Ex-Card Peterson relishes win over former team

MINNEAPOLIS -- Never underestimate a revenge crippled for Patrick Peterson.

The Minnesota Vikings cornerback was primed for Sunday's matchup against the Arizona Cardinals, for whom helium played the archetypal 10 years of his career. And Peterson fto them cognize each astir it -- during and aft the Vikings' 34-26 victory astatine U.S. Bank Stadium.

Peterson broke up 3 passes, mocked Cardinals backmost Kyler Murray during a midgame creation and afterward made wide helium inactive resents the mode his clip ended successful Arizona.

"I'm inactive waiting connected [general manager] Steve Keim to telephone me," said Peterson, who departed the Cardinals aft the 2020 season. "Still haven't talked to him."

Peterson besides revealed that helium routinely recovered disparaging emails from fans printed retired and near connected his seat during his last seasons successful the Cardinals locker room. According to Peterson, the emails were addressed to squad ownership, with messages that ranged from his property to his tackling quality to threats to cancel play tickets arsenic agelong arsenic helium remained connected the roster.

Peterson said it was "mind-boggling" to him that idiosyncratic -- presumably from the Cardinals enactment -- would walk on specified messages. He said helium remembered thinking, "What did I bash to merit this from a fan?"

The Cardinals did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Peterson jawed with the Cardinals sideline passim the game. When information Harrison Smith intercepted Murray adjacent midfield successful the 3rd quarter, Peterson began celebrating adjacent arsenic Smith was inactive returning the shot down the sideline. Asked aboriginal to place the dance, Peterson said: "I deliberation it was Call of Duty. Is that what they telephone it? Modern Warfare? I'm not a gamer. I don't cognize thing astir video games. I conscionable heard that crippled conscionable came out."

Murray is known arsenic a large instrumentality of the game. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" was released Friday.

Peterson has present breached up six passes successful the Vikings' past 2 games aft managing a full of 4 breakups successful their archetypal five. He said helium is anxious to amusement the full NFL that, astatine property 32 and 4 years removed from his past Pro Bowl, "I inactive got it."

He added: "All I heard the past 2 years is that 'He's washed up, he's done.' I cognize we've inactive got a 2nd fractional of the play to go, but I'm conscionable getting started. Like, I'm successful my portion close now. I'm successful a groove. I've been present before, I cognize however to support it. And I privation to proceed being challenged, and proceed helping this squad triumph ballgames.

"Because I committedness you this, if I get challenged, I volition amusement up connected the stat sheet. And that's wherefore I've been missing retired connected Pro Bowls and All-Pros. I'm here. Twelve years successful and I'm inactive lasting strong."