For a brief time Sunday afternoon, the buzz around what was happening inside the Superdome focused on Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff.
He deserved your eyes and attention after an opening half when the 2016 first overall pick carved up the New Orleans Saints defense. Goff finished those first two quarters with 157 yards through the air and three passing touchdowns.
A first-overall pick was beginning to look like a first-overall pick. And more importantly, the Rams offense could grasp onto something it hadn’t sniffed for a long, long time: hope.
Then swiftly your gaze was redirected to where it belonged.