Officially confirming what was long expected, the Minnesota Vikings announced their intention to part ways with Adrian Peterson and allow the free agent running back to “move on elsewhere,” as general manager Rick Spielman told reporters via conference call Thursday.

The Vikings signed former Oakland running back Latavius Murray to supplant Peterson as the team’s leading ball carrier, ending a decade-long run of Peterson wearing purple and terrorizing opposing defenses.

Peterson turns 32 years old on Tuesday and has reportedly not drawn much interest from other teams, at least at his current asking price.

Another recent Vikings free agent, Cordarrelle Patterson, who signed with the Raiders this week, took to Twitter late Thursday and pleaded with Peterson to come join him in the Bay Area, where they now have a hole at running back due to the departure of Murray.

@AdrianPeterson Bruh come join the dark side ⚫️???? #RaiderNation

— cordarrelle (@ceeflashpee84) March 17, 2017

Stay tuned to ZoneCoverage.com in the coming days for more coverage on Peterson’s legacy with the Minnesota Vikings.

Sam Ekstrom

Sam Ekstrom is an executive producer and host at Locked On Sports Minnesota. He's previously covered the Vikings for 105 The Ticket, Zone Coverage, Purple Insider, and the Associated Press. He grew up in Vermillion, S.D. rooting for the USD Coyotes (not SDSU) and graduated from Dordt (not "dork") University in Sioux Center, Iowa.

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