Vikings deactivate Adrian Peterson, out indefinitely

After acting swiftly and appropriately last Friday to deactivate Adrian Peterson for Week 2′s game, the Minnesota Vikings decided to reinstate him on Monday calling it a “matter of due process.”

With the pressure from public outrage and loss of sponsorships increasing, it was speculated that the Vikings could reverse course and they have. The Vikings have placed Peterson on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list.

As Peterson sat out last week, Matt Asiata got the start and finished as the RB14 in standard-scoring formats and RB10 in PPR formats with 84 yards from scrimmage, five receptions and a touchdown.

Rookie running back Jerick McKinnon has much more athleticism than Asiata and his role should expand as the season progresses although Asiata (47) played twice as many snaps as McKinnon (23) last week.

Asiata and McKinnon are currently owned in 42 and 10 percent of Yahoo! leagues, respectively.

The Saints have allowed the seventh-most fantasy points to opposing running backs, but the Vikings have better matchups in Weeks 4 (Falcons, most fantasy points to RBs) and Week 5 (fifth-most).