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IrishViking wrote:I personally think his comment about the how Texas didn't do it, but Minnesota did is the most telling.
The more I think about it, the more I'm inclined to say the most telling part is:
That impacted me, but most importantly, it impacted the people around me -- my family, my kids. This came from the state I love so much, that I wish to bring a championship to? This is how they treat me when I'm down and out? You kick me? My wife (and I), we've had several conversations about me returning to Minnesota, what the best options are. If I left it up to her, I'd be somewhere else today, and that's with her weighing everything. It's a lot for me to weigh; she understands that. But there are some things that I'm still uneasy about."
It sounds like his family had a tough time and his wife doesn't want to be in Minnesota. Setting everything else aside, that alone would create some real conflict in just about any man's mind.
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PurpleMustReign wrote:When did you all turn into such sensitive softies? Omg... He could also be speaking on behalf of his wife. Just two weeks ago he said he was happy to be back in MN and "Of course" he wants to play for the Vikings next season. Man up people. Next he will say he doesn't like snow and everyone will blow up about how he is insulting the northern half of the country.
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PurpleMustReign wrote:And like was mentioned before... When were those quotes spoken? Does the article say?
According to Ben Goessling's article, Peterson made the comments yesterday.
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Just blowing through and have to comment on this latest dumb-effery.
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I feel for him to some degree, but Adrian has no one to blame but himself for all of this. The course of events may have shed some light on lots of less than savory behavior from Goodell in his smugness, to the Wylf's jelly-fishedness, to the journalists' blood lust for witch hunting, the leaking of photos and everything in between....but it was still his insensitive hand that set the wheels in motion.
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The guy seems determined to continue to project his blatant disconnect from the more collective reality we all inhabit. It would be a real breath of fresh air if he would just drink a nice big cup of STFU and move on from this mess. He is most assuredly not the victim in this affair, rather a squawking peacock twitching at the end of the rope of his own bloated pride. But he is entitled to express himself accordingly....what a circus.
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He is under contract as the highest paid RB in the history of the league. He is worth it IMO and see no reason for him to be asked to take a pay cut next season. He put the Vikings organization in a really poor situation with his actions and if he's too dense to understand that any real conspired effort to keep him off the field was, right or wrong, in the perceived best interest of the whole as opposed to some personal slight to him and his family, then he really is ego-simplistic to the point of stupidity and not at all that far removed in terms of hubris and humility from Rodger Goodell. Given the way the leaugue office and sponsors handled their end of this it's hard to believe there is anything the FO of the Vikes could have done differently, unless they wanted to be rid of him.
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He's an incredible talent and a total moron if doesn't get that all his wounds are self-inflicted.
I'm probably more than a skosh over the top with my take on it, but I'll chalk it up to AD fatigue. It's entirely possible that he's just venting, as everyone is frustrated with it all, and I'm taking too much from his comments, but they really rubbed me the wrong way.
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Adrian is a thick-headed dunce. I've heard subtle little side comments from media members that he is not the sharpest branch on the tree, but these comments to ESPN confirm it. He doesn't get it.
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Not sure if this is NEW information or re-hash of last few days but...
@RapSheet #Vikings have tried to mend fences, with Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer reaching out to Peterson. To no avail. He wants a fresh start.
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dead_poet wrote:Not sure if this is NEW information or re-hash of last few days but...
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yezzir wrote:Love your avatar!
Ha. Thanks. I badly want to go back to the Vikings/Robocop version but I can't do that until I start seeing this team play better. I hope it's changed by week 4.
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dead_poet wrote: Ha. Thanks. I badly want to go back to the Vikings/Robocop version but I can't do that until I start seeing this team play better. I hope it's changed by week 4.
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How is Peterson dumber now? I just don't understand what everyone is upset about. He doesn't have a choice where he plays really. He is under contract. The Vikings can force him to stay if they want. They hold all of the cards essentially.

