The only people left on the practice field are the franchise player and the franchise’s biggest fan.
There’s Todd Gurley, whose last name, these days, deserves a permanent exclamation point, like Yahoo! or Wham!
He’s standing 5 yards from a JUGS machine, as Adam Mirghanbari feeds it footballs. Gurley, helmet on, catches pigskins zipped at 40 mph, over and over, while the showers get cold.
“These are people who are setting the tone, and since Todd Gurley came here, he comes out there,” said Mirghanbari, who goes by Merg around here. “He’s very responsible, very intelligent, he has a work ethic.