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Vikings: Adrian Peterson will have surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus, putting his season and perhaps his 10-year run with Minnesota in question.

But the Vikings have held off for now on placing the franchise’s all-time leading rusher on injured reserve.

Peterson was hurt in Sunday night’s victory over Green Bay, needing assistance off the field after his knee twisted while being tackled at the end of a run. He has only 50 yards on 31 attempts this season.

Peterson told ESPN on Wednesday morning that the type of tear he was diagnosed with typically requires a minimum recovery time of three to four months. But Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said the timetable for Peterson’s return won’t be clear until after the procedure.

“Everything is possible,” Zimmer said. “It could be season ending. It could be three weeks, four weeks. I don’t know.”

Peterson made a swift recovery from a torn ACL in his left knee suffered in the second-to-last game of the 2011 season. He came back with a flourish and won the league MVP award the next year with 2,097 yards rushing. He led the NFL in rushing again last season, but he’s 31 now with a contract that might not make financial sense in its current state for the Vikings to carry next year.

The Vikings (2-0) signed running back Ronnie Hillman, who was on Denver’s Super Bowl-winning team last season. Jerick McKinnon will start on Sunday at defending NFC champion Carolina, and Matt Asiata has proven to be a capable backup.

Already without quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who went down with a massive knee injury on Aug. 30 during a routine practice drill, the Vikings must also move on without their starting left tackle Matt Kalil.

Kalil was placed on injured reserve with a lingering hip problem that he played through in the first two games. He will require surgery that Zimmer said the team believes will be season ending. T.J. Clemmings will start in his place.

The Vikings haven’t given up on their chase for a championship, though. Sam Bradford had a brilliant debut against the Packers in Bridgewater’s place, and McKinnon and Asiata were a relatively productive tandem in 2014 when Peterson was sidelined during the fallout from a child abuse case.

“They’re resilient. They’re tough. They’re competitive,” Zimmer said. “Obviously we’ve had a few setbacks, but I think we can go back to last year and think about some of the things that happened. We’re not the type of team that’s going to sit back and cry about what’s happened. We’re going to go forward. Try, like I’ve said before, to find a way.”

Jets: Cornerback Darrelle Revis says a report that he came to training camp “out of shape” and is contributing to his struggles is a result of his former agents taking “a shot” at him.

A day after Cincinnati’s A.J. Green had a huge game against Revis, a report on Sept. 12 by Bleacher Report quoted anonymous sources saying that Revis arrived to camp not in prime condition because he was coming off offseason wrist surgery and was unable to work out adequately.

On Wednesday, Revis says he believes that story came from his agents, although Bleacher Report’s Jason Cole tweeted last week that it was “people who worked out with Revis.”

During the offseason, Revis fired agents Neil Schwartz and Jon Feinsod, who helped negotiate several big-money deals for him.

In a statement, his agents say they “only wish Darrelle the best of luck.”

Bears: Quarterback Brian Hoyer is preparing as if he’s the starter at quarterback in place of the injured Jay Cutler as the Chicago Bears get set to play in Dallas on Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys.

Hoyer played for the Houston Texans during a playoff run last season.

Cutler suffered a thumb sprain Monday night in a 29-14 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He hasn’t officially been listed as out, but he is not practicing.

Colts: Receiver Donte Moncrief is expected to miss four to six weeks with a fractured left shoulder blade .

Moncrief was injured during the first half of Sunday’s loss at Denver and did not return.

With Moncrief out, receivers T.Y. Hilton and Phillip Dorsett will be asked to do more. Hilton has been to two straight Pro Bowls, while Dorsett was Indy’s first-round draft pick in 2015.

Packers: Coach Mike McCarthy is confident that quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay’s struggling offense will get better.

Two games into the season, the results have been uncharacteristically ugly.

The Packers (1-1) are ranked 29th in the NFL in total offense and a 31st in passing. Rodgers and the rest of the offense looked out of sync in last week’s loss at Minnesota.

“I have great confidence in Aaron,” McCarthy said before practice Wednesday when asked how his veteran quarterback bounces back from subpar games.

“I’ve never trusted a quarterback or an individual as a player more than I trust Aaron Rodgers.”

His overall resume is outstanding. A two-time NFL MVP, Rodgers’ 103.8 passer rating is the best in NFL history.

But Rodgers hasn’t had a passer rating over 100 since Week 6 last season. While Rodgers has still been good since that game last October against San Diego, the stats haven’t measured up to the high standards he has set since becoming the starter in 2008.

Associated Press