Are the Vikings brain dead?

I don't get it. They have a 30 year old running back with a $13 million salary and no dead money hit. Shouldn't they cut him so fast it would make your head spin? What brain dead team pays a running back $13 million a year and then listens to him whine day after day after day about not wanting to be there? Sheesh.....

They likely want to trade Peterson and at least get something in return.

$13 million in cap space is a pretty sweet return all by itself! Sometimes it's just astonishing how stupid some of these NFL teams can be.

hwc said:

I don't get it. They have a 30 year old running back with a $13 million salary and no dead money hit. Shouldn't they cut him so fast it would make your head spin? What brain dead team pays a running back $13 million a year and then listens to him whine day after day after day about not wanting to be there? Sheesh.....

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Why should they be so stupid as to cut him?

The guy is still a great player, if you don't care about toddler beating not sure why you'd cut him.

they'd only cut him if they need the cap space.

But they might as well as no one would trade for him. At least at that salary.

Froob said:

The guy is still a great player, if you don't care about toddler beating not sure why you'd cut him.

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You can sign a lot of great players for $13 million in cap space.

hwc said:

You can sign a lot of great players for $13 million in cap space.

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Please supply us a list of all the great players that are currently available to be signed. While you're at it, perhaps you could also explain why a team that already has about $13m in cap room would need that additional $13m for those signings.

Deus Irae said:

Please supply us a list of all the great players that are currently available to be signed. While you're at it, perhaps you could also explain why a team that already has about $13m in cap room would need that additional $13m for those signings.

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Well played sir.
DW Toys

Deus Irae said:

Please supply us a list of all the great players that are currently available to be signed. While you're at it, perhaps you could also explain why a team that already has about $13m in cap room would need that additional $13m for those signings.

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Agreed.

The only reason to cut him, imo, would be if you 100% know for a fact that he will refuse to suit up for you, noone will trade with AP refusing to redo his contract, and you want that 13m to roll over into next season to sign every big FA on the market and be the next dreamteam.

If theres a chance AP plays and you already have 13m in cap space you're an idiot for cutting him.

The Vikings still need to win games. Trading/cutting AP without having viable alternatives that enable them to win games doesn't make sense to me.

hwc said:

I don't get it. They have a 30 year old running back with a $13 million salary and no dead money hit. Shouldn't they cut him so fast it would make your head spin? What brain dead team pays a running back $13 million a year and then listens to him whine day after day after day about not wanting to be there? Sheesh.....

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i would think they could trade him for a decent draft pick before having to cut him

hwc said:

$13 million in cap space is a pretty sweet return all by itself! Sometimes it's just astonishing how stupid some of these NFL teams can be.

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Dallas needs a RB and Jimmy Jones wants him.

We are not talking about Maroney here and Peterson has missed very few games . 12oo+ rushing yards in 2013 and 2000+ rushing yards in 2012. Why just cut a player like that loose when he is far from done?

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PeteAd01.htm

Deus Irae said:

Why should they be so stupid as to cut him?

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Why did we cut Hernandez when we did? Sometimes the only right answer is to cut bait.

Not saying they should do it and probably too late now but it's a reason that wouldn't be stupid.

signbabybrady said:

Why did we cut Hernandez when we did? Sometimes the only right answer is to cut bait.

Not saying they should do it and probably too late now but it's a reason that wouldn't be stupid.

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Are you seriously comparing cutting a guy who's going to be facing murder charges to cutting a guy who's already been disciplined by both the law and the league for a much lesser issue?


Yes, it would be amazingly stupid.

signbabybrady said:

Why did we cut Hernandez when we did? Sometimes the only right answer is to cut bait.

Not saying they should do it and probably too late now but it's a reason that wouldn't be stupid.

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Because Hernandez was arrested and going to spend time in jail for being accused of at least one murder and eventually 2 more, another shooting in Florida, and gun trafficking?

As much as I hate what AP did (how far he took it), it pales in comparison to even the allegations against Hernandez.

Cases aren't remotely similar.

Why would they cut him? Nobody else is going to pay him $13 million and he is still the best RB in the game, Peterson is the idiot here his whining about not wanting to play in Minnesota only really makes sure that Minnesota looks good no matter how this plays out.

No but the jets are

Deus Irae said:

Are you seriously comparing cutting a guy who's going to be facing murder charges to cutting a guy who's already been disciplined by both the law and the league for a much lesser issue?


Yes, it would be amazingly stupid.

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not at all you see both cases could in theory cross a line where cutting bait makes sense one might cross the line by a mile and the other by an inch but both still cross a line.

In this case it might have been the Vikings best option in September now it's kind of mute as they lived with the bad PR already. But lets assume they wind up trading him we can then ask if the value was worth the bad PR and if the answer is no then they should have cut bait.

Obviously the Hernandez case was so bad that it was obviously the best option maybe only option.

No one is trading for that salary.

Might as well cut him. Turn over a new leaf. Clean break.

Please post the names if teams willing to trade for a 13M dollar rb.