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Sam Rodgers sat in the basement of Cornell Law School making his final preparations for a mock trial competition. He was about to present his argument in front of student judges that day, on Super Bowl Sunday in 2018.
He thought of his friend and fellow long snapper, Rick Lovato, who had beaten him for an NFL job the year prior before getting traded to the Philadelphia Eagles midseason. Lovato was playing in the Super Bowl that night.