Erasmus update

Vikings DE Erasmus James was in the locker room today, and he said he is confident he can return for the 2007 training camp.
"I think that's no problem at all," James said.
James suffered tears to his ACL and MCL Sept. 17 against the Carolina Panthers. He had surgery last month, as he waited for his MCL to heal.
"If I had the surgery before the MCL was healed, it would have taken me a longer time to recover, because my motion still would have been lacking," James said.
He said the rehab is expected to take six to eight months.
Asked about the timing of the injury, James said, "It (stinks), because I felt like I was just coming around, and then I took a turn for the worse."
James spent a significant amount of time in Vail, Col., where Dr. Richard Steadman is.