CINCINNATI -- “That’s a player, man. A special player. You hear what I’m sayin’?”
I heard, all right. Saw it and felt it, too.
This was shared with me by Devin Bush, seated alone at his stall in a darkened corner of Paycor Stadium's visiting locker room late Sunday afternoon, as all around him a few of the Steelers were reveling in finally besting the Bengals, 23-20 in overtime, in both teams' season opener. And it's a level of reveling that can only come against a rival:
But even as Marcus Allen lured Mike Tomlin into yet another viral dance clip, Bush was peeling off scuffed pads and stained pants about as slowly as most others around him.