RICHMOND — Josh Norman’s black-and-white soccer ball is a new tool. He dribbles it around at Washington Redskins training camp, drawing looks and prompting conversation. He decided to bring it along to unwind the grind on occasion. The well-compensated, impassioned Norman is also using it as an icebreaker.
“Who knows?” Norman said. “[Maybe] it’s something that sparks a good relationship and a friendship can develop from it.”
He began to work himself into his new world during organized team activities. That the Redskins signed him was still a surprise then, one of the offseason’s great league-wide rumbles.