TJ Watt wasn’t the only defender in the league using the absence of fans to his advantage. Baltimore Ravens’ cornerback Marlon Humphrey said when he played the Pittsburgh Steelers last year, there were times he knew exactly what route his receiver was about to run. How? Because Ben Roethlisberger shouted it out.
Humphrey joined Bleacher Report’s Adam Lefkoe to talk about what he described as a pretty surreal experience.
“The craziest thing about this year is that we played with no fans,” Humphrey told Lefkoe. “We played the Steelers. We walk on the field and of course there’s no fans so it’s kinda quiet.