Vikings LB Jamal Adams suffers knee injury in preseason game

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jamal Adams was carted off the field with a serious right knee injury during Saturday's preseason game against the New York Giants, casting immediate doubt on his season. The injury occurred early in the second quarter at MetLife Stadium, and head coach Kevin O'Connell indicated subsequent examinations are concerning, with the team likely to place the 30-year-old on injured reserve.

Adams sustained the non-contact injury while in pass coverage on a play that resulted in a Giants touchdown. With New York facing a second-and-12, Adams was tracking receiver Calvin Austin III across the field when he crumbled to the turf. The play ended with Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart connecting with Malachi Fields for a 15-yard scoring pass. Adams was evaluated in the medical tent before being taken to the locker room on a cart. He had played 11 defensive snaps in his first game with Minnesota and was credited with one tackle.

Speaking during a halftime interview, O'Connell expressed his dismay. "You're just crushed for him, the role he was kind of paving for himself, and then just having a personality, experience, toughness that he brought in such a short time,"...