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HC Brad Childress said in a pre-practice news conference that Rice will open camp on the physically unable to perform list because he isn't completely recovered from a hip injury he suffered in last year's playoffs. "He's been doing a lot of running in water on a treadmill but we wanted him to work on his conditioning and his movement on land because that's where we're playing the game," Childress said. "We're not playing it in the water."
Reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Word first surfaced that Rice was dealing with a hip problem a few weeks back when his agent Drew Rosenhaus tweeted that information. At the time, Rice told Star Tribune staff writer Chip Scoggins that he would be ready for the start of camp. ... Rice took part in the Vikings' mini-camp in June and Childress said the hip problem has "flared up from time to time." Rice has seen three specialists and Childress said the receiver went to see the final doctor after that mini-camp. Childress said surgery "would have been a serious option," after the mini-camp and admitted it was definitely considered. Childress said that if Rice had undergone the procedure at that point he doesn't believe Rice would have been lost for the 2010 season. Stay tuned. Rice will be allowed to rehab and take part in meetings but can not practice until removed from the list.
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