Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E mea ana a Mike Zimmer kāore ngā Minnesota Vikings i te whakaaro ki te whakawhiti i a Adrian Peterson. Engari he whakaaro kē tā te kaitākaro me tana māngai. 'Kei te whakamahere mātou kia hoki mai ia. Kāore mātou e whakaaro ana ki te whakawhiti i a Adrian,' ka mea ia. Kua rite mātou ki te haere. Ko te tikanga, kei raro ia i te kirimana, me te tumanako ka whakahonore ia i a ia, 'i kii a Zimmer i te Hui a-Tau a NFL. 'Ki taku whakaaro ina haere ia ki te Whare o te Rongonui, ka hiahia ia ki te haere ki te koti e maumahara ana te katoa ki a ia. Ka rite ki te Viking. ' I tākaro a Adrian Peterson i tētahi kēmu mō ngā Vikings i te tau whakamutunga i mua i tana whakatārewatanga. Engari ko Ben Dogra, te māngai o te kaitākaro rongonui, he whakaaro kē tōna. 'Kei te whakaaro māua ko Adrian he mea pai ki a ia, ā, ko tōna hiahia, kia tākaro ia ki tētahi atu wāhi o te NFL. Ehara tēnei i te mea whaiaro i roto i tetahi ara, he pakihi,' ka mea ia ki te Associated Press. E toru nga tau e toe ana i runga i te kirimana o te 30-tau-tawhito me te $12.75 miriona e tika ana mo tenei wa. Kāore he moni e kīia ana. Kei runga tonu a Peterson i te Rarangi Whakakore a te Komihana tae noa ki te Paenga-whāwhā 15 i muri i tana patu i tana tama e wha-tau te pakeke me te whakawhiti me te MVP 2012 kaore i tino hiahia ki te hoki ki Minnesota. I whakahawea hoki a Zimmer ki nga whakaaro e kii ana nga Vikings ki te whakawhiti i te rauna tuatahi o te rauna tuatahi o te tau 2013 Cordarrelle Patterson. I kōrero a Mike Zimmer ki ngā kairipoata i te hui ā-tau a te NFL i Phoenix. Ko te kaiwhiwhi me te whakahoki mai i te Pro Bowl i muri i tana tau tuatahi i roto i te puru, engari i kitea e ia i te taha o te putanga mai o Charles Johnson me tona koretake ki te rere i nga huarahi. 'Kahore, kaore he tupono,' i kii a Zimmer ki te 1500ESPN.com. Ko Cordarrelle he kaitakaro rangatahi, e puta mai ana, ko ia te tuatoru o ana kaiwhakahaere i roto i nga tau e toru. He tino pono, me mahi pai tātou ki te whakaaro me pēhea e pai ake ai te whakamahi i a ia, ā, me mōhio ia ki te wāhi e tika ana kia noho ai ia, ki ngā ara me ngā mea katoa.'
Kei runga tonu a Peterson i te rārangi whakawāteatanga i muri i tana whiu i tana tama e whā tau te pakeke me te whakawhiti. I ngaro ia i ngā kēmu katoa o te Vikings engari kotahi i te tau kua hipa, ā, kei runga tonu ia i te rārangi o te Komihana NFL. I kii te kaihoko a Peterson ko te heke mai o tana kiritaki kei tawhiti atu i Minnesota. Ko Dallas rāua ko Arizona ngā wāhi ka tū ai. Engari e kii ana a Zimmer kaore he whakaaro o te raihana ki te whakawhiti i te rere i muri.