Thread: Adrian Peterson's Injury: NOT ACL

According to Fox Sports, AP will have an MRI tomorrow, but the injury is not ACL related. Although, they are not ruling out ligament damage. This is good news, but any type of ligament damage is bad. I just breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that.

Best news I have heard all day. I would have bet my next paycheck his leg snapped when I first seen the hit.

I've never been happier to be wrong in my life
;D

According to Yahoosports it was a sprained knee (take it for what it's worth).

geeez that injury didnt look good, but hopefully its nothing too serious.
:-

If it is a sprain, then he tore a ligament. That is what a sprain is. The question will be which one, The ACL (ruled out?) MCL, the PCL or the LCL.

I tore 3 out of 4 in mine and it seems the LCL and the MCL are the ones that you can recover from better. The ACL will tear first before the PCL and if you tear both of those it is going to be a bad day.

Hopefully it will just be a slight tear of the mcl and he will just get immobilized for a short time and then return..


Also, it is not uncommon to find tears of the meniscus cartilage when the ACL or MCL are damaged so this could potentially show up on an MRI.. I pray it won't.

"UffDaVikes" wrote:

If it is a sprain, then he tore a ligament. That is what a sprain is. The question will be which one, The ACL (ruled out?) MCL, the PCL or the LCL.

I tore 3 out of 4 in mine and it seems the LCL and the MCL are the ones that you can recover from better. The ACL will tear first before the PCL and if you tear both of those it is going to be a bad day.

Hopefully it will just be a slight tear of the mcl and he will just get immobilized for a short time and then return..


Also, it is not uncommon to find tears of the meniscus cartilage when the ACL or MCL are damaged so this could potentially show up on an MRI.. I pray it won't.

A knee sprain is a knee injury, but it isn't necessarily a tear.
It can be a wrenched or twisted ligament as well, which is a lot better than a tear.

"PurpleMafia" wrote:

According to Fox Sports, AP will have an MRI tomorrow, but the injury is not ACL related. Although, they are not ruling out ligament damage. This is good news, but any type of ligament damage is bad. I just breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that.

I am from Oklahoma and AD hates to be called AP. His nickname is AD for all day.

"avshoeman" wrote:

"PurpleMafia" wrote:

According to Fox Sports, AP will have an MRI tomorrow, but the injury is not ACL related. Although, they are not ruling out ligament damage. This is good news, but any type of ligament damage is bad. I just breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that.

I am from Oklahoma and AD hates to be called AP. His nickname is AD for all day.

Well today he did nothing All Day except watch Favre throw all over the field and take some hits.


I call him A.P. when I go to the bar and he runs for a TD.
I will change it if he breaks Dickersons record.
I will call him A.D. after that.

You gotta earn it baby!

How could it be his knee? The announcer kept saying he was hit in the thigh..........idiot!

I could tell right away he was hit at the knee.


I'm just glad it wasn't more serious.

Good to hear, hopefully it's just bruising.