Patrick Peterson is not going anywhere and Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim wants to make that perfectly clear.
“We’re not trading Pat [Peterson] and that’s something we’ve been very consistent with,” Keim stated Friday on the Doug and Wolf Show when asked if he would trade away the eight-time Pro Bowler.
Peterson, a top cornerman in the league, is currently serving a six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy.
Speculation this week about a possible trade circulated after pass rusher Chandler Jones restructured his deal, creating more cap space for the Cardinals. Keim reiterated it was just business as usual.
“It’s not anything that we haven’t done before. It’s … an exercise that a lot of teams do year in and year out, and it’s just to increase some flexibility,” Keim said.
My take: I am in full agreement with GM Kein. The Cardinals would be absolutely foolish for trading away their No. 1 corner – and arguably a top player at his position. The eight-time Pro Bowl corner appears content with his situation in Arizona and has showed no indication he wants out – publicly at least. It was just bad timing for restructuring a deal with Jaguars’ cornerback Jalen Ramsey on the cusp of being traded.
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