Marcus Peters was traded by the Los Angeles Rams nearly two years ago, but he’s still not happy about the way things went down when he was dealt to the Baltimore Ravens before the deadline. During an appearance on “The Volume” podcast (warning: explicit language) with Aqib Talib, Peters ripped the Rams for how they handled the trade.
He says he felt disrespected by the fact that they traded him and then shortly after acquired Jalen Ramsey from the Jaguars. Peters didn’t hold back when discussing his departure, even going as far as to say he does a little bit more than Ramsey, who was effectively his replacement.
“I felt disrespected in a sense of yeah, y’all can trade me. That’s a part of the business, but two minutes after that, you bring in another guy who do the same [expletive] I do,” Peters said. “Maybe a little bit different, but if we play this compare game, I do a little bit more because I make a little bit more plays. Now, you might be doing what you’re doing and we love what you’re doing and we love what you’re doing because that [expletive] is exciting because you’re competitive and a [expletive]. But I’m gonna change the game. I’m not just finna be here trying to waste no time with nobody. I’m trying to get picks, dog. I’m trying to make these plays happen. I’m trying to be explosive. I’m trying to make this presence known. So that [expletive] was disrespectful to me. If we just hung on a little bit more, we’d have a chip that year, too. We’d bounce right back. I think at that time, [expletive] just got spunky around that building and [they] didn’t know how to handle it.”
Peters acknowledged that he can’t blame the Rams for going out and getting Ramsey when they had the opportunity to, and he doesn’t have a grudge against Sean McVay or anyone within the Rams organization, but he’s still frustrated by how everything happened.
“I was pissed off because as a competitor, why the [expletive] you bringing in another DB if you all just got rid of me?” he said. “But you can’t be mad at that for the type of player that they [got]. It’s the business. I can’t take it personal. I don’t hold no grudges against Sean and the rest of the dudes up over there because it was all love when we were there. But sometimes how people do some [expletive], it tends to backfire on their [expletive]. It is what it is and we move on, but I don’t think we was the problem. I don’t think we were the issue that was holding the Rams back from taking the steps of where we needed to get to.”
Peters has gone on to have plenty of success himself since being acquired by the Ravens. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2019, had four interceptions and four forced fumbles in 2020 and has played three postseason games with Baltimore.
He loves where he’s landed and earned a three-year deal worth $42 million from the Ravens just a couple of months after being traded by the Rams.
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