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Cards should trade for Peterson

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The longer the saga involving star running back Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings goes on, the more likely it seems that the 30-year-old could be playing for a new team in 2015.

To be clear: Peterson could return to Minnesota. He has public support from multiple members of the organization, but his agent recently declared that he believed it to be in the player's best interest to run the football for another team next season.

Among the teams that have been speculated upon the most as trade fits for Peterson are the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. Given that the Cowboys just saw DeMarco Murray depart for Philadelphia because his price tag surpassed their budget, the idea of trading for Peterson and the three years and nearly $45 million remaining on his contract might be a stretch.

The story is a bit different for Cardinals -- a team that not only can but should make a play for Peterson as the missing link to their already strong roster. Here's why.

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