Did you not read the article? This is why players are bitter and say they don't trust Keim and they aren't wrong. Keim was correct in letting Peterson walk, but this isn't how you treat players.
“This is why I’m so kinda upset: Going through the whole (free agency process) … we have our end-of-the-year talk,” Peterson explained. “‘Yeah, P, we going to do everything we can to get you back. Blah, blah, blah, blah.’ All bull(expletive).
“And obviously February rolls around, March rolls around, (Keim is) telling me, ‘We got to wait until the new salary cap number comes out,’ this, that and the other. Mind you, they signed J.J. Watt two weeks before free agency started.”
Peterson said that around March, before going on a family vacation to the Bahamas, he tried to connect with Keim to talk about his future with Arizona, where he wanted to stay.
That initiation was met by silence, the eight-time Pro Bowler said.
It wasn’t until Peterson had already gotten the message and moved on that the Cardinals general manager reached out, the cornerback added.
“I sign with my new team, Minnesota, guess who call and text me,” Peterson said. “You thought I picked it up?
“For him to do that, yo, I lost all respect for him, man.”