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Adrian Peterson Wasn’t Happy With the Vikings

Zack Garrison

by Zack Garrison in News

Updated Jan 17, 2018 · 9:40 AM PST

Adrian Peterson is pumped for the upcoming season and what his new head coach Mike Zimmer brings to the table, but at first, he admitted he was unhappy with the decision by the Minnesota Vikings franchise to let go Leslie Frazier.

“I wasn’t happy. I wasn’t feeling good about being here in Minnesota at the end of last season,” Peterson said in a wide-ranging interview with ESPN on Thursday. “Coaches change, but everything was shaken up.

“That changed when these guys came in, and draft picks and different things like that. [I] bought back in, and I’ll let it ride out.”

Peterson was the league’s MVP in 2012 under Frazier’s order; that season the Vikings made it the playoff despite an early exit.  He wants a team that seeks for a Championship, especially in this stage of his career.

“I don’t play this game to break all the records and not have a championship,” he said. “But I feel like we can do it here. I honestly do. If I ever start to feel differently, my actions will show that.

“But for now, I’m locked in, man. I feel like we have the right pieces to be able to accomplish winning a championship. I can’t be foolish and say, ‘Oh, I’m just going to stick around forever,’ if we have no hopes of winning a championship. You’ve got to be able to be smart and take advantage of the time you have. … But right now, I feel like we have the right pieces, the right coaches, to get it done.”

Peterson and the Vikings open the 2014 NFL preseason against the Oakland Raiders as 2.5 point favorites.

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