Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: Does the NFL Have a Dipping Problem?

October 28, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

1. The NFL's "silent plague"
During the Vikings' telecast on Sunday, it was reported that running back Adrian Peterson was ill from swallowing his chewing tobacco. Peterson denied the story and said what really made him ill was some whack seafood. 
"I've been dipping for the past 10 years," Peterson told the media after the game. "Swallowing dip? My body's immune to it. That doesn't affect me at all."
Wait...hold on...what? Adrian Peterson has been using dip for a decade? This got me wondering: How much is dip used in the NFL?
The answer: a helluva lot. A whole helluva lot.
It turns out dip isn't just a baseball thing. It's also a football thing. As baseball has moved away from dip—slowly—football players might now use it as much, if not more, than their baseball counterparts.
I asked four active players and one recently retired one what percentage of NFL players dip. The lowest estimate was 40 percent. The highest was 60 pe...

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