As Ty Law dashed across the 50-yard line, everything around him froze.
All the western Pennsylvania native could see was the football sailing through the air and the open field in front of him. He couldn’t believe it. The opportunity almost seemed too good to be true. Too easy. He sprinted past midfield, the two seconds that ticked off the game clock feeling much longer to him than to anyone else on the field at the Louisiana Superdome on that Sunday night in February 2002.
Then, it happened: St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner’s pass nestled into Law’s hands.