gbpfan1231 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 The draftnicks are gonna have a field day trying to figure out who the Vikings are gonna take in the draft now. Could be so bad they actually have a hard time deciding and actually run out of time and miss the turn - has this ever happened before??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 The draftnicks are gonna have a field day trying to figure out who the Vikings are gonna take in the draft now. Cue Trent Richardson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Cue Trent Richardson. beat me too it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcd480 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Could be so bad they actually have a hard time deciding and actually run out of time and miss the turn - has this ever happened before??? That's a low blow, kick us while were down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcd480 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 dailynorseman report with nice detail regarding acl tears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcd480 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 and a little shameless self promotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) Lose Peterson for who knows how long AND win the game and mess up draft position. Hohoho Merry Christmas. Edited December 25, 2011 by CaP'N GRuNGe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 happens often. The team just makes the pick when they have the pick to make. If the next team is on the clock, then whichever team turns in their card first gets that guy. They don't lose the pick, they just lose the exclusive right to select and share the rights with the next team up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondString Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Terrible, terrible news for AP and for the Vikes...sucks. That's primary, but for FF owners, it weakens next year's top tier RB pool too. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dope man Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 For the love of the game you hate to see a injury of this magnitude to such a great player in his prime.......he will more than likely never be the same......I know it was a totally different injury but it reminds me of when Bo Jackson got hurt and you just knew that so much greatness went out the window with the injury....... Here's to hoping that he makes a full recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 and a little shameless self promotion There goes your MH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 man that sucks for Minny. I really liked what I was seeing out of Ponder, and now he goes into next season with Ap probably on PUP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huzz Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Could be so bad they actually have a hard time deciding and actually run out of time and miss the turn - has this ever happened before??? Now that's just mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Just a terrible terrible thing to happen to an amazing athlete...He might never be the same again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsosi Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Thankfully for him he cashed on that big contract a few months ago. As a big AP fan I do fear this is the end of him as an elite RB. He has a lot of miles on hi m (1,400 caries) and this sounds like a devastating injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbpfan1231 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 happens often. The team just makes the pick when they have the pick to make. If the next team is on the clock, then whichever team turns in their card first gets that guy. They don't lose the pick, they just lose the exclusive right to select and share the rights with the next team up. Thx but I was being a bit sarcastic. Does suck for Minny - AP is a stud and fun runner to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Just a terrible terrible thing to happen to an amazing athlete...He might never be the same again This was what I was thinking. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonsoxandy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Wait, hold the phone. Why would they take Trent Richardson when they still have AP?!? I mean sure he misses a portion of next season but he just signed a gigantic 6-year contract last off-season. He's 26 and the best running back in the NFL. The Vikings have so many others needs, why would they take another RB when they have the best RB in the league, and also Gerhart who has shown he can carry the load until AP recovers. I think their big board has to look like 1. Luck 2. Kalil 3. Blackmon 4, Robert Woods 5. Richardson or RGIII or Barkley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 and a little shameless self promotion loaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooknladder Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) HomeSportsVikings/NFL Peterson facing long recovery Article by: DAN WIEDERER , Star Tribune Updated: December 26, 2011 - 10:22 AM Did this one fluke play in a meaningless game late in a terrible season signal a premature decline for one of the most electric playmakers in team history? Adrian Peterson was helped off the field Saturday. . He seemed lost, in a daze like never before. Balancing on crutches in the visitor's locker room