Chris Lindstrom was on his way to paradise -- literally the Road to Hana in Hawaii -- when his phone started losing cell service in 30-minute intervals. This could have provided a sense of peace.
But for Lindstrom, it created stress because of what was happening thousands of miles away. His agent, Bradley Blank, and the Atlanta Falcons were finalizing the terms of his five-year, $105 million contract extension -- at $21 million average annual value, the most for a guard in NFL history -- and Lindstrom couldn’t connect.
So he and his fiancée and Falcons offensive lineman Matt Hennessy and his fiancée pulled over at a family restaurant so Lindstrom could use the WiFi to connect back with his agent and agree to his record-setting deal.