peter was drafted by the new england patriots in the fifth round of the 1996 nfl draft. the pick set off a firestorm of criticism from the boston area press, including patriots fans and women's groups, as well as myra kraft, wife of patriots owner robert kraft.[3] after learning more about peter's history, the patriots relinquished the rights to him only a week after the draft. the team said that peter's behavior was "incompatible with our organization's standards of acceptable conduct."[6] according to "the boston globe", myra kraft personally demanded that the patriots cut ties with peter.[3] it was the first time in nfl history that a drafted player had been waived by a team before the start of training camp. partly due to the backlash, no other team expressed interest.