Mike Peterson doesn’t sound like a guy that was demoted from the starting lineup and eventually exiled from his home of six years. He sounds happier than he’s been in a long time.
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After a rocky exit from the Jacksonville Jaguars, Peterson is ready for a fresh start in Atlanta with the Falcons.
“Atlanta as a city is definitely different than Jacksonville, but I’m loving it,” he said. “It’s a first-class organization, though. From the owner on down, it’s first class. They take care of their players.”
Peterson and Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio were involved in a highly-publicized spat last season when the veteran linebacker was sent home for insubordination after Del Rio called him and a few other players out for a lack of effort in a recent game during a team meeting. Whatever Peterson said to his coach was enough to have him barred from the team’s facilities for two days and eventually demoted to a backup role.
Peterson won the starting spot back for the final two games of the season, but knew that his time in Jacksonville had come to an end.
