As has been reported, well, everywhere, several high-profile NFL players who play prominent roles on their respective teams have been suspended due to charges relating to domestic violence.
Today, let's take a look back and see how those teams and their specific units fared without their former stars.
Ray Rice
Rice's backfield running mate and expected replacement, Bernard Pierce, didn't play due to a thigh injury. Instead, Lorenzo Taliaferro, a promising rookie out of Coastal Carolina who had a strong preseason, carried the majority of the load and looked fairly good doing it. He finished the game with 91 yards rushing on 18 carries and a touchdown.
"The results speak for themselves with Lorenzo," Harbaugh said. "He's physical. He's a downhill runner. He's hard to tackle. That's a big plus for an offense. And credit the offensive line as well."
Fullback Kyle Juszczyk also had a strong day, catching three passes for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Altogether, the Ravens had 160 rushing yards on the day as they escaped with a big AFC North road victory against the tough, if less talented, Cleveland Browns.
Adrian Peterson
The Minnesota Vikings lost a hard-fought game to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, and a big part of that fell to the Vikings run game (or lack thereof).
Without Peterson, the Vikings weren't able to produce any chunk gains on the ground, gaining 59 yards as a team. Between Matt Asiata and Jerrick McKinnon, no Vikings running back rushed for more than 36 yards, and the longest rush of the day for the offense was by a quarterback.
The Vikings boast one of the most talented and versatile players in the NFL in Cordarelle Patterson, who is able to run, catch and return. But the team seems determined to establish him as a receiving threat first and foremost and, even with Peterson's absence, he hasn't logged many carries since three extremely effective chances in Week 1.
Jonathan Dwyer
Dwyer was already the number two back in Arizona behind Andre Ellington, but he played a major role as the hardier, between-the-tackles runner, something the nimble but smaller and somewhat injury prone Ellington is not equipped to handle.
Without him in the lineup, the Cardinals turned to Stepfan Taylor to man the back-up position. The team also added Jalen Parmele to the active roster.
During Sunday's victory over the San Francisco 49ers, who boast a notoriously tough run defense, Ellington rushed for only 62 yards on 18 attempts with a long of 20 yards and caught three balls for 13 yards. Taylor and Parmele both carried the ball a single time for negligible yardage.
Greg Hardy
The notoriously tough Carolina Panthers defense, led by defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, was gashed on Sunday night in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Stopping the run has long been touted as Carolina's forte, and Hardy obviously contributes heavily to that, though he is known in the media more for his ability to corral quarterbacks.
"We didn't stop the run," linebacker Luke Kuechly said. "That's a crucial part of playing football in the NFL. A lot of it is just gap assignment and being in the right spot.
"You have to give credit to them. But when good backs come in, you have to rise to that level and get in your gaps."
Steelers' running back Le'Veon Bell finished with 147 yards on 21 carries including an 81-yarder in the second half, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger went 22 of 30 for 196 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
LeGarette Blount also had over 100 yards rushing; gaining 118 yards on only 10 carries.
