The Arizona Cardinals and cornerback Patrick Peterson agreed to a enormous contract extension worth five years and $70 million, $48 of which is guaranteed.
Happy to announce my 5 year extension with @AZCardinals! $70M and $48M Guaranteed!! #AZCardinals #P2Nation #YearOfTheCardinal
— Patrick Peterson /P2 (@P2) July 30, 2014
CB Patrick Peterson and Cardinals agree on 5-year extension with $48M guaranteed (most ever for a CB)
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 30, 2014
So you knew it was a matter of time before Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman responded. Sherman tends to weigh in on all matters related to cornerbacks around the NFL, particularly those claiming to be better than him. While Sherman deciding to respond was not so surprising, he did in a subtle way by retweeting this stat.
Richard Sherman and Patrick Peterson combined to allow 8 touchdown passes in 2013. Peterson gave up seven of those.
— Cody Swartz (@cbswartz5) July 30, 2014
Of course Peterson wasn’t going to let it go and tweeted his response.
Yu mad bro!!!! LMAO😂😂😂😂😭
— Patrick Peterson /P2 (@P2) July 30, 2014
Then Sherman scoreboarded him for the win.
Can't ever be too mad lmao... pic.twitter.com/ZHA28B9Tji
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) July 30, 2014
"Coming at me never work no matter who try"-Drake
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) July 30, 2014
Later in the day, Peterson expanded upon the beef.
“I don’t how he feels about it, but I think it’s fun, healthy competition,” Peterson said, via AZCardinals.com’s Darren Urban. “I’m having fun with it, sometimes it seems like he’s a little salty with it. I don’t have any problems with Richard. I don’t have any beef with him. I am having fun. I don’t know if he’s having fun. We have had our exchanges over the last month or so and obviously he is still exchanging words this morning, but it is what it is. I have no ill feelings toward Richard. I wish him the best of luck throughout his career and season and I guess it’ll be must-watch TV when we play Seattle.”