Adrian Peterson gets new deal

[oldunclemark]

3-year contract....about $17 mil a year.

..remember when his agent insisted he could never play for the Vikings again?

[NFLfan]

3-year contract....about $17 mil a year.

..remember when his agent insisted he could never play for the Vikings again?

Do you have a link that confirms the $17M/yr? I have not read that anywhere. The contract was reworked to give him guaranteed money which he did not have before.

Quote:

Terms of the deal weren't announced but sources confirmed to ESPN's Mark Dominik that Peterson now has $20 million in guarantees ($13 million in 2015 and $7 million in 2016). He has has a $5 million roster bonus due in March of 2016.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13295643/adrian-peterson-contract-minnesota-vikings-restructured

[southwest1]

Ah, money. The great equalizer that makes all previous grievances disappear overnight...

[amfootball]

Wow. That seems like a lot given his age.

[oldunclemark]

Do you have a link that confirms the $17M/yr? I have not read that anywhere. The contract was reworked to give him guaranteed money which he did not have before.

Quote:

Terms of the deal weren't announced but sources confirmed to ESPN's Mark Dominik that Peterson now has $20 million in guarantees ($13 million in 2015 and $7 million in 2016). He has has a $5 million roster bonus due in March of 2016.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13295643/adrian-peterson-contract-minnesota-vikings-restructured

ESPN said it was an average of $17 mil...best ever for an RB....not certain of that.

From a team he 'no longer trusted to have his back' a team that, 'didnt support him enough' through the investigation of his

child beating ways.

It just funny how we believe people when they say things.

[SteelCityColt]

It's showing as a bit less on Spotrac:

 

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/adrian-peterson/

 

Still wow... just wow... that's huge money, even if you think AP is the best running back ever, the position just isn't worth that money these days. 

 

While they have Teddy on a rookie deal just think of the pieces they could put around him with that kinda money. I strongly think they have a good core of decent young players now who aren't huge cap hits. Sprinkle in some decent FAs and they could be a very very dangerous team. 

 

Which is why I just don't get handing out this sort of money to AP but then I ain't a NFL GM

[mikey287]

I don't often fall for a lot of the conjecture in the media and all that...but I'm actually a tiny bit surprised this worked itself out - for both sides - and he's still a Viking...

[Luthais]

Wow, I am surprised that he is staying there.

[lollygagger8]

Congrats to AP and his agent

[oldunclemark]

Congrats to AP and his agent

certainly to his agent

[BOTT]

Paying a RB that kinda dough? Good move Vikings.....

[Jason_]

ESPN said it was an average of $17 mil...best ever for an RB....not certain of that.

From a team he 'no longer trusted to have his back' a team that, 'didnt support him enough' through the investigation of his

child beating ways.

It just funny how we believe people when they say things.

 

there you go again

[oldunclemark]

there you go again

Thank you, Jason..

I'm here for you, brother! (sorry I dont want to sound like Hulk Hogan this week).

Maybe you were sharp enough to know that no other team would ever accept AP and his baggage and he was better off with the Vikings. After all. We're all geniuses here.

Always remember and never forget. The agent is under absolutely no obligation to tell you the truth. Anywhere. Any time.

[oldunclemark]

I don't often fall for a lot of the conjecture in the media and all that...but I'm actually a tiny bit surprised this worked itself out - for both sides - and he's still a Viking...

Its the best place for him. The city of Minnesota obviously knows him and accepts him with all his (child molesting) flaws.

[BOTT]

Its the best place for him. The city of Minnesota obviously knows him and accepts him with all his (child molesting) flaws.

Child molesting?

[oldunclemark]

That's what it was.

[jvan1973]

That's what it was.

No, no it wasn't.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Child+Molestation

[Jason_]

Thank you, Jason..

I'm here for you, brother! (sorry I dont want to sound like Hulk Hogan this week).

Maybe you were sharp enough to know that no other team would ever accept AP and his baggage and he was better off with the Vikings. After all. We're all geniuses here.

Always remember and never forget. The agent is under absolutely no obligation to tell you the truth. Anywhere. Any time.

 

[ruksak]

That's what it was.

If what AP did makes him a child molester, than my Grandmother is in serious trouble. She used to "molest" me and brother when we'd fight, making us go cut down our own switch from a tree. If it was too big or too small, I'd get more whacks

[Superman]

 

 

 

I'm outta here.