Adrian Peterson has a torn meniscus

[Patler]

according to this report:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...cus-right-knee

[gbgary]

torn cartilage means he'll need to be scoped. he won't play for a couple of weeks or more i bet.

[Harlan Huckleby]

You have to wonder if it is retirement time for AP. He is beat up, not the same guy. He did have a spectacular comeback from major surgery, but he might be hitting a wall.

[Harlan Huckleby]

torn cartilage means he'll need to be scoped. he won't play for a couple of weeks or more i bet.

The way he has been playing, there is no need to rush him back on the field.

[hoosier]

You have to wonder if it is retirement time for AP. He is beat up, not the same guy. He did have a spectacular comeback from major surgery, but he might be hitting a wall.

One is only as old as one feels. Chronology is a poor measure of greatness. Marcus Allen played till he was 37, no reason AP cannot go another six years.

[Smidgeon]

You have to wonder if it is retirement time for AP. He is beat up, not the same guy. He did have a spectacular comeback from major surgery, but he might be hitting a wall.

Before the injury on Sunday, I was wondering the same thing.

[Harlan Huckleby]

One is only as old as one feels. Chronology is a poor measure of greatness. Marcus Allen played till he was 37, no reason AP cannot go another six years.

heee heee heee. Proof is in the pudding. So far its been lumpy pudding this year. I guess I see Peterson so depending on power and his frantic energy that it makes it seem like he is playing a young man's hand. He runs over people, takes hits. Of course Walter Payton also was superhuman and played to 57 or so. I'd hate to see Peterson hang-on as just an average back.

[Cheesehead Craig]

AP wants to be paid like a superstar though, that may be why he ends up out of the league. I don't see him as a hanger-on in a limited role. He wants to be the star back and won't take anything less.

[Rastak]

AP wants to be paid like a superstar though, that may be why he ends up out of the league. I don't see him as a hanger-on in a limited role. He wants to be the star back and won't take anything less.

That very well could be.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I agree with the Marcus Allen comparison.

When the Switch Hitter's speed is gone and his youth, withered, he could still make a great short yardage back. Unlike Lacy and Starks, AP knows-and will certainly still know in the future-how to gain a yard when a yard is needed against an 11-men boxing defense.

[pbmax]

heee heee heee. Proof is in the pudding. So far its been lumpy pudding this year. I guess I see Peterson so depending on power and his frantic energy that it makes it seem like he is playing a young man's hand. He runs over people, takes hits. Of course Walter Payton also was superhuman and played to 57 or so. I'd hate to see Peterson hang-on as just an average back.

Marcus Allen sat on the Raider bench for three years as Al Davis refused to play him after he asked for a new contract. He was on ice, not injured like AP.

Waiting for the next Walter Payton would be like waiting for the next Jim Brown. Good luck.

[Cheesehead Craig]

AP is getting surgery to repair it. Will be out 3-4 weeks.

[vince]

AP is getting surgery to repair it. Will be out 3-4 weeks.

3-4 MONTHS I'm reading...

[Cheesehead Craig]

Whoops, my bad. It is months. Not sure why the hell I typed weeks.

I think his time in MN is done. Too injury prone and making too much $$.

[hoosier]

Yeah, he carries an $18M cap hit for 2017. Zero chance that the Vikings keep him at that price.