That's a different lie

Adrian Peterson accuses Jabari Greer of trying to kick him in the face.

Of course this is only the latest episode in what we described last week as an ever-expanding and self-perpetuating myth of "dirty" play by the Saints. Each week, opposing coaching staffs warn their players to be on the lookout for overly aggressive play. And then, football being football, aggressive play happens and is inevitably interpreted by the players as over the line. They go on TV and complain prompting the next week's coaches and scouts to warn their players too.

And so an erroneous perception forwarded by one interested party to a dispute snowballs into a runaway avalanche of overcompensation. Think of it as the Politifact of football.