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Dan Wiederer began covering the Vikings in 2011, enthusiastically delivering insight on the team across the Star Tribune's print and digital products. Prior to joining the Access Vikings team, he spent seven seasons covering ACC basketball at The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. He also covered the Chicago Bears in 2003 and 2004. Follow him on Twitter @StribDW.
Mark Craig has covered football and the NFL the past 20 years, including the Browns from 1991-95 and the Vikings and the NFL since 2003. Since 2008, Craig has served as one of the 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. He can be followed on Twitter at @markcraignfl.
Peterson not worried about contract
Posted by: under Vikings, Leslie Frazier, Vikings offense, Vikings players, Adrian Peterson, Leslie Frazier Updated: March 22, 2011 - 2:41 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will be entering the final season of his rookie contract whenever the NFL's lockout ends.
Peterson has established himself as one of the NFL's elite running backs since entering the league in 2007 and he likely is going to want a new deal before he steps back on the field. But if Peterson is feeling pressure to get a new contract he wasn't saying it during an interview with an ESPN freelance writer while on a charity mission in Africa.
"I'm watching the way different organizations act and watching the way my organization acts," Peterson said. "I'm not worried about a contract. I've played hard and I think I've done pretty good. I thought maybe -- after a few years of doing good -- there'd be deal by now. But whatever. That's OK. I'm not desperately concerned about a contract."
Peterson is due to make $10.7 million in base salary in 2007 and the Vikings are likely to going to want to get that figure renegotiated if a salary cap returns under the new collective bargaining agreement.
Coach Leslie Frazier expressed confidence the Vikings will keep Peterson.
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