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PurpleMustReign wrote:How is Peterson dumber now? I just don't understand what everyone is upset about. He doesn't have a choice where he plays really. He is under contract. The Vikings can force him to stay if they want. They hold all of the cards essentially.

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Very true. And the fact of the matter is Peterson is too much of a competitor (in my eyes) to really let anything bother him during the season. I mean, he's not going to NOT give 100% on every play because of this when the bullets start flying and there are linebackers staring him down. I'm starting to think that the best course of action is to just play him under his current contract and just shut up and enjoy the production.
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I feel the same way. Just play and go from there.

If he is seriously and determinedly discontent to the point of holding out and forcing an issue, which is what his tone might be suggesting....then trade him to the highest bidder and move on.
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PurpleMustReign wrote:How is Peterson dumber now? I just don't understand what everyone is upset about. He doesn't have a choice where he plays really. He is under contract. The Vikings can force him to stay if they want. They hold all of the cards essentially.

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Because it takes restructuring off the table. Obviously if they pay his contract he'll be here but that was always the case.

I'm with Jim, the comment about his wife is why I brought it up in the first place. His family doesn't want to be here and he's always wanted to play in Texas. It isn't hard to connect the dots and come to the conclusion that while he has loyalty to his fans and teammates ultimately he has a lot of reasons to leave.

I'm sure he'll give 100% and maybe by this time next year all this will be forgotten but based on what he's saying, for this season, the Vikings are going to have to pony up. FWIW I think they'll pay him if nothing more than Zygi wants him here to open the stadium. The Vikings don't have anyone else in the same stratosphere that holds his type of clout.
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PurpleMustReign wrote:How is Peterson dumber now? I just don't understand what everyone is upset about. He doesn't have a choice where he plays really. He is under contract. The Vikings can force him to stay if they want. They hold all of the cards essentially.

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He's not dumber now. He's always been dumb. People either ignored it, or refused to believe it, and are just starting to realize now what some of us have been saying for years.

On the field? Dan Cole has been saying on KFAN for years now that after Favre called the play in the huddle in 09, he had to tell Peterson what to do after.

He was talking about Dallas before any of this. How NFL players are slaves. He doesn't get it. There's a reason Goodell sat him down. And people still defended him. Now after it's pretty much said and done, he's playing the victim. He's an immature, unintelligent, overgrown, child. If he's half dozen other remarks, half dozen other children, half dozen other baby momma's don't clear it up, then these comments, after what has happened, should.

Everyone loves watching him on the field. But the money, the off the field. He doesn't want to be here. Just trade the guy and end this crap already. :wallbang:
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fiestavike wrote:There's a lot of unknown and unknowable in the whole situation, but publicly, there was very little support voiced for Peterson by the organization between the Radisson fiasco and a couple weeks ago. If nothing more was being said to him behind the scenes and he was receiving no assurances of support, I think its very easy to see how he would feel like he was left twisting in the breeze.

Meanwhile the press and public reaction to Peterson's actions were pretty unfair. Nobody likes being called a child abuser. Its easy to see why he wouldn't be comfortable raising his family in Minnesota at this point.
The victim syndrome makes me sick. What about what he brought on the organization during this? The NFL is a business, as Adrian said. You saw what happened with the Radisson sponsorship when they reinstated him. He brought this on himself.

If you don't want to be called a child abuser, don't abuse a child. It's also easy to see why many Minnesotans and Vikings fans don't want him back.
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ranskal wrote: The victim syndrome makes me sick. What about what he brought on the organization during this? The NFL is a business, as Adrian said. You saw what happened with the Radisson sponsorship when they reinstated him. He brought this on himself.

If you don't want to be called a child abuser, don't abuse a child. It's also easy to see why many Minnesotans and Vikings fans don't want him back.
The Grand Jury never indicted him for child abuse, he was never tried for child abuse. This is the kind of sloppy and hyperbolic language that has riddled the entire episode and made it so dishonest and inflammatory.
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