Three weeks ago, was sitting on the NFL's unemployment line and wasn't even sure he was going to play in 2018. However, that all changed on Aug. 21, when the after rookie was lost for the season with a torn ACL. The Redskins decision to gamble on Peterson paid off in a big way on Sunday with the agele s running back totaling 166 yards in Washington's dominating 24-6 win over the .The most surprising performance of the day came from Peterson, who at age 33, only to be ignored by pretty much
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