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Viking Possibly Looking to Trade Peterson

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http://prosportsdaily.com/Headlines/ExternalArticle?articleId=304353

The Vikings’ wish to get rid of Peterson has nothing to do with Peterson’s production, but is all about the money. Peterson is still a good player, but it’s hard to justify his huge contract numbers for the next four years when you consider the overall devaluation of the running back position, not to mention Peterson’s advancing age.

How big are those contract numbers? The Vikings owe Peterson base salaries over the next four years of $11.75 million, $12.75 million, $14.75 million and $15.75 million.

Even with the salary cap set to inflate each year, that’s a lot of money to be paying a running back who, at least according to all statistical models, is set to see a steep decline as he surpasses the age of 30.

It’s too much money to be playing any back, regardless of age and production, in this new era of the running back assembly line system.

So what can the Vikings do? Freeman doesn’t speculate, but only says the team is looking to move on from Peterson sooner rather than later. “My personal opinion,” one AFC GM told Freeman, “is this [coming] season will be Peterson’s last with the Vikings. Despite the cap hit, they’ll make some sort of move to get him off the roster.”

It seems unlikely that the Vikings would be able to trade Peterson, given the way running back value is trending, unless they were willing to accept much less draft pick compensation than he would otherwise be worth.
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Peterson should negotiate down for a lesser amount but make it guaranteed. Moving to another team is going to hurt his production and he'll be shocked at how little he is offered by any but the most desperate of bottom feeders looking to fill the seats. Even then he won't even make it to the end of the contract so much of that money is a fantasy to begin with.

Just negotiate a better deal for the team and guarantee it to make Peterson happy. Everybody wins.
 
Modern NFL, you cannot afford to pay RBs big money. Not enough longevity in their careers to balance the cap ramifications.
 
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