Adrian Peterson, Five Months After Tearing His ACL and MCL, Wins Races Against Teammates
Adrian Peterson tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee on Christmas Eve last year. According to Tom Pellisero, while Peterson was rehabbing at the team facility, he noticed that some of his teammates weren’t running as hard as they could. From head coach Leslie Frazier:
“He says, ‘You know, I don’t think they’re running hard enough.’ Eric [Sugarman, the trainer] allowed him to go out and run with them, and he passed them four different times. He finished in first four different times.”
How great is that? The best player, coming off a serious injury, showing teammates how to work tirelessly to try to get back. He still has a long road ahead to be ready for the season opener. According to Frazier, Peterson has been doing straight ahead running for a month, and recently started some cutting but will need to work on the cutting next. He’s got more than three months to get to top shape.
In case you missed it from last weekend, I discussed Adrian Peterson and where I would have him ranked in fantasy football given the injury, depending on when he is able to return. I am apparently optimistic, but in light of news like this, I don’t think betting on Peterson is a bad wager. I like going with elite talent, and if this is one sign that he will be ready to start the opener, I don’t think that 4-6 range at running back is ridiculous, even coming off the injury.
[photo via US Presswire]
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May 25th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Beast. Wish he played for a good team.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
This dude is a beast. I instantly thought of that “Team Leader” post from a week or so ago and have come to the conclusion that this dude has it.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Wish he played for a good team
Me too
May 25th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
absolute freak of nature.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
A freaky beast of nature.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
If that’s not good news, then I don’t know what is.
/my wife is brigning home ribs for dinner
//I’m all boned up about it
May 25th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
It’s a sign of nothing. Running in a straight line doesn’t show anything about his ACL and MCL. If he’d won a shuttle or something then yeah, but this is like if a guy tore his bicep then won a squat contest.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Awesome story.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
while there’s merit to that, it does show something about his leadership and determination to get back to the level he was playing at. it seems every NFL RB is an athletic marvel…that type of dtermination is a great characteristic to have when you’re that athletic.
he’s a fumbly sweetness.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Not at all…there is significant muscle atrophy after surgery…this may not say much to the stability and regeneration of his ACL (not sure if it was an allograft or from his own hip)…but this bodes very well for the surrounding musculature.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
In summary: The rest of the Vikings are pretty shitty.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Its hard not to like Adrian Peterson, even when he is destroying your team.
/Cardinals passed on ADP for LEVI FREAKING BROWN
May 25th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
1 fumble in each of the last 2 years. (1 lost total)
May 25th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
J.R. Smith winning? Gets arrested in South Beach. Nicely done.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
yea he’s getting better…i like how ‘fumbly’ rolls off the tongue tho.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Yep. Let’s see him do this without dropping a ball and making a cut without going McGahee.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Oh, I’m not questioning his leadership, that’s great, but him doing stuff like this could also backfire. I’m sure you’ve never heard of Deontae Cooper, but he was the top RB from California a couple years ago. He tore his ACL two years ago, then when he came back last offseason, he was killing his teammates in the straight line stuff, so he rushed his rehab and started cutting too early and tore it again. It’s definitely good that AD can do this, but doesn’t mean he’s ahead of schedule on his rehab.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
GUY DOES HIS JOB HE’S GETTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO, SHOCKING VIDEO AT ELEVEN
May 25th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Who do you think is faster today in a 60-yard dash: AP or Randy Moss?
May 25th, 2012 at 10:54 AM
even if he was ahead, vikes doc’s wouldn’t let him go too crazy. id like to think he’d be handled a little more carefully considering the financial invesment made in him compared to an RB at cal.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Straight line, homey!
May 25th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
NFL teams are notoriously cautious in easing people back from injury.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Whats not mentioned here is the guys he was running against were offensive lineman.
/actually not sure if this is true
May 25th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I GUESS NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT RIBS ANYMORE
May 25th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I’ve been in a movie score youtube vortex since reading the roundup…
Here’s a live version of “Time”…pretty awesome.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
moss.
im cyincal…what can i say? i know id be sitting on my rapidly en-fattening ass if i had his paycheck.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
It’s definitely good that AD can do this, but doesn’t mean he’s ahead of schedule on his rehab.
If the Vikings are good at anything, it’s returning players from knee surgery back to the field in a healthy condition. E.J. Henderson and others can attest to this.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
they are when they’re that invested in the player…it’s not like he’s a practice squad RB. im sure he wants to be out there in a much more involved capacity.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
How much for one rib?
May 25th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
my wife is brigning home ribs for dinner
From a nice local establishment, I assume and not a chain?
May 25th, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Beast freak.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
You think the top RB in California would choose to go to Cal? Please. UW.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
So good. That whole soundtrack is incredible.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
my wife is brigning home ribs for dinner
My wife’s headed to the beach with a friend while I watch 12 yr old baseball all weekend. Hoping to score Brave tix for Monday.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Jahvid Best turned down UW for Cal and is from Berkeley sooooooo….
