The Adrian Peterson era in Minnesota officially ended a little after midnight Thursday, when the Vikings and new running back Latavius Murray finally reached a compromise to end a marathon negotiation that had crawled into another day.
Murray flew into town Tuesday and dined with key Vikings decisionmakers that night. He first arrived at Winter Park the following morning. His official free-agent visit stretched into early Wednesday evening. And Murray needed to log onto the internet to participate in an online class for his MBA degree at Syracuse.
So the Vikings set up the 27-year-old with a computer in a conference room and turned their focus to free-agent tight end Jared Cook, who was also visiting Wednesday.