Even before his knee injury, Adrian Peterson had struggled this year. We look back at other runners who got off to slow starts, and measured how many were able to bounce back.
Nine months in, 2016 has not been kind to Adrian Peterson. In January, it was his fumble in the playoffs that set up what proved to be a game-winning field goal for Seattle. Over the summer, Peterson explained that offseason activities were so boring that he was considering retirement. Then in August, Peterson and the rest of the Vikings watched as Teddy Bridgewater tore his knee apart in practice.