Stephanie and Robert Dobbs attend all of their son's football games. They had seen their only child, Joshua, play in many SEC and NFL stadiums around the country, but not the one roughly 25 miles south of their home in Alpharetta, Ga., a northern suburb of Atlanta.
Dobbs grew up a Falcons fan. He spent his childhood watching Michael Vick and Matt Ryan from the stands of the old Georgia Dome. As an NFL rookie, he visited its replacement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, to support his alma mater, Tennessee, in their 2017 season opener against Georgia Tech. He twice visited as an NFL backup, but did not play.