The Pittsburgh Steelers knew heading into the 2017 season that they were going to be in the market for a new backup running back with DeAngelo Williams seeming to be at the end of his rope. For the most part, the team has preferred to have a veteran as the backup to running back Le’Veon Bell, but they ended up going with rookie James Conner in that role.
According to Adrian Peterson, however, it could have been him. in a recent Yahoo! article, he said that the Steelers reached out to him before he ultimately signed with the New Orleans Saints, and that, had he not really wanted to go there, he could have ended up in Pittsburgh instead.