I’m not really keen on injecting personal vignettes into these kinds of stories, but it’s technically the off-season, so humor me for a minute.
Last weekend, my wife and I, somewhat on a whim, decided to go to the Divisional Playoff game at Heinz Field. As a result, we didn’t actually put out butts in our seats until the middle of the first quarter, right as the replay booth was confirming Leonard Fournette’s second touchdown run of the game. By this point, fans were understandably restless, and the positive ethos that had suffused the stadium only minutes earlier had all but evaporated.