vikings bowing to public pressure, sidelining their biggest star adrian peterson. the team said peterson would play sunday despite his indictment for allegedly beating his 4-year-old son with a tree branch. we made a mistake. and we needed to get this right. reporter: but as the vikings owner apologized, some of peterson s teammates rallied behind him. he should be able to play. he hasn t been convicted of nothing. reporter: then just hours later, another nfl bombshell. the carolina panthers benching one of their stars. greg hardy who was convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend. a neighbor calling 911. we need the police here now before this girl gets seriously hurt. now. reporter: hardy will face a new trial but he s never faced any kind of punishment from the nfl. twin announcements come in the middle of the worst week in the history of professional football. through it all, nfl commissioner roger goodell has been largely
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