A few loosely connected thoughts with local angles as the NFL playoffs wind down to the final four teams.
Everything you didn’t think you needed to know about the NFL playoffs:
• When I moved to Minnesota to cover the Vikings in 1990, one of the first players I met was Steve Jordan.
Three years later when I switched to the Twins beat, one of the first players I met was Pat Mahomes.
Next Sunday, Steve’s son and Pat’s son will try by very different means to lead their teams to the Super Bowl.