 rushing touchdowns.

The No. 7 overall pick out of Oklahoma broke the single-game rushing record two weeks ago against San Diego, racking up 296 yards to put him on pace to smash Eric Dickerson's record for yards rushing by a rookie in a single season.

Now the Vikings will turn to veteran Chester Taylor, who topped 1,200 yards rushing last season and has been solid in spot duty behind Peterson this year. Taylor is averaging 5 yards per carry in a backup role.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3106749

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Anything more than 2 weeks and I'd shut him down for the remainder of the season.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

How in the fuck do you TEAR a KNEE LIGAMENT and not need surgery, much less expect to continue playing in the same season in which you tore it???

[tlongII]

This absolutely sucks, but given AP's history it is not surprising.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Hopefully he makes a full recovery. I don't care if he owns my team, he's rapidly turning into a nationwide favorite.

[exstatic]

No shock to anyone that followed his college career. I think he is Fragile Fred II.

[peewee's lovechild]

That fucker aint playing another game, if his team has any active brain cells left.

So much for ROY.
It will probably go to Marshall Lynch.

[Flo-Rida]

That fucker aint playing another game, if his team has any active brain cells left.

So much for ROY.
It will probably go to Marshall Lynch.
LMAO yup i agree wit u on marshall lynch being roy that dude is a beast

[monosylab1k]

That fucker aint playing another game, if his team has any active brain cells left.

So much for ROY.
It will probably go to Marshall Lynch.
I can guarantee you that Marshall Lynch won't be winning shit.

[samikeyp]

I can guarantee you that Marshall Lynch won't be winning shit.

I would agree.

:)

[peewee's lovechild]

I can guarantee you that Marshall Lynch won't be winning shit.

What other rookie has had a better season?

It can't be Peterson because he won't be finishing the season.

[monosylab1k]

What other rookie has had a better season?

It can't be Peterson because he won't be finishing the season.
Either way, Marshall Lynch won't be winning rookie of the year.

[exstatic]

What other rookie has had a better season?

It can't be Peterson because he won't be finishing the season.
If you're still in the dark, they're yanking your chain. It's Marshawn Lynch.

[J.T.]

How in the fuck do you TEAR a KNEE LIGAMENT and not need surgery, much less expect to continue playing in the same season in which you tore it???

I've heard differing reports, some calling it a LCL sprain and others calling it a LCL tear. Either way, AP seemed optimistic when he talked about it to the press. If it's a Grade I or II tear he could come back, if it's a Grade III, I would put him on IR.

I was going to be fucked in Fantasy but I just traded Brian Griese and Stephen Gostkowski for Clinton Portis! So in effect my preseason trade of Portis and Lee Evans for Manning is now just Lee Evans for Manning. I'm getting away with highway robbery here!

[J.T.]

Oh and I think AP still wins ROY with his single game rushing record and league best 1081 yards right now.

[peewee's lovechild]

I've heard differing reports, some calling it a LCL sprain and others calling it a LCL tear. Either way, AP seemed optimistic when he talked about it to the press. If it's a Grade I or II tear he could come back, if it's a Grade III, I would put him on IR.

I was going to be fucked in Fantasy but I just traded Brian Griese and Stephen Gostkowski for Clinton Portis! So in effect my preseason trade of Portis and Lee Evans for Manning is now just Lee Evans for Manning. I'm getting away with highway robbery here!

What retard did you make that trade with??

Two QB who won't be playing anytime soon for Portis???

Fuck, how do I get in your league next year?

[peewee's lovechild]

If you're still in the dark, they're yanking your chain. It's Marshawn Lynch.

Cocksuckers.

Well, I've never given a shit about the Bills.

It's better than saying John Lynch.

Anyway, I think Marshawn Lynch takes ROY.

[peewee's lovechild]

Oh and I think AP still wins ROY with his single game rushing record and league best 1081 yards right now.

Not going to happen is he doesn't finish out the season.

[J.T.]

What retard did you make that trade with??

Two QB who won't be playing anytime soon for Portis???

Fuck, how do I get in your league next year?

I made the trade with the dude in last place, he had nothing to lose because he already can't make playoffs in our league and maybe he was feeling nice yesterday and decided to help me out because I'm in 3rd and need the help with AP out right now. I've done pretty good with trades and FA pickups, the team I drafted would have sucked ass. But with Peyton, Randy Moss, AP and the Titans D, anyone would be kicking ass in their league.

It's also comforting that another dude in our league had his team named "New England Patriots" and I made a crack about enjoying seeing the "Patriots" with the same record as the NY Jets and he promptly changed his team's name a few hours later.

[J.T.]

Anyway, I think Marshawn Lynch takes ROY.

Didn't he tweak his ankle or something last week too?

[monosylab1k]

Not going to happen is he doesn't finish out the season.
Can Lynch do anything in a full season that will surpass what Peterson has done in half of one? Just because he has more yards doesn't mean much.

[monosylab1k]

I made the trade with the dude in last place, he had nothing to lose because he already can't make playoffs in our league.
I fucking hate assholes that do that. Props to you on getting a great deal tho.

[J.T.]

Can Lynch do anything in a full season that will surpass what Peterson has done in half of one? Just because he has more yards doesn't mean much.

Survey says, no.

[J.T.]

I fucking hate assholes that do that. Props to you on getting a great deal tho.

One year in fantasy basketball, two guys were trying to make an extremely lopsided trade and several people, myself included, vetoed it. I don't remember what the trade was but I'd liken it to trading Beno for Tony Parker... something where someone's getting screwed hard and either doesn't know it or doesn't care.

Anyway, the dude that would have benefited from that trade wasn't happy, and since this was a league that we were doing at work, he talked to a few of the guys and got them on board to veto everyone else's trades for the rest of the season and sure enough if you tried to make a trade, it was vetoed in a matter of hours.

I don't remember how he fared in the playoffs other than he lost, but I didn't qualify for the playoffs a few days before they started, I dumped my lineup except for Spurs players and filled my roster with Spurs FAs. Normally I wouldn't do something like that since I still had to play the consolation bracket, but getting your work buddies to fuck people out of making legit trades is pretty low.