Genghis Khan
The worst version of myself
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This is pretty much how I feel. Truth is, a 30 year old running back with a huge contract and disciplinary baggage isn't really that valuable.At this point it doesn't seem anybody is willing to trade for Peterson except for Arizona and maybe us, if he isn't traded by the draft the Vikings will lose alot of leverage as both us and the Cardinals will likely take RB's in the first 3 rounds. At that point they either have to trade him for whatever us or Arizona is willing to give, cut him, or try to hold onto him, pay his exorbitant salary and hope he doesn't poison the locker room/half ass it on the field.
Even if we got Peterson I'd want us to draft a RB in the first 3-4 rounds because Peterson is nothing more than a 2-3 year solution at most, so I have no problem going along with our draft like we don't have him, and then if the Vikings lose leverage and decide they are going to trade him for whatever/cut him, great, if not, whatever.
If we can get him very cheaply with low risk, I'm interested. if not, we're much better off drafting a guy. And even if we land him, he has maybe a couple good years left so a smart team drafts a guy anyway.