Adrian Peterson needs to rework contract or be released next year

[beastson]

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Even if Adrian Peterson had a quality season in 2016, league sources said the Minnesota Vikings would have been highly unlikely to pay him his scheduled $18 million next season. Now, with the rest of his season in doubt after a slow start and surgery Thursday to repair a meniscus injury, it's virtually certain the team won't retain him at that salary, and his future with the Vikings will hinge on their ability to renegotiate his contract.

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[Growl]

Dude sign him. Look at Charles Tillman. Guys spend their entire careers elsewhere and then come here for one year and want to be remembered as a panther. Live in the area, work with the team. Etc.

 

Start stacking up every great player who hits free agency and we can load up Canton with guys who identify themselves as Panthers.

 

 

 

 

[top dawg]

The Vikings may be better without AP (AD) at this point. Check out Bucky Brooks' analysis (maybe halfway down the page) http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000708195/article/can-raiders-defense-packers-offense-overcome-early-woes

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Now, I know I'm being a little hard on Peterson, and his supporters will point out that his mere presence on the field helps the rest of the Vikings' offense work, but the numbers and film don't support that argument. Defensive coordinators were not loading the box with eight-man fronts (or plus-1 schemes that position an extra defender near the line of scrimmage to defend the run) with No. 28 in the backfield. According to Next-Gen Stats, Peterson faced an eight-man box on only five offensive snaps in 2016. I know the eyeball test will lead to some disputes over those numbers, but the Vikings' tendency to use run-heavy sets with two or three tight ends in tight or clustered alignments clouds the evaluation. Those defensive fronts aren't necessarily "plus 1" schemes. Thus, Minnesota just didn't face as many loaded boxes as many anticipated with Peterson on the field.

This brings me back to why the Vikings might be in better shape without Peterson.

Although the veteran back prefers to run from the "dot" position in an I-formation, the use of under-center sets or condensed formations doesn't play to the strengths of the Vikings' best offensive players: Sam Bradford and Stefon Diggs. This point is frequently overlooked with No. 28 on the field, but Minnesota's top weapons are most effective operating from spread formations with a shotgun snap. Bradford and Diggs excelled as collegians in spread offenses and they were most effective against the Packers when operating from open formations.

 

 

[KillerKat]

They didn't face many loaded boxes because Bradford can throw further than 5 yards unlike Bridgewater. Vikings are much better off without Bridgewater.

[UpstatePanther]

1 hour ago, Growl said:

Dude sign him. Look at Charles Tillman. Guys spend their entire careers elsewhere and then come here for one year and want to be remembered as a panther. Live in the area, work with the team. Etc.

 

Start stacking up every great player who hits free agency and we can load up Canton with guys who identify themselves as Panthers.

 

 

 

 

Ima pass on that. Don't want unrepentant child abusers on our team. Not about having choir boys. It's about having team character and integrity.