Peterson denies 'beef' with Murray, has texted QB

EAGAN, Minn. -- Minnesota Vikings cornerback Patrick Peterson denied Thursday that helium has a "beef" with Kyler Murray, saying helium meant nary disrespect by his caller comments and has reached retired to the Arizona Cardinals backmost successful hopes of talking done their back-and-forth of the past week.

Peterson said helium had not yet heard backmost from Murray, but looks guardant to helping him turn arsenic a player.

The speech betwixt the 2 began Wednesday erstwhile Peterson said connected his "All Things Covered" podcast that "Kyler Murray don't attraction astir cipher but Kyler Murray." Murray past responded successful a Twitter post, saying the characterization "wasn't true." He added that Peterson should telephone him if helium wanted to beryllium a mentor and not simply "drag maine truthful your podcast tin grow...."

On Thursday, Peterson said "I don't person immoderate beef with Kyler Murray." He disputed that helium had "disrespected" Murray and said his comments were based connected body-language observations that anyone could make.

"What I meant by my remark was erstwhile you're a franchise backmost you person to transportation yourself a definite way," said Peterson, who was teammates with Murray for 1 play with the Cardinals successful 2020. "So if you're having atrocious assemblage language, pouting, moping connected the sideline, what benignant of vigor bash you deliberation feeds disconnected to your teammates?

"That's what I meant astir Kyler. He cares astir himself due to the fact that he's not putting the squad first. When you marque a atrocious throw, and you travel disconnected to the sideline, you're dropping your shoulders, however bash you deliberation the defence feels? If our starting backmost don't person immoderate energy, nary fire, that we tin triumph this game, however tin we? That's what I meant astir Kyler caring astir Kyler. I didn't mean immoderate disrespect, successful immoderate manner oregon form. And I mightiness not beryllium his mentor, but these are the things, tips, that tin assistance him beryllium a amended shot subordinate successful the agelong run."

Peterson said helium did not person Murray's fig earlier this week, but got 1 from a erstwhile teammate. He texted Murray but had not received a reply by Thursday afternoon.

"I bash look guardant to talking to him due to the fact that I spot a ton of endowment successful him," Peterson said. "And those mannerisms are alarming. I'm conscionable saying thing that astir radical whitethorn beryllium acrophobic to archer him. It's nary secret. Everybody sees it. You spot it each clip they're connected television. You spot Kyler Murray pouting. Cursing retired the caput coach, calling retired the violative scheme. I didn't accidental that. He did."