The New York Giants aren’t going to pass on an opportunity to explore the possibility of signing future Hall of Fame running back Adrian Peterson. Coach Ben McAdoo said they will “take a look” at the available running back.

Peterson was informed Monday that his 2017 option would not be picked up by the Minnesota Vikings. He will become a free agent on March 9, and had previously mentioned the Giants as one of the teams that would intrigue him as a possible landing spot.

Despite his age, recent injuries and past troubles, McAdoo did not rule out the possibility it could happen. Instead, he grouped Peterson in with all the available free agents.

“We’ll go take a look at him,” McAdoo told reporters at the NFL combine. “We’ll evaluate him, get a grade on anyone that is available and we’ll make those decisions in terms of what is best for the Giants moving forward.”

It seems unlikely that Peterson would land with the Giants considering his expected price and fit in the offense. Nearly 95 percent of his career carries have come with the quarterback under center, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The Giants ran 72 percent of their offensive plays out of the shotgun last season.

Peterson, 31, will gauge his market over the next week, placing an emphasis on a team he believes is a serious contender for a Super Bowl. The door still appears to remain open for a possible return to Minnesota.

The Giants could use a veteran running back after releasing starter Rashad Jennings last month. They have Shane Vereen and Paul Perkins as the only two running backs with experience currently on the roster.

INDIANPAOLIS — New Colts general manager Chris Ballard said there’s no timeline on when quarterback Andrew Luck will return form his offseason right shoulder surgery.

Ballard, speaking Wednesday during the NFL’s annual combine, said he has met with Luck but declined to go into details about their conversation. What Ballard did say, though, is that his franchise quarterback has been working diligently rehabbing at the team’s facility on a regular basis.

“Doing everything the doctors are telling him,” Ballard said. “[We’re] going strictly on the doctor’s orders. He’s been there every day that I’ve been in the building. Andrew has been sitting there and working, rehabbing, doing everything that needs to be done. … When he’s ready to go, he’s ready to go.”

Luck is expected to miss all of the team’s offseason workouts, but owner Jim Irsay tweeted following the surgery in January that the quarterback will be ready for the 2017 season.

Luck originally injured his shoulder and missed two games during the 2015 season and then aggravated it while trying to make a tackle after throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown against the Denver Broncos in Week 2 of last season.

INDIANAPOLIS — Atlanta Falcons general manger Thomas Dimitroff said signing quarterback Matt Ryan to an extension now with two years left on his contract is not out of the question, but the primary focus is re-signing players set to become unrestricted free agents next week.

Ryan, who signed a five-year, $103.75 million extension in July of 2013 that included $59 million guaranteed, is signed through 2018 and still owed $35 million. His cap number for next season is $23,750,000 and is $21,650,000 for 2018. If the Falcons wanted to, they could give Ryan an extension this offseason and lower his cap number by giving him a larger signing bonus while reducing his base salaries.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank told ESPN.com during Super Bowl that Ryan “needs to be compensated well” following an MVP season. Blank just didn’t specify when the big payday would occur.

“I’m saying that eventually, we will address Matt Ryan and his contract,” Dimitroff said Wednesday. “Right now, our focus is going to be on this year’s class, understanding that Matt is a very important part of our future, as every knows — an extremely important part of our future.”

The Falcons typically award extensions the year before a contract is set to expire.

“We’ve been very consistent with that,” Dimitroff said. “We’re never completely cast in stone. So, I think that leaves the opening that you never know. Sometimes things can get done. But we have been very consistent with that. And if you look at any of our signings since I’ve been here — and I’m a stickler for consistency — that sends a very good message where people can’t say, ‘Well, you did it with him, and you did it with him.’ “

Dimitroff said he has not talked to Ryan’s agent, Tom Condon, regarding an extension. Condon also represents Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford, who is expected to land a new lucrative deal before he becomes an unrestricted free agent following the 2017 season. The deals expected to be signed by both Stafford and Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr are likely to set the mark for where Ryan should be compensated. Andrew Luck of Indianapolis received $87 million guaranteed in a five-year extension signed last June.

Regarding the Falcons set to become unrestricted free agents, Dimitroff said the team is in contract negotiations to keep safety Kemal Ishmael, tight end Levine Toilolo, fullback Patrick DiMarco, and defensive lineman Courtney Upshaw. Dimitroff said he expects veteran defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux, who has spent all 12 of his NFL seasons with the Falcons, to reach free agency, implying the Falcons have no intent to re-sign him. The same is expected for veteran tight end Jacob Tamme, who is coming off of shoulder surgery.

INDIANAPOLIS – Cincinnati Bengals player personnel director Duke Tobin didn’t shut down the possibility of trading backup quarterback AJ McCarron in the offseason.

Tobin said they’re not actively seeking to move McCarron, but he welcomed any team to call him if they had a reasonable offer.

“The phones in our office work,” Tobin said. “They always work. I’ve got an interest in listening to any of you that want to talk.”

He added later: “We’re not actively looking to diminish our football team by trading AJ McCarron and that diminishes our football team. It has to be something we feel is valuable enough to warrant doing that. What it is, I don’t know. Who it is to, I don’t know. It’s not ideal to trade guys within your division, particularly at that position. But we listen.”

Tobin implied it would take a strong offer for the Bengals to trade McCarron, who started three regular season games in 2015 and the AFC wildcard loss to the Steelers that season while filling in for an injured Andy Dalton.

The Bengals carried three quarterbacks on the active roster in 2016 after claiming Jeff Driskel off waivers, presumably to have a backup plan in case McCarron did get traded. McCarron, drafted in the fifth round of the 2014 draft, technically has one year left on his rookie deal, although the Bengals could have his rights for up to two more seasons because he did not spend enough time on the active roster as a rookie to accrue a year toward free agency.