Adrian Peterson is reportedly planning to skip Vikings organized team activities this week as he seeks a trade.
Peterson has become disillusioned with the NFL's Minnesota franchise after a perceived lack of support from the organization, specifically the front office, while he faced child abuse charges and during his subsequent suspension by the league.
While the All Pro back is likely interested mostly in simply leaving the Vikings and would thus accept a trade to just about any other NFL destination, according to a recent report Peterson has a specific team in mind - the Dallas Cowboys.
"This is personal. It's not about money. He really wants out. He wants a fresh start. I think his family wants a fresh start," Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports said while appearing on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast Tuesday.
"I think that he thinks he can still earn a living elsewhere. I do believe that Dallas is a place that he has said repeatedly he would like to play there. I believe that deep down he would still like to be a Cowboy."
The Cowboys, of course, are facing a fairly major hole at present at the top of their running back depth chart - no matter how adamant Jerry Jones and Co. remain that Darren McFadden can carry the majority of the load, there's simply no historical evidence to back that assertion.
McFadden, 27, has appeared in all 16 games and topped 1,000-yards rushing just one time apiece in his career.
Peterson would immediately slot in at the head of the class for Dallas and, further, elevate a very good Cowboys team from likely postseason contender to potential Super Bowl-favorites.
Peterson's name has come up in connection with the Cowboys in the past - it was reported in August 2014 by ESPN's Outside the Lines that Peterson actually conveyed to Jones during a phone call that he'd like to finish his career as a member of the Cowboys.
Peterson's potential addition would be costly for a Dallas franchise that has done their best not to sacrifice future team-building assets in order to strengthen the team for the here and now - "I don't know if the Cowboys necessarily want him at the price tag," Robinson said. HNGN passed along a report in mid-April that current valuations had pegged Peterson's value at somewhere around a first-round NFL draft pick and more - hefty compensation, even for a likely future Hall of Famer.
Still, when considering the impact Peterson would likely have for the Cowboys - DeMarco Murray finished last year with 2,200 all-purpose-yards running and receiving out of the backfield behind the vaunted Dallas offensive line last season - almost no cost seems prohibitive.
Peterson, while he's already reached age 30 - the magical time at which many NFL running backs hit the proverbial wall - would likely be able to reach similar, if not much, much better totals.
