HOUSTON • Camera tripods were stacked up two- and three-deep around the podium. Reporters jockeyed for position to get the next question in. All that was missing, in the words of the late, great Bryan Burwell, was the clicking and whirring of mini-cams.
So what was going on here? Who was attacting all this attention at the New England Patriots media session?
“I guess I’m at the Super Bowl answering questions,” chuckled Chris Long, longtime defensive end for the St. Louis Rams. “This is different, huh?”
About as different as could be when compared to his eight seasons toiling for the Rams.