There has been quite a bit of speculation that the Arizona Cardinals could trade star cornerback Patrick Peterson this offseason, but Peterson doesn't think he is going anywhere.
Following the Cardinals' win over the Cleveland Browns in their 2019 home finale on Sunday, Peterson said that Week 15 was not his last home game in Arizona:
“This won’t be my last home game here,” Peterson said, according to the team website. “I’ll be back.”
Of course, it's not necessarily all up to him.
Peterson has one more year remaining on his deal after this season, and with the Cardinals in clear rebuilding mode, they could see it fit to trade Peterson for some draft picks to continue piling up assets and young talent moving forward.
But if this was Peterson's last home game as a member of the Cards? He went out with a bang, as he got to line up against one of the best wide receivers in the NFL in Odell Beckham Jr.:
“That’s my first time ever going up against Odell,” said Peterson, who has long shadowed No. 1 receivers. “It was a pleasure. One fellow [LSU] Tiger against another. It was a fun matchup. It was a fun game. I knew I was going to have a couple of opportunities with Baker [Mayfield] being the gunslinger he is. I wanted to make the best of the opportunities when they came towards me.”
Peterson was suspended for the first six games of this season as a result of violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy, marking the first time he has missed any contests since entering the NFL back in 2011.
This will also likely represent the first time Peterson has not made the Pro Bowl in his career.
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