For a guy who went missing at the start of last season and then didn’t really show up until the final four or five weeks, Patrick Peterson probably couldn’t have picked a better nickname for himself than “The Witness Protection Officer.”
The Cardinals’ cornerback, after all, wasn’t seen for months.
Peterson, though, was referring to the moniker he hung on himself during his heyday as one of the NFL’s premier shutdown corners when he was named a Pro Bowl defender for seven straight years from 2012-18. After a disappointing disappearing act a year ago, Peterson vows he will return with a vengeance in 2020.