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Onion Report: Adrian Peterson Re-Tears ACL In Preparation for 2013 Season

Found January 22, 2013 on Purple Jesus Diaries: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Adrian Peterson,  Phil Loadholt,  Christian Ponder,  Leslie Frazier
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings
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Lauded sports journalist source, The Onion, has broken an exclusive story about one of the Minnesota Vikings - and the NFL's - most popular players, running back Adrian Peterson. In a statement released this week, Peterson has confirmed that in order to be prepared for the 2013 NFL season, ready to come back better than ever and not only break Eric Dickerson's single season rushing record but to CRUSH it, he has intentionally tore the LCL and PCL in his knee in hopes that a repeat of the injury will bring a repeat of 2012's success From the breaking news report: Hoping to improve upon the remarkable feat of rushing for the second most yards in NFL history a year after tearing his ACL in the final week of 2011, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson announced Sunday that he has intentionally torn his ACL again and will undergo reconstructive knee surgery later this week. “It worked last year on the left knee, so I’m trying the other one this yea...
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