Age and injuries diminish Peterson

If set free by Vikings, RB shouldn’t expect a lot of interest.

It will be interesting to see what sort of market develops for Adrian Peterson if he does not agree to a reworked contract with the Vikings and is released.

Yes, he is Adrian Peterson. And yes, he ran for 1,485 yards as recently as the 2015 season.

But he also is a soon-to-be 32-year-old running back coming off an injury-plagued 37-carry, 72-yard season. The interest in Peterson might not be quite as robust as he seems to expect.

Garoppolo’s worth

Should the Patriots keep backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo or trade him this offseason?

That, really, matters less about their feelings toward Garoppolo than their feelings toward Tom Brady and Jacoby Brissett.

Brady turns 40 in August and shows no signs of slowing down. He is coming off a 28-touchdown, two-interception regular season and his fifth career Super Bowl title. If Brady plays, say, three more seasons, Garoppolo would be 28 and six seasons into his NFL career before he ever would have a chance to even think about being the starter in New England.

If the Patriots believe Brady indeed has several seasons of productivity left in him, and if they believe Brissett, who made two starts this past season as a rookie, will develop into a reliable backup and perhaps an eventual successor, they should get what they can now for Garoppolo, with his trade value high.

Tunsil’s chance

Left tackle Branden Albert’s departure from Miami will give last year’s first-round draft pick, Laremy Tunsil, his chance to take over as the Dolphins’ starter at left tackle. Tunsil played mostly at guard as a rookie, but the Dolphins seem convinced he will be a standout left tackle. That belief was the major reason Albert was deemed expendable.

Sacking the passer

Mexican authorities at the Arizona border confiscated a catapult used to launch 47-pound bundles of marijuana into the U.S. Traffickers apparently got the idea watching Colin Kaepernick air-mail quick outs into the grandstands.

Wrong Bear rug

Former Bears star Brian Urlacher is suing a Florida hair clinic for wrongly using his likeness to advertise hair-restoration treatments, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. Well, that’s one way of protecting your turf.

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Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, after new 49ers GM John Lynch said he’ll be in the market for fast, physical players with character: “There was concern that Lynch would say, “We’ll be looking for slow, weak guys with no respect for the law.”

Heard in passing

According to a new study by Exodus Travel, Americans get their “second wind” at age 56. So if his Broncos teammates believe serial flatulator Von Miller is bad now …