NFL players have missed games for a number of reasons, but this might be a new one.
Adrian Peterson denies pregame chewing tobacco incident while chewing tobacco
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Per FOX broadcast, Adrian Peterson swallowed his chew on a bumpy team flight Saturday. Vomited upon arrival. Hence, injury report downgrade.
— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) October 25, 2015 Adrian Peterson, professional football player, is exactly as smooth as some high school sophomores you know. For what it’s worth, FOX’s Jay Glazer reported that Peterson told his teammates it was shellfish.
Of course, if I were an adult chewing long leaf tobacco by choice and making myself sick because of it, I’d come up with just about any story imaginable to keep myself from getting made fun of. Food poisoning, tuberculosis, whatever. Just don’t let anyone know I swallowed a mouth full of tobacco.
To drive home the point that chewing tobacco wasn’t the culprit of his illness, Peterson addressed reporters with a packed lip after the Vikings’ win.
Adrian Peterson says tobacco did not make him ill. "I'm surprised they said that. I've been dipping for 10 yrs, so that would never happen."
— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) October 25, 2015 After meeting Peterson I must say I've never seen a lip packed so robustly with tobacco in all my years. Puts a half can in his lower lip.
— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) October 25, 2015 
