In the first seven years of his career, Patrick Peterson had one job. The Cardinals’ cornerback would find the opponent’s most lethal receiving threat, set up camp in his hip pocket and refuse to leave for the entirety of the game. The ability to do so at an elite level made him a perennial Pro Bowler and put him in the conversation as the NFL’s best cover man.

“I was an artist at taking No. 1 receivers out of the game, and I was pretty damn good at it,” Peterson said.

That era has ended.

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