Sometimes an NFL player earns your admiration through his play. Sometimes he earns it through his actions and words off the field. Sometimes you connect with a player for no real reason.
Today, let’s focus on that final one. Every year, it seems some Detroit Lions player earns a following from fans for seemingly no legitimate reason. It’s hard to explain why, but certain players just have a gravitational force that draws in fans. Perhaps Neil DeGrasse Tyson has some sort of physics-related explanation for it, but exploring that would just suck all of the fun out of it.