May 25th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
You got it. This guy works a full-time job, and has a huge smoker that he drags around on the weekends and does fairly large events. It’s him and his two brothers, and they can smoke the hell outta some meat…. just like Beekeeper Ben.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
but what does jim brown think about AP?
May 25th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
hope you’ve got a kid in those games, otherwise that’s the creepiest post ever written on this site.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
love that theme.
/hate when musicians do the “look how into this i am” eyes closed, body rockin shit…looked forced in that vid
//good link regardless…being nitpicky asshole
May 25th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Hoping to score Brave tix for Monday.
is that a hot ticket, even with their success and the holiday weekend?
also, ribs are like jambalaya..different each place you go
May 25th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Whoa.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
also, ribs are like jambalaya..different each place you go
It seems like you could say this about most types of food.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
they can smoke the hell outta some meat
Where is this?
May 25th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
kaiser comes in flying off the top rope with an elbow drop!
May 25th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
i got some bad food poisoning from Ribs a couple years ago, it’s ruined eating ribs since then for me.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
That’s a good way to re-injure the knee AD.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
hope you’ve got a kid in those games, otherwise that’s the creepiest post ever written on this site.
Ewww yes. Yeah – my kid’s travel team. Thanks for asking so I could un-creep everyone.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Hey man, it’s all pink on the inside.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Chris Jericho almost got arrested in Brazil for this http://goo.gl/rQJcb
May 25th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
i didn’t have time to type in most types of food, assmonkey
May 25th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Just took $50 on the Skins 6.5 over.
/Starts drinking the winnings today
May 25th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
i happened across the Entourage with tom brady and mark wahlberg last night…dillon wearing the plus-fours at the course
i figured you guys a had a good time with that one when it came out
/not an entourage fan
May 25th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Being from Berkeley is an exception, but hey, Berkeley’s a great place if you like hairy chicks and not winning championships, but the top guys go to USC, and when they want to leave they go to UW.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Hoping to score Brave tix for Monday.
is that a hot ticket, even with their success and the holiday weekend?
I don’t worry too much – I have an inside guy that can get them. If I bring his kids and my kids, I can usually get any game I want.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Just took $50 on the Skins 6.5 over.
/Starts drinking the winnings today
where soused? that 8.5 on the bears made me horny
May 25th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
is that a hot ticket
But I also just checked online and there are seats available.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
For a Braves game?
/monocle shatters
May 25th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Why does every conversation come back to vaginas?
May 25th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
May 25th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Hey man, it’s all pink on the inside.
Sounds like you could approach picking up women the same way.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Snead, Alabama
May 25th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Berkeley’s a great place if you like hairy chicks
i don’t mind a 70s/80s bush, but if you’re referring to underarm or nipple or leg, i’m out
/but blond hairs on a tan thigh….can be acceptable
May 25th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
i don’t mind a 70s/80s bush
Then you’ll find this interesting: http://egotastic.com/photos/sarah-silverman-and-michelle-williams-full-frontal-nekkid-in-take-this-waltz/michelle-williams-sarah-silverman-last-waltz-04/full-size/#imagetop
NSFW
May 25th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
why would anyone want to see sarah silverman naked?
i get the impression she purposely avoids soap just to get a laugh about her odor making people uncomfortable.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
why would anyone want to see sarah silverman naked?
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
i’m not sure i’m happy to see sarah naked. i ama big fan of her look in her main standup show jesus is magic’ and her TV show (her sister is kinda fine too), but she appears to be a big girl
i’d still let her have me but now I’d keep her waiting
May 25th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
“Wow, Sarah, you’re SOOO edgy!”
/said no one
May 25th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Fuck the cup, put it in my hand for a dime
May 25th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Same here…but no more.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Michelle Williams, however, can get it.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Snead, Alabama
And you have internet? You must be the town mayor or “Boss-Hog”-like. Well done.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Straight up with a friend.
Which side of the bears did you like? My brother wanted a communal vegas bet total $160 on the bears under. I did not want it they play Indy, STL, Jac, Sea, Minn, Minn, Arizona.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
over on bears soused
May 25th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
I think the appeal to them on the bears under was that Jay Cutler has a jerk face and they wanted to bet against it. Not often I am the sober voice of reason.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:37 AM
What I like about “Time” is that it was this piece that was the sum of all these tiny elements introduced throughout the film, whereas some movie’s themes are presented early – repeated, reduced, etc. An unorthodox but perfectly executed statement by Zimmer.
Fuckin boss.
May 25th, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Not often I am the sober voice of reason.
sober or reasonable?
i just dont see besides the o-line where the problem is. as you showed, the sked lines up, qb has a shiny new weapon and an OC and qb coach he likes, defense may be aging but still decent. i need to find a way to bet that
May 25th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
I would too if I lived in Minnesota and has Christian Ponder as my quarterback.