AP: Adrian Peterson a free agent after 10 years with Vikings

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson, Minnesota’s all-time leading rusher, will be an unrestricted free agent when the market opens next week.

As expected, the Vikings declined to exercise their option for next season on Peterson’s contract. Peterson was scheduled to make $18 million in

FILE – In this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 file photo, Minnesota Vikings’ Adrian Peterson warms up before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke, File)

2017, what would have been an unwieldly hit to their salary cap.

 

General manager Rick Spielman says the team will “continue to have conversations” with Peterson’s representatives about the potential of re-signing the soon-to-be 32-year-old Peterson. He has played 10 seasons with the Vikings, who drafted him seventh overall out of Oklahoma in 2007.

He is coming off a meniscus tear in his right knee that limited him to 72 yards on 37 carries over parts of three games.