I don't know why I thought it would be different, but when Steelers all-everything wide-receiver Antonio Brown was being serenaded with chants of "MVP!" by the home crowd as he was helped to the sidelines with what turned out to be a regular season-ending calf injury in the first half of the now infamous 27-24 loss to the Patriots on December 17, I thought it was possible.
What did I think was possible? That those MVP chants were more than just wishful thinking by the folks at Heinz Field.
Of course, with the competition being what it was--namely a field of quarterbacks headed by Tom Brady—and with history being what it was—that no receiver had ever won MVP—I wasn't about to hold my breath.