5 teams that should trade for Adrian Peterson

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Dec 1, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (28) looks on during overtime against the Chicago Bears at Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome. The Vikings defeated the Bears 23-20 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Indianapolis Colts

The Colts remain a team that is unable to take that next step toward winning a championship. Andrew Luck is the undisputed best young quarterback in the NFL, but his flaws curiously get overlooked by some.

Specifically, Luck throws way more interceptions than one would like to see. He has failed to post double-digit picks in a single campaign only once in his three years in the NFL, and he tossed 16 interceptions in the 2014 regular season.

Luck, and those around him, could use an upgrade at the running back position, particularly one that can remain healthy for an entire campaign AND at the same time be a dynamic play-maker across four months of action.

Peterson would fill that role.

Indianapolis has, in the past, played it relatively safe on similar preseason acquisitions; signing the often-injured Ahmad Bradshaw a couple of offseasons ago is one example. If, and that is a big “if,” the Colts can be talked into taking a risk, the time to do so is this spring.

Luck is only going to get better, but his major cap hits are coming down the road and not in 2015. The days of the Colts being gifted a division title could be on the verge of ending unless Indianapolis goes out of the way to make vast and necessary improvements. Granted, the Colts would have to get stronger on the opposite side of the football to have a real chance of winning a conference championship let alone a Super Bowl.

Peterson could make the Indy offense the best in all of the AFC for 2015, and that cannot be discounted by anybody.

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