of FedEx Field on Saturday evening, Adrian Peterson didn't really know what to say. He had yet to undergo the MRI that would later reveal major ligament damage in his left knee, an ACL tear with MCL problems also likely. But it was clear from Peterson's blank expression that he had seen his future flash before his eyes. He seemed depressed. Confused. A little scared even. Before even saying a word, Peterson stared into the carpet and let his lips rumble with exasperation. No one in the Vikings' locker room would say it. But the vibe was apparent, that one monstrous unanswerable question hovering in the air like stale cigar smoke: Had we seen the last of Adrian Peterson? Not in the sense that Peterson never will play again. No one in the Vikings organization has the stomach to even consider that fate at this early stage of the injury. But if and when Peterson can return to action, will this injury sap him of his trademark explosiveness? Did this one fluke play in a meaningless game late in a terrible season signal a premature decline for one of the most electric playmakers in team history? It's far too early to foster much of an educated guess. But the fact these questions are being asked should give one a sense of the situation's gravity and a better understanding of the suffering Peterson seemed to be experiencing Christmas Eve. After all, if you thought the hit he took from DeJon Gomes looked bad, with Peterson's knee buckling and turning in all the wrong directions, you should have felt the pain that came with it. "Was it as bad as it looked? Yeah," Peterson said. "Especially initially, the pain was very severe." Now comes the mental agony, too, that paralyzing uncertainty of what's next, the curiosity surrounding the recovery timetable. The range of possibilities is wide. Yes, the most optimistic Vikings fans will gravitate toward the belief that this is merely a minor setback for a star as tough as Peterson. They'll immediately reference Wes Welker. After all, the Patriots receiver tore both his ACL and MCL on Jan. 3, 2010. Yet, miraculously he was back playing full-time by the middle of the preseason 8 1/2 months later. Less than two years removed from that injury, Welker appears to be better than ever, leading the NFL with 116 receptions and having set a Patriots single-season record for receiving yards (1,518 and counting). That has to provide a nice ray of hope for Peterson, right? "I'm going to try to stay as positive as I possibly can," he promised Saturday. Still, the pessimist line is swelling with concrete examples that validate the worst fears. Remember the catastrophic knee injury quarterback Daunte Culpepper suffered at Carolina early in the 2005 season? At the time, he was a 28-year-old budding superstar coming off a Pro Bowl season during which he set a new NFL record for yards from scrimmage. Then, after one fluke play, he plummeted from game-changing to ordinary. Yes, Culpepper stuck around the NFL for the next four seasons. But he was never the same, physically weakened and just a little uncertain of his knee's strength. After that injury, Culpepper started only 20 games for three different teams over four seasons and was last seen playing for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. So yeah, the naysayers see Welker's impressive recovery pushed to the center of the conversation but quickly raise you a Culpepper, a Keith Millard, a Terrell Davis, a Jamal Anderson, a Cadillac Williams and a Robert Edwards, all players whose blown knees stole their dynamic abilities right in their prime. Davis, like Peterson, was in his fifth NFL season at the time he blew his knee out in 1999. A former MVP and two-time Super Bowl champ, he was never a difference-maker again, plagued by knee problems plus additional injuries and playing only 13 more games in 2000 and 2001 before calling it quits. No wonder Peterson seemed so crestfallen Saturday, struggling to come to grips with what had just happened. He knew the injury was bad. Perhaps, even worse, he understood it will take an incredibly long time to determine just how bad. What a year. On Sept. 10, on the Vikings' first road trip this season, Peterson was given a seven-year contract extension worth $100 million. The future seemed bright. Fifteen weeks later, on the final trip of 2011, he absorbed a career-threatening knee injury, suddenly lined up for surgery, a grueling rehabilitation process and an immediate future with so much doubt attached. .......could this be the end of the line? Edited December 26, 2011 by hooknladder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditkaless Wonders Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 He is a hard man to dislike, and with his work ethic, harder still to discount. Still, that was an ugly injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Cue Trent Richardson. Toby Gerhart hasn't looked too bad, has he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) Why would IND take Luck when Peyton could play another 6-7 years? Because he likely won't and could be done as early as next year and Luck is, on paper at least, the best QB to come out in some time, perhaps since Manning. Toby Gerhart hasn't looked too bad, has he? Can't say but is "not bad" good enough? Edited December 26, 2011 by BeeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 for AP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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