The Viking Age » eric sugarman http://thevikingage.com A Minnesota Vikings Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Adrian Peterson Has Torn ACL, Recovery Time 8-9 Months http://thevikingage.com/2011/12/26/adrian-peterson-has-torn-acl-recovery-time-8-9-months/ http://thevikingage.com/2011/12/26/adrian-peterson-has-torn-acl-recovery-time-8-9-months/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:49:42 +0000 Dan Zinski http://thevikingage.com/?p=7834 The Vikings’ head trainer Eric Sugarman just got done addressing the media on Adrian Peterson’s situation. Sugarman confirmed that Peterson tore his ACL and MCL. The running back is scheduled to have surgery in the next 7-10 days with the surgeon yet-to-be-determined. The recovery time from such an injury is normally 8-9 months, but Sugarman [...]

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]]> The Vikings’ head trainer Eric Sugarman just got done addressing the media on Adrian Peterson’s situation. Sugarman confirmed that Peterson tore his ACL and MCL. The running back is scheduled to have surgery in the next 7-10 days with the surgeon yet-to-be-determined. The recovery time from such an injury is normally 8-9 months, but Sugarman went out of his way to remind everyone that every case is different. Sugarman says Peterson has the DNA and work ethic to recover more quickly than expected and that there’s a shot for him to make it back by week 1 in 2012.

It’s pretty obvious what the company line on this is going to be: Peterson is a physical freak and fans shouldn’t worry about him being able to make a full recovery. It’s all fine-and-good to say that but the fact is we don’t know how Peterson’s recovery will go. Maybe he’ll one day return to his prior form but it’s more likely that when he does get back on the field he will be a diminished player. It’s just one more tough situation for a team that has had more than its share of issues the last couple years.

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]]> The venerable and occasionally-coherent Sid Hartman reports that Vikings head trainer Eric Sugarman visited the Object of Our Eternal Fascination on Wednesday to see how his arm is progressing seven weeks out from his surgery.  No official report from the Vikings but a source told Hartman that Favre‘s surgery has been deemed a complete success, which would tend to indicate that Brett is a go for the start of training camp on July 31.

Another report from the other day said the Vikings have begun tweaking their playbook for Favre.  Also, a whole corner of the locker room is being walled off and soundproofed so Brett can have his private time with the Almighty.  Yeah, Brett talks with God a lot.  Reggie White introduced them and they’ve been great buddies ever since.

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