ATLANTA — Yep. The dateline isn’t fake. And it isn’t from out in the suburbs, where the Mets salvaged one from the Braves. This is preseason football, and this devil went down to Georgia not looking for a soul to steal, but for a future to blossom.
Because Sam Darnold is also here.
This is what a quarterback like Darnold brings to a team: eyeballs and interest — even in the middle of August, when it’s still hard to conjure football season. Even here, in Georgia, where football is supposed to be both king and court, there were only a smattering of fans inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.