EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — For the first nine and a half minutes of a news conference previewing the N.F.L. draft, Minnesota Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman spoke at a lectern while occasionally glancing at a single sheet of notes, folded lengthwise, that he pulled from the pocket of his gray suit coat.
When the first question came up about Adrian Peterson, whose agent, Ben Dogra, has pestered the Vikings to trade him, Spielman never looked down. He had a ready answer.
“I think Coach Zimmer stated it pretty clear that we have no interest in trading Adrian Peterson, and we don’t,” Spielman said Tuesday.