Peterson plea deal...

[Purple Reign]

So it sounds like it's up to the Vikings whether or not he'll play. If he somehow got suspended more than eight games he'll obviously be appealing, so I would think he'd be able to play no matter what happens.

I don't know, if it is just a matter of being able to play while appealing, then why wouldn't Ray Rice be playing?

[PacificNorseWest]

Ray Rice isn't playing because he doesn't have a team to play for and nobody wants to sign him.

[Mothman]

I didn't put it together until just now but, I think it's a lock Peterson will see action against Chicago. Insiders are adding him to fantasy teams.... And the big one that just hit me. The NFL just a few days ago flexed the Vikings/Bears game to CBS. Think there's something in the works much? There's gotta be something going on here.

Interesting.... I assumed CBS just wanted that game because of the big marketplace involved (Bears/Vikings represents a matchup between the #3 media market and the #13 media market). Their other options that week appear to be:

DEN @ STL
CIN @ NO
HOU @ CLE
OAK @ SD

That's not exactly a ratings bonanza waiting to happen. Peterson's return might just be icing on the cake for CBS but maybe they had some inside information.

If Peterson can come back for that game, I wonder how much playing time he'd get. He's bound to be a little rusty and he's been away from the new offense since week 1.

I'd love to see him play in that game.

[nightowl]

I may be off base because I'm clueless about TV ratings and all that stuff. I just don't see much logic by using this flex option on a game between a Bears team that's struggling, and a promising but relatively off key Vikings team that at best is a middling team right now. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm usually on the other side of that telling them they're nuts... But I really wonder if "the Fix" was in on this. Add the flexing of the game, the odd fantasy moves by people in the know, and also this is all going down at the start of a bye week so he would have maximum practice time, and it's great conspiracy theory fodder.

[PacificNorseWest]

I may be off base because I'm clueless about TV ratings and all that stuff. I just don't see much logic by using this flex option on a game between a Bears team that's struggling, and a promising but relatively off key Vikings team that at best is a middling team right now. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I'm usually on the other side of that telling them they're nuts... But I really wonder if "the Fix" was in on this. Add the flexing of the game, the odd fantasy moves by people in the know, and also this is all going down at the start of a bye week so he would have maximum practice time, and it's great conspiracy theory fodder.

CBS knows the attention they'll get by airing the Vikings with AP back on the field. It'll be a circus. Football fans will watch, advocates against domestic violence will watch in disgust, this group, that group....And then what Jim alluded to about the markets involved and it's a big ratings-getter for that Sunday.

[Purple Reign]

From NFL.com

Rapoport reported Monday that Peterson won't be immediately reinstated and active if he takes a plea deal, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his situation. A deal could be presented at Peterson's pre-trial hearing, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Texas.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... s-to-field

[Boon]

CBS taking a two nfc team card? How?

[Mothman]

CBS taking a two nfc team card? How?

A new arrangement:

This year, though, there is a new arrangement that allows the NFL to “cross-flex” games between CBS and Fox on Sunday afternoons. The league says the option brings “potentially under-distributed games to wider audiences.”

Previously, CBS’ offerings for that Sunday were thin thanks to AFC games being scheduled for Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights that week. The addition of Bears-Vikings will bolster its lineup.

Earlier in the year, the “cross-flex” had the Bears-Buffalo game on Fox. Normally with the AFC as the visitor, that game would have aired on CBS.

[Mothman]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... -decision/

“We will review the court documents,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told PFT via email. “We cannot speculate on a timetable for a decision.”

Even if the league can’t speculate on a timetable, time remains of the essence. Peterson has missed eight games pending the resolution of the case. Some would say that’s enough of a punishment in light of the crime to which he will plead no contest later today.

Either way, a decision needs to come by next week, when the Vikings return from their bye. Failure to make a decision necessarily becomes a decision to extend his suspension.

[DK Sweets]

So it sounds like it's up to the Vikings whether or not he'll play. If he somehow got suspended more than eight games he'll obviously be appealing, so I would think he'd be able to play no matter what happens.

I've seen this posted before - the teams have restrictions on how long they can suspend a player, otherwise it has to come from the commissioner. If the Exempt List counts as his suspension, the Vikings would either have to allow him to be present at all practices, meetings, and games (he would have to do this to earn his paycheck) and then sit him on the bench or they would have to release him. A further suspension imposed by the team is highly unlikely.

No...i think having 6 division games left is huge.

We only have 4 division games left, but that is still plenty. The Lions have a 2 game lead and the Packers are clinging to 1. If we take care of those division games, we only have the Jets and Panthers at home and a trip to Miami.

Of course, that isn't going to be easy. But man...does anybody remember how we felt after Week 3? Peterson had been suspended, we'd lost this board, we'd dropped 2 losses in painful fashion...I would have never expected the season to be this exciting after the bye week.

[The Breeze]

I didn't put it together until just now but, I think it's a lock Peterson will see action against Chicago. Insiders are adding him to fantasy teams.... And the big one that just hit me. The NFL just a few days ago flexed the Vikings/Bears game to CBS. Think there's something in the works much? There's gotta be something going on here.

yeah, this is part of why I wouldn't be surprised in the Comish's office had already worked a deal with him about reinstatement. He's been out 8 games and is pleading no contest to a misdemeanor. Now the league has something to work with as far as public perception...no?

[The Breeze]

I've seen this posted before - the teams have restrictions on how long they can suspend a player, otherwise it has to come from the commissioner. If the Exempt List counts as his suspension, the Vikings would either have to allow him to be present at all practices, meetings, and games (he would have to do this to earn his paycheck) and then sit him on the bench or they would have to release him. A further suspension imposed by the team is highly unlikely.
We only have 4 division games left, but that is still plenty. The Lions have a 2 game lead and the Packers are clinging to 1. If we take care of those division games, we only have the Jets and Panthers at home and a trip to Miami.

Of course, that isn't going to be easy. But man...does anybody remember how we felt after Week 3? Peterson had been suspended, we'd lost this board, we'd dropped 2 losses in painful fashion...I would have never expected the season to be this exciting after the bye week.

Yo, thanks for helping me with my math homework.

And you made my point.

[The Breeze]

Interesting.... I assumed CBS just wanted that game because of the big marketplace involved (Bears/Vikings represents a matchup between the #3 media market and the #13 media market). Their other options that week appear to be:

DEN @ STL
CIN @ NO
HOU @ CLE
OAK @ SD

That's not exactly a ratings bonanza waiting to happen. Peterson's return might just be icing on the cake for CBS but maybe they had some inside information.

If Peterson can come back for that game, I wonder how much playing time he'd get. He's bound to be a little rusty and he's been away from the new offense since week 1.

I'd love to see him play in that game.

I would think the Cincy/NO would be more important and would get some good ratings.

I also think that the timing of this with the bye week coming has some significance. They have over a week to figure out whether or not to reinstate him.

[Boon]

Question is, will he be in game shape though? And thanks mothman for explaining that double nfc stuff.

[dead_poet]

Question is, will he be in game shape though? And thanks mothman for explaining that double nfc stuff.

If there's one person you really don't have to worry about being in "game shape" it's Adrian Peterson. I guarantee he's been keeping his daily training routine. Dude is a training machine. There's a difference in training and "football speed" but, again, this is Adrian Peterson. I'm surprised that's even a question.