Adrian Peterson's "agent" refuses meeting with Vikes GM

[Zekeats]

My neighbors friend, sees a dentist, that has a cousin, who goes to school with a guy who knows, the brother of the mattress store guy. He is an alcoholic.

He says AP will be a Cowboy by mid April.

Also, if I am the Cowboys Front Office. I tell the "sources" to leak exactly what I want everybody thinking right now. Not the actual truth. Send a message to other FOs. We aren't desperate, we aren't giving up draft choices. Were just gonna wait it all out......ummmmkay...

Is your neighbors friend Jerry Jones?

 

[MRV52]

Could you stack the box on the 2009 Vikings team that was an OT loss away from playing in the Super Bowl with a still good Favre at QB? He only got 1,400 yards rushing with that team. Which while very good is not what everyone here seems to be expecting. Everyone is expecting 2012 Peterson, but it is rare for a RB to be that good when he reaches 30, especially considering he did have that 380 touch year in 2012. I just think it is wiser to fill up every hole we have on defense (which there are still a few) and make this defense a top 5 defense (which I think is possible as long as there are not easy targets to attack) than to spend all of our money on one aging player, who may or may not be great at this point in his career.

This guy is simply beast mode. Not to many like him in the whole history of the NFL.

 

[Cowboys20]

I would not be surprised to see AP do well in the upcoming season, regardless of the team he plays on. Having acknowledged that, when you weigh the cap hit he will incur, the fact that the Cowboys OL doesn't need an elite RB to be productive, the possibility that he is not the same durable back you remember from years ago as a result of father-time or other, the draft picks it will cost to acquire him, and, finally, the fact that he is not likely to want anything less than a 3 year deal worth 24 mil, you should see that it is not a calculated risk worth gambling on, when the Cowboys are looking at the best crop of rookie RB's since 2008 in the upcoming draft.

I've read all the post in this thread and this post. Anyone know how you like a post?

 

[Nation]

If we sign Peterson we can pair up the child beater with the spousal abuser with the drunk driver with the underwear thief. The Cowboys can have their own degenerate version of The Village People.

 

[Beast_from_East]

If we sign Peterson we can pair up the child beater with the spousal abuser with the drunk driver with the underwear thief. The Cowboys can have their own degenerate version of The Village People.

RKG all the way baby!!!

 

[Nirvana]

Basically we sit back and do nothing at all - unless he is cut.

 

[Cas2800]

He isn't playing for $6 million a year. He won't be taking a 60% pay cut.

Ok then tell me what team is willing to pay him big money. Remember Peterson has to agree to any trade.

 

[endersdragon]

Ok then tell me what team is willing to pay him big money. Remember Peterson has to agree to any trade.

The fact that he has to agree is irrelevant, I don't care how much of a fan you are, you aren't going to take several million less to play for a team and there are a couple of teams I have no doubt would pay him big bucks.

 

[Stash]

The fact that he has to agree is irrelevant, I don't care how much of a fan you are, you aren't going to take several million less to play for a team and there are a couple of teams I have no doubt would pay him big bucks.

I remember the same negative 'No way' talk in regards to Greg Hardy. Wrong then, wrong now.

 

[speedkilz88]

This Was Not How NFL Free Agency Was Supposed to Work - Forbes
Leigh Steinberg, the real-life inspiration for the Jerry McGuire Hollywood character, criticizes that the "jump the gun" mentality of free agency means "money and money only" over any other consideration. Steinberg writes that back in the day, he used a list of 10 criteria to help his clients identify the right fit in free agency, and only two of them were strictly about money.


Back in 1993 I posed those questions to SS Tim McDonald, who had spent his All-Pro career with the then Phoenix Cardinals. His top two priorities were winning and being closer to his hometown in California. A number of teams were seriously interested. Then the San Francisco 49ers entered the picture. They certainly were as winning a team as existed in the NFL, and San Francisco was the closest NFL franchise to Tim’s hometown of Fresno. He was able to visit the 49er facility and ask all the relevant questions of coaches and executives – looking at them face to face. He then instructed me to stop interacting with other interested teams, not to conduct an auction, rather to get the best possible deal from the 49ers.
Those were the days.

