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Adrian Peterson refutes report of $8 million contract demand

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Adrian Peterson took to Twitter to refute reports that he’s demanding at least an $8 million salary in the first year to play for a team this season.

Peterson, who turned 32 this week, was slated to make $18 million for the Vikings before they replaced him with Latavius Murray. Since then, during the height of free agency, Peterson’s recruitment has been mostly silent.

The reason, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, is that Peterson has an asking price of $8 million — a seemingly ridiculous expectation for an aging back coming off a year in which he was mostly sidelined by a knee injury.