Arizona Victory Overshadowed By Devastating Injury To Vikings’ Henderson

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Published: December 7, 2009

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... the season on Sunday night, picking Favre off twice and holding Adrian "Mr. All Day" Peterson to a total of 19 yards all night in route to a 30-17 victory.

But Kurt Warner outplaying Brett Favre was not the main storyline of the evening.

That came just past the midway point in the fourth quarter, when Vikings defenders Jamarca Sanford and E.J. Henderson collided while pursuing Arizona's Tim Hightower, ending in a disastrous result.

As Sanford closed for a tackle, Hightower sidestepped him to the right, which caused Sanford's dive to miss completely. Pursuing Hightower from behind was Henderson.

Sanford didn't miss him.

Instead, he hit him high on the left leg, causing what appeared to be a severe knee injury when watching the play at full speed. When watching the replay, however, it turned out to be much, much worse.

All of us old enough to remember Joe Theismann's playing days probably reacted in much the same way: Fi...

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