News broke that Adrian Peterson is taking an official visit on Monday to the New England Patriots, but the reason may not have anything to do with the team's interest in him.
According to Pro Football Talk, MIke Florio's take is the visit is a favor to Peterson's agent and an attempt to send a message to free agent LeGarrette Blount.
He also discusses a possible resistance to signing Peterson following Patriots president Jonathan Kraft's comments when news broke of the running back allegedly beating his child:
"I just don't get it, so it is hard to comment on," Jonathan Kraft said at the time, via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. "Other than the fact the way I was brought up and the way I brought my children is you don't lay your hands on them. From where I sit it is completely unacceptable and as abhorrent as what we have been talking about [with Ray Rice]. It was interesting hearing some people raise a defense about it being cultural and I can't comment on that.
"Everything I have heard about this makes you just physically uncomfortable as the other stuff we have talked about. And I think it is a real issue and in this case I think Adrian Peterson in his comments basically did say it is a thing he grew up with and is culturally what the norm is. I can't comment on it because it is just so alien to me."
There's certainly plenty of hoops to jump through for Peterson to land with the Patriots, but an official visit is a pretty big deal this late in the game, if it is a legit visit.
The move came on the same day it was reported the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had no interest in Peterson.
Peterson wasn't great in his first season over 30 years old, rushing for 72 yards over three games and putting up career lows across the board. Whether that was from not having Teddy Bridgewater to take pressure off of the running game or what, AP looked horrendous before suffering what became a season-ending torn meniscus.
He is a former MVP, seven-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro, with a 2,000-yard season under his belt.
