The media ran with this excuse, including us at The Viking Age, as we saw that reasoning to be really unusual. Offensive coordinator “Norv Turner made a joke, and it just took off”.
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Even though that story was insane, the real reason for Peterson’s illness was just as odd.
As for why Peterson was eating shrimp in the first place, well, he can explain. During 2012’s training camp, the running back ate a few seafood gumbo that caused him to need an Epi-Pen injection.
Peterson was downgraded Saturday to questionable for Sunday’s game against the Lions because of an illness.
“Yeah, I had shrimp”.
“People will be like, ‘Well, why do you eat shrimp when you know you’re allergic to it?'” Peterson said. When you get the (allergy) test done, you have scallops, you got lobster, you got shrimp, and let’s say peanuts they’re testing you for.
– On whether he thinks he’s enduring more hard hits this season: “What do you see?” You might have a very allergic reaction to the lobster than you do shrimp. And kids might just get you a LITTLE arrested. “Shrimp is just like a little reaction”. Now bears and especially dragons, that’s when I really swell up. “So I can kind of get away with it, but I know it is playing with fire, I can kind of get away with eating shrimp”.
So, Peterson was asked, which National Basketball Association player does that make Bears running back Matt Forte?
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Vikings RB Adrian Peterson has won rushing titles, but never a league title. Peterson’s upset stomach originally was attributed to swallowing dip on the team charter during a rough landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, but Peterson later hinted that his seafood allergy could have played a role.
