That is nothing more than your opinion man. For all we know, they may badly want AP and are trying to trade for him with MN. What you are clearly missing is we were "Almost" good enough to win the NFC last year. We have improved our defense by getting LEE back and adding Hardy. Not to mention this will be Demarcus Lawrence's first full year year and he could bring something to the table. We are literally a player or 2 away from going to the super bowl. When you are this close.. you GO FOR IT. Who knows what the future holds AFTER Romo. We could get lucky and get an awesome QB or we could get a pathetic QB. Right now we have a good QB, legit team, and only really 2 teams in our way (GB & Seattle) The time is now.. not 5 years for now. Our oline and 1800 yard back last year is what helped us get that far in the playoffs and now you want to trust that to a rookie and DMF?
You really think it would have been kept under wraps if we were going hard for Peterson in this day and age? Sure it's "my opinion" but we're not giving up our first round draft pick for a 30 year old RB with the draft right around the corner. We've had months to go after Peterson. IF we trade for Peterson, it won't be this year's picks(s), it will be next year. I think it would be that way for any team. And if Minny isn't giving up Peterson for a 2015 first round pick, Peterson won't be going anywhere.
And it's funny how any other time Lee is questionable to everyone here and "He won't make it through the season", but when the discussion of Peterson comes up, he's now the highlight of our defense and will help take them over the top. Let's also talk about Greg Hardy, if he happens to play to the level we all expect from him, I'd much rather our money go to him than an aging RB.
As for me wanting to trust a rookie and DMF? First off, I'm not going to overrate Peterson and say he's going to have a 2,000 yard season; I've said time and time again I expect him to have a 1,300 yard season with us, why? Because that's pretty much his average. A rookie RB could come in and give us a big season, multiple rookie RBs have in the past. It's not unheard of, and I'm not about to pay Peterson a similar contract to Lynch or give up draft picks for similar production when a rookie RB will come cheap.
And I disagree about us being a player or two away from winning the Super Bowl. There are a lot of "ifs" on our defense right now.