Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway said he has missed three tackles in the first two games and has not performed "up to my ability," but he said surgery on his left knee in June is not a lingering problem.
"No effect," he said.
Coach Leslie Frazier indicated that Greenway's slow start might be the result of his forcing the issue with two new starters in the linebacker corps.
"He does not have to make anybody else's plays," Frazier said. "Just do your job, calm down, relax and play the way he's always played. Just don't feel like you have to do any more other than your job."
Frazier acknowledged that it's possible Greenway is trying to provide help to new middle linebacker Erin Henderson.
"There's a tendency for that to potentially happen with a new guy across from you," Frazier said. "You've just got to trust that he's going to do his job, you do your job and we'll be fine as a group."
Greenway told reporters that it's impossible for outside observers to know exactly how any player is performing because they don't know a team's scheme or individual responsibilities.
"A lot of times it's easy to pick apart what's out in the open and can be seen, that everybody can see," he said. "But it's the things that happen that people don't understand that can't be graded or can't say, 'Hey, he's doing good' or 'He's doing bad.' The reality is you guys don't have any idea what's really being taught or what's being coached in that room."
