Adrian Peterson can’t stop pitching himself to the Giants.
Just weeks after saying on ESPN that Big Blue is a team he’s “thought about” playing for in the 2017 season, AP tweeted late Wednesday that the Giants have “been making some interesting moves.”
While they just released wide receiver Victor Cruz, it’s likely the most “interesting” move Peterson is talking about is the release of running back Rashad Jennings.
That leaves Paul Perkins as the Giants’ primary back heading into next season.
Besides the knee issue that sidelined the 31-year-old Peterson for 13 games in 2016, there are other roadblocks in the way of him suiting up for Big Blue.
For starters, he is under contract for one more year in Minnesota.
Peterson will make $11.75 million in the final year of his three-year deal if he stays a Viking, which is a big if seeing how that’s an awful lot for an aging running back coming off a serious injury.
And then there's the child abuse incident of 2014 when Peterson pleaded no contest to beating his 4-year-old son with a switch (small tree branch). It's not likely the Giants would want to sign AP considering what they went through last year with kicker Josh Brown who admitted to physically and emotionally abusing his then-wife, prompting the team to eventually release him after media pressure.
Regardless, if Peterson is eventually cut by Minnesota, the latest “interesting” moves Giants general manager Jerry Reese has made may leave the team with enough money to sign AP.
Just weeks after saying on ESPN that Big Blue is a team he’s “thought about” playing for in the 2017 season, AP tweeted late Wednesday that the Giants have “been making some interesting moves.”
While they just released wide receiver Victor Cruz, it’s likely the most “interesting” move Peterson is talking about is the release of running back Rashad Jennings.
That leaves Paul Perkins as the Giants’ primary back heading into next season.
The Giants been making some interesting moves.
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) February 16, 2017
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) February 16, 2017
Besides the knee issue that sidelined the 31-year-old Peterson for 13 games in 2016, there are other roadblocks in the way of him suiting up for Big Blue.
For starters, he is under contract for one more year in Minnesota.
Peterson will make $11.75 million in the final year of his three-year deal if he stays a Viking, which is a big if seeing how that’s an awful lot for an aging running back coming off a serious injury.
And then there's the child abuse incident of 2014 when Peterson pleaded no contest to beating his 4-year-old son with a switch (small tree branch). It's not likely the Giants would want to sign AP considering what they went through last year with kicker Josh Brown who admitted to physically and emotionally abusing his then-wife, prompting the team to eventually release him after media pressure.
Regardless, if Peterson is eventually cut by Minnesota, the latest “interesting” moves Giants general manager Jerry Reese has made may leave the team with enough money to sign AP.
