EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress says linebacker E.J. Henderson is in “good spirits” after having surgery on his broken left leg.

Henderson stayed in intensive care at a Phoenix-area hospital while the rest of his teammates went home Sunday night after a 30-17 loss to the Cardinals.
Childress said Monday that the surgery went well. But the coach was not ready to say when, if ever, Henderson would be able to return to the field. The gruesome nature of the injury shook up Henderson’s teammates. Some of them were near tears in the locker room after the game.
The loss of Henderson overshadowed a disappointing performance by the Vikings, who were dominated in every aspect of the game to fall to 10-2 on the season.