The newest addition to the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive backfield went under the knife on Wednesday to repair an injured ankle.
Less than a week after signing him, new Minnesota Vikings running back Latavius Murray is already on the injury report. Well okay, not exactly.
The team announced on Wednesday that Murray underwent surgery to repair an apparent injury to his ankle. In their announcement, the team specified the surgery as, “successful,” (not really sure when a team has ever announced an unsuccessful surgery before though).
Statement from the #Vikings on @LataviusM's surgery https://t.co/vnliBKwCsF pic.twitter.com/xWdgXhYSjL
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) March 22, 2017
The running back is expected to be fine and ready in time for training camp this summer. According to a number of reporters, Murray’s injury was known by the Vikings before the team decided to signed him.
#Vikings RB Latavius Murray had successful ankle surgery. This came up on visit physicals. He is expected to be available for training camp
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 22, 2017
#Vikings say they were aware of the surgery that would need to be done when Latavius Murray was signed last Thursday.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) March 22, 2017
It may be a little scary to hear about an injury to a player on the Vikings roster already this year (especially with the way their injury report looked like last season), but it is normal for players to have minor surgeries during the offseason like this one.
So basically the surgery should not be a concern to for the running back and his goals heading into the 2017 season. He should be plenty healthy to help Minnesota improve upon their league-worst rushing offense from a year ago.
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In other news, former Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is now 32-years-old and still without an NFL contract for the 2017 season.