Ex-NFL star Adrian Peterson maintains Damar Hamlin's Super Bowl jacket was 'disrespectful,' sorry for tone

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Former NFL star Adrian Peterson said Monday he spoke with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin after he ridiculed the player for wearing a jacket featuring Jesus at Super Bowl LVII.

Peterson initially wrote on Instagram that it was blasphemous for Hamlin to be wearing the get-up, which featured what appeared to be an image of Jesus Christ on his left breast and a message on his right side, which read, "Without end or beginning there is no day and there is no night." On the back of the jacket, it read "Eternal" with Jesus on the cross.

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Adrian Peterson is seen on the field prior to the NFC Wild Card playoff game between the New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on January 15, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

The former Minnesota Vikings running back updated his critique later.

"So I spoke with Damar, and we were able to discuss our thoughts as men. I want to be clear, I’m the last person to judge anyone, and that was never my intention," Peterson wrote. "However, I do feel as if the jacket was disrespectful and it was something that I needed to share. I do realize everyone makes mistakes and falls short at times, so again, my intention was never to judge, just to share my opinion.

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Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings rushes against the Tennessee Titans on September 28, 2008 at LP Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Rob Tringali/Sportschrome/Getty Images)

"Damar, I have respect and love for you and I wish you nothing but the