Patrick Peterson

Cardinals' Patrick Peterson suffers knee injury in Week 12 loss to Atlanta

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson suffered a knee injury in the Cardinals' Week 12 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

What It Means:

Peterson said that he hasn't received an official diagnosis yet, but descried it as "painful", saying that he "can't put too much pressure on it". This seems to indicate that he will be questionable for Week 13's game against Washington.

The Cardinals' fading playoff hopes rest on the shoulders of their defense, which ranks fifth in Adjusted Defensive Net Expected Points per play, and losing Peterson down the home stretch of the regular season would be a big blow to their playoff hopes.