Michael Peterson is a former collegiate football player who has covered the NFL at SB Nation since 2017. Michael's areas of expertise include breaking news, opinion, and NFL draft coverage.
In his first season with the Vikings, running back Aaron Jones rushed for a career-high 1,138 yards on 255 carries (also the most in his eight-year career). Not wanting to force the 30-year old into another high-volume season, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah went out and made a trade with the 49ers to acquire Jordan Mason, one of the league’s top backups who performed well a season ago in place of the injured Christian McCaffrey.