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I won't claim that I know what will happen here, but I will point out:--Teams generally don't part with franchise/HOF players until they're done - usually a year too late, if anything, so they don't alienate the fan base. MINN didn't cut him through the child abuse stuff because he could still play. Declining his option indicates they think he's done.
--He ended up signing a contract worth RB25 money which indicates every other team thought he's done, too. And even that money is HEAVILY tied to incentives for games played, rushing totals, and touchdowns scored. The team most high on him and willing to give him a contract think there's a good chance he could be done as well, having only $2.5M signing bonus tied up in him for sure...which is very little for the NFL.
--NO runs 3-4 different backs through touches. Last year, in a game where Ingram was dominating, they gave 3 rushing TDs inside the 1 yard line, in one game, to John Kuhn. Even if AP does magically get his groove back, that backfield is a land mine for fantasy value.
--He can talk all he wants about catching balls but that was never a big part of his game and it's not going to start at age 32.
Wasted pick any earlier than the 6th round in PPR, imo. I won't consider him until the 7th. In non-PPR I would consider him in the 5th.
Emmitt Smith was productive for a little bit after he left the Cowboys.
Considering dollars and off the field stuff, the Vikings let him go test the market and he found a suitor.
The Vikings o line was trash for the last two years.
Peterson has proven himself super human on multiple occasions throughout his career.
Put it this way: would you bet your life that Peterson is definitively done? I wouldn't.
I think he has more in the tank than Arian Foster had when he went to Miami last year, that much is clear.
So there's a chance. Picking him up as a flier makes a lot of sense on that basis.