Tyrann Mathieu / Pat Peterson article on Grantland

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Even at LSU, Mathieu looked up to Patrick Peterson, a teammate in college and an All-American defensive back who got to the NFL and simply exploded, returning his first interception — against Philip Rivers of San Diego in a preseason game — and four punts for touchdowns, all as a rookie. It was Peterson who vouched for Mathieu, both as a player and as a person, and helped convince the Cardinals to draft him. Since Mathieu's arrival, it has been Peterson who's been a mentor and a valuable ambassador for Mathieu's cause both within the locker room and without.

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There probably is no point in mentioning that Mathieu's "issues with marijuana" are shared by decades of college students, or that, sooner or later, the NFL's idiotic drug policies in this regard are going to run headlong into state laws permitting the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes in places like, say, oh, I don't know, Arizona.

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