EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will miss Sunday's game against Oakland with a torn ligament in his right knee.

Coach Brad Childress said Monday that Peterson tore his lateral collateral ligament in the Vikings' 34-0 loss to Green Bay. Peterson will not require surgery, Childress said.

``The good news is that the knee is otherwise stable and the injury is isolated to that ligament,'' Childress said. ``I'm told that's a good healing ligament.''

Childress said this

Minnesota Vikings rookie Adrian Peterson was helped off the field in the second half against Green Bay on Sunday, ending a frustrating day that came on the heels of a record-breaking performance.

Peterson made an 11-yard catch in the third quarter of Minnesota's 34-0 loss when he was hit by cornerback Al Harris in the middle of the field. The tackle sent Peterson sprawling and he writhed in pain before limping off with the help of trainers.

He was diagnosed with a sprained right knee and said an MRI exam

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brett Favre joined Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks to throw for 60,000 yards in a career during the second quarter of Green Bay's game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

Favre, who needed 94 yards coming into the game, found running back Vernand Morency for a short pass to the right side for 3 yards for exactly 60,000. Two plays later, he hit favorite target Donald Driver for a 19-yard gain.

Favre came in trailing Marino's all-time mark of 61,361 by 1,456 yards, which he s

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Grieving Troy Williamson will get his last paycheck after all.

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress announced the change of heart Saturday after a weekly meeting with veteran players on his leadership committee.

The Vikings withheld Williamson's check after he missed the game against San Diego last week to remain in South Carolina following the death of his grandmother.

``I think the important thing is everybody grieves differently,'' Childress said. ``That's the thing that I learned

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -Once again, the Minnesota Vikings will delay naming their starting quarterback until Sunday's pregame warmups.

Tarvaris Jackson, who was knocked out last week with a concussion, is listed as questionable for the game at Green Bay.

Brooks Bollinger will start if Jackson doesn't, but coach Brad Childress said Friday he will wait to reveal his starter for the third time in nine games. In two other weeks this season, he hinted at his choice but stopped short of formally announcing it

``We're not an elite team at all,'' Tomlinson said in the wake of yet another stunning loss under Norv Turner, a 35-17 trampling by rookie Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings. ``We're a team that's in the middle of the pack and we're struggling trying to win games.''

It's a bounce-back game for both teams, but Peyton Manning and the Colts (7-1) are in much better shape than the bumbling Bolts (4-4). The Colts are comin

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Koren Robinson recognizes he has no right to feel bitter about the way his stint with the Minnesota Vikings ended.

Learning not to blame other people for his problems, he said, is an important part of his recovery from alcohol abuse.

``I take full responsibility,'' said Robinson, who will face his former team in Sunday's game at Lambeau Field. ``It used to be, I was the victim. Now it's not that way any more. I'm smart enough to really know that 'Koren, you put yourself in certain si

When he was at Oklahoma, coaches bragged similarly that Peterson was always leading the post-practice sprinting sessions.

``I know that's saying a lot, but in that regard, his abilities and his endurance and his speed, everything toge