Report: Vikes looking to "get rid of" AP (AD)

[Purple bruise]

AD not slowing down: http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... 0480a4e753

[dead_poet]

AD not slowing down: http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... 0480a4e753

Wobby "breaking it down" in the film room is pretty funny.

[VikeMike]

I imagine that the Vikings will keep AD right where he is while they play their games outdoors and until the new stadium is finished. And they will want him there -- as long as he's the face of the franchise -- when the stadium opens. Will they ask him to restructure? probably, but I think it may depend on his production. If you look at Allen as an example, the Vikings paid the final year of his contract in full -- $14M. If Peterson is producing 1,200-1,400 yards seasons, the Vikes might let the contract ride.

But I don't see AD going anywhere in the next three seasons.

[S197]

Wobby "breaking it down" in the film room is pretty funny.

Pretty odd formation by the Lions. Why the heck did they have a safety playing 25 yards down field? Also beautiful block by Felton against the Cowboys.

[GoldenBear91]

I said to deal AP if we can get a perceived value. The hard part is drafting is no guarantee, so picks are dangerous and it isn't likely to swap all pro players with another team, probably make the best of it with him and see how far we can ride AP
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[Texas Vike]

Wobby "breaking it down" in the film room is pretty funny.

I liked his break down of the TD celebration vs. the Cowboys: reminded me of the way Madden used to use this technology.

[DarthBrooks]

New England should trade Tom Brady now while they can get trade value.

[Webbfann]

New England should trade Tom Brady now while they can get trade value.

QB > RB

[Purple bruise]

New England should trade Tom Brady now while they can get trade value.

Maybe the SeaHawks should trade Lynch before his value decreases he and AD are only a few months apart in age

[Slick Rick]

QB > RB

I always thought that was decided based on a case-by-case basis. Unless you'd rather have Brandon Weeden instead of Adrian Peterson. Funny how people forget about that when they throw around that "running backs are expendable" business.

If the Vikings trade Adrian Peterson, it should be for the moon. If Rick traded Peterson for what some people seem to think we could get for him, I would actually encourage people to boycott games. You're trading Peterson, the right to sell his jerseys, the chance to field a HOF talent, literally everything that comes with bringing in someone of his caliber. Some dumb fallacy doesn't change any of that.

[Webbfann]

I always thought that was decided based on a case-by-case basis. Unless you'd rather have Brandon Weeden instead of Adrian Peterson. Funny how people forget about that when they throw around that "running backs are expendable" business.

If the Vikings trade Adrian Peterson, it should be for the moon. If Rick traded Peterson for what some people seem to think we could get for him, I would actually encourage people to boycott games. You're trading Peterson, the right to sell his jerseys, the chance to field a HOF talent, literally everything that comes with bringing in someone of his caliber. Some dumb fallacy doesn't change any of that.

OK, elite QB > elite RB, with > meaning more important when it comes to winning Super Bowls Not a fallacy. Anyway your trade wouldn't work because nobody would give us the moon for a Peterson. Probably a number of teams would trade the moon for a Brady.

[IIsweet]

Seriously? The guy is on the new Stadium ! I like the post comparing him to Emmitt Smith. I would ride him but definitely have to restructure his contract. But why do so now? Talk to AD and say that we are putting the pieces together but at some point we are going to need to restructure that deal. Give the man his money while building the team. A couple solid drafts and these guys are getting closer! Add 1 more great draft and we are 2 years from being really good. Pay him and then say that we will restructure to keep Teddy Bridgewater as our QB ! Give the man his due.

Now, I also agree it's too much for a RB, but where else are we going to spend it? Rhodes will want a good deal, Smith is injury prone so his next deal will be good but maybe not a break the bank type. Robison is probably on his way out soon. Kalil is going to get a big contract and we don't have many others. We just don't have many superstar type players, really only AD in my opinion. A roster of good but not great players! The potential superstars we have are few and far between. I would say: Kalil, CP, Rhodes, and Barr, and potentially Bridgewater.

[Mothman]

People get too caught up in the position Peterson plays. He's supposedly making too much for a an RB. is he making too much for a league MVP?

[DarthBrooks]

It's a really stupid argument. Let's get rid of a generational talent because Then we can draft a shiny new player because NFL MVP's really aren't that rare, are they? They play for our team, anyone we put in there is going to be fabulous. There is no little measure of impatience in this impulse that NOW IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH even when you're talking about a guy that went nine yards short of the all time record in yardage.

[Slick Rick]

OK, elite QB > elite RB, with > meaning more important when it comes to winning Super Bowls Not a fallacy. Anyway your trade wouldn't work because nobody would give us the moon for a Peterson. Probably a number of teams would trade the moon for a Brady.

This isn't any better than your last post. Which QBs are "elite". I would take Peterson over almost any of the QBs in this league, several of them being considered "elite" by people who like to throw the term around. It is a fallacy, there's no other way to describe people who think that every QB that plays well and wins SBs as elite. The only real consistent statistical giant for all QBs is Peyton Manning and maybe Aaron Rodgers. Tom Brady and Drew Brees have both had periods where they were more like how we consider Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger.

Do Super Bowl teams usually have great QBs, or do great QBs usually play for Super Bowl caliber teams?