Hercules Mata’afa’s ACL tear is, apparently, not that bad

We told you earlier today that undrafted free agent defensive lineman Hercules Mata’afa suffered a torn ACL during the Minnesota Vikings’ OTAs on Wednesday afternoon. On the bright side, there’s apparently at least one person that doesn’t seem to think Mata’afa’s injury isn’t that bad.

On the downside, that person is his agent, who probably isn’t a doctor and likely doesn’t even play one on television.

Kenny Zuckerman, the agent for Hercules Mata’afa, had this to say to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press after the injury happened.

“It’s a bad injury, but it’s the best of the worse,’’ Zuckerman said. “I mean, it’s still an ACL tear, but he’ll come back sooner than 90 percent of most…