Adrian Peterson is expected to start for the Minnesota Vikings and be ready to go against the Detroit Lions despite an illness that dropped his availability to questionable on Saturday, according to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
Adrian Peterson expected to play despite downgrade to questionable
The Vikings running back is dealing with an illness, but should be good to go on Sunday.
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Adam Schefter of ESPN first reported on Saturday that Peterson was dealing with an illness that dropped him to questionable, but Florio says that Peterson was listed as questionable just in case the illness got worse on Sunday. The Vikings scratched defensive end Everson Griffen last week with an illness, despite not listing him on the injury report at all, so the team likely wanted to avoid a possible punishment for shady injury report practices in consecutive weeks.
Peterson, 30, bounced back from a slow start to the season with a combined 260 yards in Weeks 2 and 3, but struggled against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 6, finishing with just 60 yards on 26 rushing attempts.
Only Chris Ivory, Todd Gurley and Le'Veon Bell are averaging more rushing yards per game than Peterson, who should see the ball often against Detroit. The 1-5 Lions are No. 29 in points allowed, No. 26 against the run and have allowed an NFL-most 10 rushing touchdowns.
Peterson needs just 22 rushing yards to pass Ricky Watters for No. 22 on the NFL’s all-time rushing leaderboard and is No. 14 all-time in rushing touchdowns with 89.
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