With preseason in full swing, the Arizona Cardinals need to start making preparations for Week 1 of the regular season, and part of that preparation includes scaling back Patrick Peterson's work with the first team, according to Darren Urban of the Cardinals' official team website.

That isn't typically what you would expect from a professional sports club that is, you know, trying to win games, but things are a bit different in the case of the Cardinals, as Peterson will miss the first six games of the season due to a suspension. As a result, Arizona must adjust accordingly.

Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury says that Tramaine Brock and Byron Murphy will get more work with the first team as a result.

Peterson has been in the league since 2011 and has never missed a game, so this will obviously be new territory for him.

The 29-year-old, who played his collegiate football at LSU, was originally selected by Arizona with the fifth overall pick of the 2011 NFL Draft and immediately stamped his name among the best cornerbacks in the league during his rookie year, finishing with 64 tackles, a sack, a couple of interceptions, a pair of fumble recoveries, 13 passes defended and a defensive touchdown en route to a Pro Bowl appearance and a First-Team All-Pro selection.

Peterson has made the Pro Bowl every season he has played, earning First-Team All-Pro honors three times.

He is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which he registered 54 tackles, a sack, two picks, a fumble recovery and five passes defended.