Playing inside empty stadiums at the start of the year was something of a novelty. An experience most players haven’t felt since their 7th grade, JV football days. For David DeCastro though, that novelty has worn off. And now that fans have been excluded from Heinz Field for probably the rest of the season, DeCastro is plainly stating how everyone feels.
This sucks.
DeCastro talked about the struggle of getting through the season under these unprecedented circumstances.
“The no fans thing sucks,” he said via Steelers.com. “It felt dead out there a little bit, you know, playing on a Wednesday night with no fans.