Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman spent more than four hours talking with Adrian Peterson at his home in Houston on Wednesday — their first meeting with the star running back since he was barred from playing last September.

Peterson told ESPN the meeting went well but he declined to reveal details.

Zimmer and Spielman are trying to convince Peterson, the 2012 league MVP, that he should remain with the Vikings after he missed almost all of last season while addressing child-abuse charges in Texas.

Peterson, 29, was placed back on the commissioner’s exempt list last week after federal judge David Doty ordered the NFL to vacate his suspension over child-abuse charges. The NFL has appealed Doty’s decision.

Peterson was first placed on the commissioner’s exempt list in September, when charges were filed alleging Peterson had abused his 4-year-old son. Peterson claimed he did not intend injury while disciplining the boy with a wooden switch.

Peterson avoided jail time, pleading no contest to reckless assault on Nov. 4, and commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Peterson for the rest of the season for a violation of the personal conduct policy. Doty ended that suspension last week.

It’s not clear whether Peterson wants to return to the Vikings. His agent, Ben Dogra, had an altercation with chief contract negotiator Rob Brzezinski at the Combine in Indianapolis when Dogra reportedly told the Vikings that Peterson was done in Minneapolis. Peterson also has said he is “uneasy” about returning to the team.

Peterson has three years remaining on his contract and is owed $12.75 million next season.