Having Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Adrian Peterson on the same team sounds like a pretty solid start to a fantasy football roster.

However, that fantasy could become reality in 2017.

The Minnesota Vikings did not exercise their $18 million option for Peterson and he'll hit unrestricted free agency later this week. The running back has never won a Super Bowl before in his career and will now be on the hunt for a team that gives him a shot at a ring.

That is why a source close to Peterson told Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald that the running back would certainly consider taking a team-friendly deal to sign with the New England Patriots and try to win a Super Bowl.

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Peterson has made over $97 million in his career, so even if he does only make a couple million with the Patriots it doesn't appear like it'll put him back financially at all.

The back signing with the Patriots would fall right in line with the Darrelle Revis, Chris Long and (if he leaves) Martellus Bennett's of the world joining the team for a year, winning and then getting paid somewhere else after the victory parade.

The real question becomes about the Patriots and if they actually want Peterson.

There will be plenty of teams vying for his services and New England will have to pony up some dough to get him to Foxboro.

Plus they'll have to be willing to sign him despite injury concerns and the off the field baggage he brings with the child abuse scandal of a few years ago.

Peterson tore his meniscus in Week 2 against the Packers this season and had a mild LCL sprain which found him on injured reserve. He came back in late December, but the Vikings were all but out of contention by that point.

In 2015, Peterson rushed for 1,485 yards and eleven touchdowns while starting in all 16 games for Minnesota.

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