So The Real Reason Adrian Peterson Was Sick Last Week Was Because He Ate Shrimp Even Though He's Allergic

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson plans to steer clear of Chicago’s seafood restaurants this weekend. “Yeah, I’ll be a little more cautious of what I eat,” Peterson said Wednesday during a conference call with Chicago media members. Peterson was downgraded to questionable on Saturday before Minnesota’s road game in Detroit after he vomited and fell ill. 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.

“That situation was just so simple, and I really just wasn’t feeling well, but they had to report it, and coach Norv Turner made a joke, and it just took off, about the dip,” Peterson said.

Peterson’s seafood allergy was first discovered in 2012 at training camp when he experienced a bad reaction to gumbo. A member of the Vikings’ training staff had to give Peterson an EpiPen injection and take him to the hospital. Peterson later became a spokesman for EpiPen and carries one with him in case of emergency.

Peterson reconfirmed Wednesday, however, that he had eaten shrimp before the Lions game. He still rushed for 98 yards on 19 carries in Minnesota’s 28-19 victory at Ford Field.

“Yeah, I had shrimp,” Peterson said. “You know, people would be like, ‘Why do you eat shrimp when you’re allergic to it?’ Well, here’s the thing: I’ve eaten shrimp my entire life. Shrimp is not my — you know, when you get the tests done, you have, for instance, scallops, lobster, shrimp and, let’s say, peanuts that they’re testing you for. You might swell up more when there’s lobster. You might have a bigger allergic reaction to lobster than you do shrimp. Shrimp might just swell you up a little bit.

Adrian Peterson has had a pretty rough past year in terms of the public image department but I’ll tell you this right now, I’m officially back on his side. You want to resonate with the common man, the regular guy, well this is how you do it. Getting sick from a food you’re allergic to just because you love eating it. Adrian Peterson is like a dog eating chocolate only if the dog was smart enough to know he shouldn’t eat that chocolate, so basically he’s dumber than an actual dog because at least he knows what is poisoning him. And I’m 100% on his side. Shrimp is delicious, every time I go to a Mexican place I go Fajitas Trios with shrimp, steak, and chicken. Every time. And if I was allergic to seafood like Adrian Peterson I would still do it, every single time. So props to AP, hope he sucks on Sunday because he owns the Bears, but I’m all in on people manning up and powering through food allergies. People with allergies are weak and pitiful, Adrian Peterson knows that, that’s why he doesn’t stop eating shrimp.

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Hope to God none of Adrian Peterson’s kids have peanut allergies.