Short version, I believe Jerry and I believe Adrian Peterson is lying. The reason I believe Jerry Jones is because he is honest to his own detriment at times, so if he says Peterson initiated the called and asked to end his career with Cowboys I believe him.
It is also why Jerry confidently says he didn’t violate any tampering rules. Here is the quote from Dallas Star Telegram.
“I understand the tampering thing, and you have to be an initiator,” Jones said. “It was good talking to [Peterson]. I’m a big admirer of him. We were talking about Texas. I really love his story, especially as to how it relates to his father. That’s mostly what we talked about. Certainly, that was about it.”
Peterson says he wants to retire as a Viking, but that was just for PR purposes in my opinion.