Things were looking great for the Minnesota Vikings after Mike Zimmer’s very first game as the team’s head coach in 2014. The Vikings easily took care of the then St. Louis Rams 34-6 and the team appeared to be heading in the right direction with Zimmer leading the way.
But then just five days later, a bomb was dropped on Minnesota and their new head coach.
Vikings All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson was charged with reckless or negligent injury to a child after using a switch to discipline his son, who was 4-years-old at the time.