Jeremy Fowler, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. –
MANKATO, Minn. — Vikings rookie wide receiver Greg Childs will miss the entire 2012 NFL season after tearing the patellar tendon in both knees toward the end of a Saturday, Aug. 4, scrimmage.
This is a huge blow for the Vikings’ down-field passing game and personally for Childs, who tore his right patellar tendon while a junior at Arkansas in 2010.
He is expected to have surgery, according to the team.
The injury occurred on a pass toward the corner of the end zone. “Greg has struggled with injuries, as we all know, as he was coming out of college. Hopefully, things will work out and it’s nothing serious,” Frazier said late Saturday.
At 6 feet 3, 217 pounds, the athletic Childs is considered a candidate to replace Jerome Simpson while he serves a three-game suspension.
“Obviously, he was holding his knee. That’s never a good thing,” quarterback Christian Ponder said. “It’s unfortunate.”
