The Super Bowl was in Kyle Sloter's backyard. The pinnacle of his aspirations was just a 30-minute drive south on U.S. Highway 19 from where he threw touchdowns as a suburban Atlanta high school star. He was in town, too, absorbing the week's events where he floated through circuses and caught up with former teammates like Von Miller.
But Sloter, the 25-year-old Vikings quarterback, wasn't interested in the crowd at the big game.
"I'm trying to save my first time for when I get to go [as a player]," Sloter said Wednesday. "Hopefully that day will come sooner rather than later.