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Peterson: 'I'll be ready'

Minnesota Vikings
12/01/2007 8:27 AM
The Pioneer Press reports RB Adrian Peterson made it through a full week of practice in good shape Friday, and the Vikings' rookie star said he's good to go for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions. Peterson, who tore the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee Nov. 11 at Green Bay, said he experienced some soreness during the week but no more than expected and is anxious to get the first contact out of the way. "I'm thinking, how would it feel if I hit it?" he said. "With the brace and everything, it's not that I would reinjure it. Just how would it feel when somebody hit it? It's not going to slow me down - I'm going to be out there going full speed - but that's something you're going to think about." Read more