Comments on: Adrian Peterson plans to start running by the end of the month http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 17:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: illogic87 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583805 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:00:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583805 I listened to the interview live and I didnt hear him say anywhere in it that he plans on runnings by the end of the month.

]]> By: axespray http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583402 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:28:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583402 Dude should do it in Russia and start bench pressing trees or something, Rocky IV style!

]]> By: athleticmedic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583256 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:14:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583256 @pitt4059

Once again, it’s difficult to comment on specifics without being on the inside…

@eyeamlegend

AP tore both the ACL and the MCL…I wonder if the difference between AP and Mendenhall might be a meniscal repair, which may be the reason Mendenhall is out all year though I don’t know for sure…there must be more damage with Mendenhall is my guess

]]> By: bzeller http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583204 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:44:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583204 Right Dr, Pitt……AP probably best athlete in the NFL and you know all this how ???

]]> By: dbellina http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583151 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:02:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583151 Do I really need to state the obvious that Adrian Peterson is the man?

]]> By: pitt4059 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583149 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:00:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583149 No way he’s ready 100% for the start of the season. No running back with that kind of injury that late in the season would be ready by the first game. I don’t care what Wes Welker did, he’s not taking the kind of punishment a RB takes. At best, he’s a part time player at some point next season. He’s only fooling himself thinking he’s on track to be 100% at the start of 2012.

Sorry for being honest!

]]> By: dabreesknees http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583132 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:44:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583132 Wow it’s quite a rarity to see that ALL the comments about a specific individual are positive. Great guy.

]]> By: eyeamlegend http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583115 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:32:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583115 Good Luck AP. Question though: How is he gonna be back for the season but they’re saying Mendenhall is out the ENTIRE year, did Rashard tear ACL & MCL?

]]> By: blaz0037 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583081 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:16:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583081 why is he this anxious to get back with a team who doesn’t know how to use him . win with him and fail on all other levels of the NFL

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Bitter much?

]]> By: athleticmedic http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583021 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:51:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583021 Pretty darn hard to comment on the situation without knowing specifics…jogging in a straight line is biomechanically easy on the ACL so that is my guess as to what he will be doing at the end of the month. Quite possibly on a gym floor to start (don’t have to worry about uneven terrain)…the 12 week “rule” is constantly being challenged, especially in high end athletes..

Good Luck AP!

]]> By: TeamBalco http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1583010 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:43:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1583010 He’s still commands a first round trade value.

]]> By: johnnycash19 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582851 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:09:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582851 Running? Maybe straight line, but no cutting or anything, even then its a stretch. You’re not suppose to do any straight line running/jogging until 12 weeks after surgery because the graft still has to get strong enough. Unless Peterson heals faster than the normal person, I don’t think is going to happen. Maybe by mid March.

]]> By: ruvelligwebuike http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582816 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582816 The Vikings organization is a joke, but I have to admit I really like this guy. He’s an absolute monster. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a guy run that hard in my life.

]]> By: canadianvikingfaniii http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582808 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:46:32 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582808 This is great news! Nothing hurt more during that dreadful season than watching Adrian Peterson be lost for the rest of the season. It was heartbreaking for the guy, he constantly just plays flat out like the game should be played. Through good and bad teams.

Hell if he wasn’t injured and in the pro bowl he would have been the only reason to watch.

Good luck AP, hope to see you at 100%.

]]> By: chowface86 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582773 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:31:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582773 And with this Lorenzo Booker is off to the IFL.

]]> By: mclovin07 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582755 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:18:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582755 Good for AP. Guy is a class act.

]]> By: bullcharger http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582748 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:10:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582748 ACL tears clearly aren’t the career killers they once were. Look what Welker did a few years ago missing only one playoff game with an ACL and then back for the start of the next season. With the fitness AP has I would think he’ll be back to start the season.

]]> By: tombradyallday http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582739 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:00:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582739 best back in the business

]]> By: ajcard929 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582736 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:57:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582736 man took me 4 months to start running after my surgery – but i tore acl, mcl and meniscus

ap is a monster

]]> By: thankheavenfornumberseven http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582734 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:56:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582734 When they make the movie about his life, this is the part where they do the musical montage of him going through his rehab. At the end of the montage, he’ll be running full speed past a guy who clicks his stopwatch and pumps his fist. The movie ends with Adrian holding the Super Bowl MVP trophy while embracing Leslie Frazier.

]]> By: contra74 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582732 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:53:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582732 frankgarrett says:
Feb 17, 2012 12:25 PM
why is he this anxious to get back with a team who doesn’t know how to use him . win with him and fail on all other levels of the NFL
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He does it for the same reason you go to your worthless 9 to 5 (are you employed!?) except he makes a lot more than you.

]]> By: oranjellojones http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582729 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:48:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582729 Good for AP, it’s a tough road no doubt. I feel simpatico with him to a degree. I blew mine out (nasty turfmonster!) as well as tearing both the medial and anterior edges of my meniscus and had Surgery on Jan 11. I can identify with having to hold back…when the muscle finally starts to regenerate it’s awful tough to not work it. I can only imagine how much worse it’d be if I was a professional athlete in my prime.

One thing on being “100%” though…I think the biggest reason it takes these guys 2 years to recover is the degree of atrophy that takes place in the muscles, especially the quad. It’s literally stunning and takes much longer to regenerate than the tendons do to recover. If he’s anywhere near his old self in 8 months then he’s literally a man among boys. I’m on the same recovery rate at this stage he is (I’ll be running by first week of March) and although I’ll certainly be running and even racing again by this fall, running like I was before the blowout, no way, it’ll take months more to get to that level again.

]]> By: kilo0986 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582723 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:44:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582723 Man this dude, iron man for sure

]]> By: kwoodc http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582716 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:39:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582716 Cue comments from every fantasy football nerd on this site…

]]> By: frankdatank23 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582715 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:38:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582715 wow, it looked like his knee was destroyed on that hit. here’s hoping he’s back to 100 % come september.

]]> By: orakpownd http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582711 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:35:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582711 Fletch.

]]> By: sportsreporterusa http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582708 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:30:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582708 How can you not admire the heart, character and determination of AD. He’s already running?

This guy is a true warrior who deserves to get a shot to play and win a Super Bowl.

Keep on working AD. We’ll see you on Opening Day.

]]> By: sportsmeccabi http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582699 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:25:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582699 So much for Peyton being a lock for comeback player of the year.

]]> By: frankgarrett http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582697 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582697 why is he this anxious to get back with a team who doesn’t know how to use him . win with him and fail on all other levels of the NFL

]]> By: themonster49 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/17/adrian-peterson-plans-to-start-running-by-the-end-of-the-month/#comment-1582698 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=262587#comment-1582698 Good luck Adrian Peterson. I’m rooting for seeing you on the field again. Nobody is currently like you.

After they aired that short special during the season (was it during a game?) about Adrian Peterson and why he decided to focus on becoming the greatest athlete in the game, I took a good look at his body’s condition and his movements on the field. That guy is the real deal.

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