It was a bright, sunny day in Northern California on Sunday, March 29, and Vinny Curry soaked in the beautiful weather at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the San Francisco 49ers.
It was the first time the 6-foot, 3-inch 279-pound NFL defensive lineman had been to the stadium since Sept. 28, 2014, when he and the Eagles fell to the 49ers, 26-21 in a dramatic early-season matchup between NFC playoff participants from the season before.
Curry wasn’t returning to the site of the Eagles’ first loss of 2014 just to relive a bad memory. In fact, his trip to California had nothing to do with football at all.