MVP Peterson has surgery to repairs hernia
Adrian Peterson, who nearly broke the National Football League's single-season rushing record last season during an MVP campaign, had surgery on Thursday to repair a sports hernia, the Minnesota Vikings said.
Peterson, who was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player for the 2012 season a year after suffering a torn knee ligament, is expected to make "a speedy recovery with no long-term concerns," the Vikings said in a statement.
Despite an injury that ****** the Vikings to list Peterson on their injury report in the final month of the 2012 season, Peterson kept playing and came within nine yards of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record set in 1984.
Peterson rushed for 199 yards in a victory over the Green Bay Packers that closed out the regular season and secured a play-off berth for the Vikings.