Running back Adrian Peterson, who missed two days of practice last week because of a left thigh bruise, returned to practice today. He participated in some of the individual drills, but stayed on the sideline for the 11-on-11 portion of the fully-padded practice.
Peterson returns to practice; limited to individual drills
Running back Adrian Peterson, who missed two days of practice last week because of a left thigh bruise, returned to practice Monday.
August 17, 2015 at 9:58PM
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Peterson didn't play in Saturday's 26-16 preseason win over the Buccaneers. But he wouldn't have played even if he was healthy. He won't play until the regular season starts on Sept. 14 at San Francisco.
Other injury updates:
–Cornerback Josh Robinson (pectoral), tight end MyCole Pruitt (ankle), nose tackle Shamar Stephen (knee), offensive tackle Carter Bykowski (shoulder), safety Antone Exum (undisclosed) and obviously right tackle Phil Loadholt (Achilles) didn't practice.
–Returning to practice today were defensive end Scott Crichton and tight end Brandon Bostick.
–Offensive lineman David Yankey and linebacker Anthony Barr, neither of whom has played in the preseason, participated in practice today.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