 

[joseephuss]

Ok then tell me what team is willing to pay him big money. Remember Peterson has to agree to any trade.

He isn't getting the big money of his current contract that pays him $15 million a year. He will end up taking a pay cut, but not a large enough pay cut to get him down to $6 million a year. Why should we expect Peterson to accept $9 million less per year?

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Most likely a 15M signing bonus or guaranteed to offset, then a small salary for the first 2-3 years. They can't force him to take a real pay cut...unless they outright cut him.

 

[montgod]

When will this pipe dream die? LOL....

 

[Nirvana]

 

[Silver N Blue]

So your saying there's a chance!

 

[Cas2800]

The fact that he has to agree is irrelevant, I don't care how much of a fan you are, you aren't going to take several million less to play for a team and there are a couple of teams I have no doubt would pay him big bucks.

You still didn't answer the question. What team will pay him 9-13 mil in July or August?

 

[Stash]

You still didn't answer the question. What team will pay him 9-13 mil in July or August?

Good luck getting an answer. When his case typically falls apart, it's the cut-and-run technique used next.

 

[Nirvana]

A scenario that seems more and more possible is the Vikings force him to remain on the team and he holds out. Stalemate. And maybe it lasts the whole year. But he has all those kids so maybe he folds and plays for them under protest so he can collect his checks and pay his child support payments. That wouldn't happen until week 1 as that's when the checks start. At some point the Vikings may come to their senses and just cut their losses and save on their cap - maybe in the preseason.

 

[Stash]

A scenario that seems more and more possible is the Vikings force him to remain on the team and he holds out. Stalemate. And maybe it lasts the whole year. But he has all those kids so maybe he folds and plays for them under protest so he can collect his checks and pay his child support payments. That wouldn't happen until week 1 as that's when the checks start. At some point the Vikings may come to their senses and just cut their losses and save on their cap - maybe in the preseason.

He and his agent are obviously willing to incur the wrath of the Vikings' faithful who see his actions as betrayal and a lack of loyalty (and they may have a bit of a point). But it appears to be something that they're willing to do. And if they are, and he really wants out, they have to turn that up a notch.

No more subtlety, make it clear "Adrian Peterson no longer wishes to play for the Minnesota Vikings". If they do that, I feel that it puts the Vikings in an unwinnable situation. How pathetic and desperate would they look in trying to force such a high profile player to play for them? And it would virtually destroy any chances for a trade as the entire league will know it's just a matter of time before they release him.

If he wants out - as all private matters indicate - he needs to publicly and unequivocally force the issue, because despite the public comments, the Vikings don't want him there either, at least not under his current contract, but they don't want to let him go for nothing either. Neither side can have it both ways which is what they seem to be looking for right now.

 

[Nirvana]

He and his agent are obviously willing to incur the wrath of the Vikings' faithful who see his actions as betrayal and a lack of loyalty (and they may have a bit of a point). But it appears to be something that they're willing to do. And if they are, and he really wants out, they have to turn that up a notch.

No more subtlety, make it clear "Adrian Peterson no longer wishes to play for the Minnesota Vikings". If they do that, I feel that it puts the Vikings in an unwinnable situation. How pathetic and desperate would they look in trying to force such a high profile player to play for them? And it would virtually destroy any chances for a trade as the entire league will know it's just a matter of time before they release him.

If he wants out - as all private matters indicate - he needs to publicly and unequivocally force the issue, because despite the public comments, the Vikings don't want him there either, at least not under his current contract, but they don't want to let him go for nothing either. Neither side can have it both ways which is what they seem to be looking for right now.

The Vikings don't seem to care he wants out. I mean sure they'd love to trade him, but as they don't have any offers that are to their liking they seem content to let a disgruntled player remain on their roster - too much sunk cost they can't get back. But perhaps they do place priority on NOT paying him the figures he is due and so have been trying to meet with his agent for this purpose - to get a lowered deal worked out. And the agent doesn't want to meet because no way do they want to do that. But the Vikings don't have to pay him if he doesn't show up. So it might be advantageous for Adrian if he DID show up, as that would force the Vikings hand - pay him the full contract, or cut him.