The death of Vikings RB Adrian Peterson’s two-year-old son dominated the beginning of the NFL pregame shows today. ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” opened with Chris Berman alone on-screen, reporting the news around the child’s death. Various tweets from Peterson offering his thanks to family, fans and friends were shown before ESPN’s Josina Anderson gave a live report from the Metrodome. Berman concluded the segment before the show went to commercial. The show then came back with the entire studio crew on-air and began its regular proceedings.
Both Fox and CBS also began their pregame shows with a report on Peterson. Fox showed Peterson walking into the Metrodome before studio host Curt Menefee discussed the situation. Fox' Laura Okmin live from the Metrodome read a text from Peterson about his desire to play in today's game. CBS also showed Peterson walking into the stadium, and the net's Lesley Visser offered a report from Minneapolis before host James Brown started the weekly review of games.
NFL Network’s “NFL GameDay Morning” began with an overview of Week 6 storylines before going into the Peterson story four minutes into the show (THE DAILY).
