Hooray for your fantasy team! Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will be in uniform this weekend for that joke of a franchise.
The Queens reinstated Peterson on Monday, probably not coincidentally after they got blown out on Sunday.
Peterson had been suspended for Sunday’s game because he was indicted on charges that he injured one of his own children. And we know that he injured the kid. He hasn’t denied it and everyone has seen the photos.
Now there’s word that he injured another one of his kids. The second incident was reported to Child Protective Services, but chargers were never filed. That kid — who has a different mother than the first kid — apparently has a facial scar from the beating.
So why does Peterson all of a sudden get reinstated?
Well, because.
Here’s what shitbird Vikings GM Rick Spielman had to say.
Q: Why do you have to wait for due process when the extent of the injuries and the facts are so readily available? In other words, what would what a jury says change about what you can see with your eyes?
A: Again, I don’t know. It hasn’t been in front of the jury yet, and what we have is what we’re aware of right now, and collecting all of the evidence and facts that we can to make this decision, we felt that this was the best decision going forward.
Uh huh. Best decision for your shitty football team.
As numerous outlets have now pointed out, the Vikings have a history of releasing players who get in trouble with the law. Of course, they have so many guys that get arrested, that some are bound to get released. But, that turd of an organization has actually released guys before they even had their day in court.
Earlier this year, linebacker Erin Henderson was cut after getting arrested for a DUI. Last year, cornerback A.J. Jefferson was cut after being arrested for domestic assault. In 2011, cornerback Chris Cook was suspended indefinitely after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend.
Cook was eventually acquitted and reinstated.
None of these rules apply to Peterson though. He’s a franchise back.