Vikings running back Adrian Peterson said he is "light years" ahead of where he was when he started rehabilitating his surgically repaired left knee. And he has no doubt he will be ready when Minnesota opens the season Sept. 9 against the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Metrodome.
Minimal recovery from an ACL tear typically is six months. Nineteen weeks into his rehabilitation, Peterson met Twin Cities media Wednesday, May 9, along with Vikings head trainer Eric Sugarman.
"I've been ahead of the schedule since day one," Peterson said. "The staff here, the staff down in Houston, they've been doing a great job with just pushing me, pushing me, but having that limit on it and knowing that, 'Hey, Adrian, I know you want to do this, but you've just got to play it slow and it will come.' "