What would possess an offensive lineman to play 20 seasons in the NFL? Some of it’s complicated. Plenty of it’s not.
The scenes and stories behind Jason Peters’ unprecedented run:
1. Head pounding, pride hurt, anger simmering, Peters was done with the sport before he ever started.
He was 14, a freshman in high school. It was the summer of 1996. Ten minutes into the first practice of his life, Peters slipped in a box-jumping drill, cracked his head against the wood and felt a lump starting to swell. The pain intensified.