EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is going to miss the rest of the regular season after surgery to repair a sports hernia.

The 27-year-old old tweeted on Wednesday that he had surgery and was feeling well.

Pierre-Paul sustained the injury in the second quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The normal recovery time from hernia surgery is 4 to 6 weeks, so Pierre-Paul needs the Giants to end a four-year playoff drought to play again this season.

The Giants (8-4) have not commented on Pierre-Paul’s tweet. Coach Ben McAdoo said on Monday that Pierre-Paul was going to be evaluated. Teammates on Tuesday said they did not think he would be ready by Sunday for a game at MetLife Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys.

VIKINGS: Neither the Vikings nor Adrian Peterson have been willing publicly to put a timetable on his potential return to the field nearly three months after he tore the meniscus in his right knee.

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Peterson made two points clear, though, in his first comments to reporters since he got hurt. He is trying to get in position to return this year, but if the Vikings are eliminated from postseason contention he wouldn’t come back and risk re-injury.

“For obvious reasons,” Peterson said. “I’m not really going to get into details about that, but my vision is making it to the playoffs. That’s what I believe, and that’s what I have my eyes on right now.”

Peterson rushed 31 times for a mere 50 yards in two games before he went down Sept. 18.

Without the four-time All-Pro running back, the Vikings are last in the NFL in rushing with 72.4 yards per game and 3.0 yards per attempt.

The 31-year-old Peterson, who is making $12 million this season, has one more year on his current contract. None of the $18 million he could earn in 2017, though, is guaranteed.

JETS: New York signed running back Khiry Robinson, who was waived/injured in September, and promoted running back Brandon Wilds from the practice squad.

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The team also claimed linebacker Arthur Brown on waivers from Jacksonville, waived/injured linebacker Julian Stanford and signed defensive lineman Claude Pelon to the practice squad.

PANTHERS: Coach Ron Rivera said he benched reigning league MVP Cam Newton on Sunday night because he didn’t want “chaos” setting in with his football team.

Rivera opened his press conference with a stern statement, hoping it will put to rest his much-publicized decision to not start Newton in a game the Panthers lost 40-7 to the Seahawks.

“I am going to address this situation one last time – I made a decision based on rules. I treat everybody the same,” Rivera said. “The reason you do it, especially when you are having a tough season, is because chaos can consume your football team.”

RAIDERS: Oakland rookie safety Karl Joseph will miss the showdown with the Kansas City Chiefs with a toe injury.

PACKERS: Linebacker Nick Perry was ruled out for Sunday’s game against Seattle with what Coach Mike McCarthy called a “significant hand injury.”

FALCONS: Atlanta practiced without star receiver Julio Jones (turf toe), left tackle Jake Matthews (knee) and receiver Mohamed Sanu (groin).


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